I havenāt seen very many 99ās that donāt shoot well. I bought one years ago in .300 Savage and it was an older one but it had been put away wet and dirty which trashed it. I took a draw file to the receiver because it was pitted so bad that it looked like worms had eaten through the metal. After getting it cleaned up, bead blasted, re-blued and refinished the wood I was extremely proud of how well it turned out, it was beautiful except for a pitted bore. The bore could best be described as very rough. š. Despite its sordid history of neglect that damn rifle shot 150ās and 180ās into an inch or less. It didnāt care what brand or weight or style, it shot them all incredibly well.
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It's surprising how well a lever rifle with a 2 piece stock can shoot. Conventional wisdom about what makes a rifle accurate doesn't seem to apply to Savage 99's.
Considering how they're constructed, they shouldn't be appreciably more accurate than a Model 94,.....but they are.
I recall the story of the Mad Trapper. When they tracked him down, the Mountie (I think it was a Mountie) saw him from a distance and saw that he was armed with a lever action rifle. The Mountie thought he was out of range for anybody armed with a lever rifle, so he casually took aim at him with his Lee Enfield.
While he was getting set, the Mad Trapper shot the schitt out of him with a his 30-30 '99.
I havenāt seen very many 99ās that donāt shoot well. I bought one years ago in .300 Savage and it was an older one but it had been put away wet and dirty which trashed it. I took a draw file to the receiver because it was pitted so bad that it looked like worms had eaten through the metal. After getting it cleaned up, bead blasted, re-blued and refinished the wood I was extremely proud of how well it turned out, it was beautiful except for a pitted bore. The bore could best be described as very rough. š. Despite its sordid history of neglect that damn rifle shot 150ās and 180ās into an inch or less. It didnāt care what brand or weight or style, it shot them all incredibly well.
I was actually looking for one in .300 Savage when I came across this one.
Yeah,....I don't know what that guy was thinking. I'm not a great shot, but I've spent quite a bit of time piddlin' with rifles.
270 yards isn't out of rifle range for anybody who is familiar with rifles. That Mountie mentioned that he had been trained to put shots in a foot circle at 300 yards with a .303. He seemed to think that was exceptional.
The club I used to belong to had a steel plate gong hung at at 300 yards.
I'm far from being an exceptional rifle shooter,....but I could take an FN FAL with a 3-9X40 scope and empty a 20 round mag on it in less than a minute.
300 yards ain't nearly far enough to be away from somebody with a good rifle. If he's played with it very much,..he'll fug you up with it at 300 yards.
Ya know, you canāt kill deer with a 2 inch gun at 101 yards plus, yeah I read it on the internet.
LOL. No doubt.
The first two shots I fired from the gun today, from a cold barrel, were touching each other (almost in the same hole). The next one was about an inch away, center to center. After that, they started spreading a little, and it settled at about 1.9" being typical from a hot barrel.
Evening, Bill here, the Mountie was on front page challenge show on tv. He said he thought he was safe at that distance until he got hit in the knee with a bullet. They had to put him on a travois to haul him back. Read the book, watched the 3 movies about him. The book of course is the best. They only got him by using the airplane to find him, & then they surrounded him opened fire and killed him. I think? I'm gona half to get the book again, the movies of course let him get away but it did not end well for him. That's what I recall but sometimes the memory is good but my recall button sticks a little. I'm out. š¾š£š¾š£šØš¦
It's surprising how well a lever rifle with a 2 piece stock can shoot. Conventional wisdom about what makes a rifle accurate doesn't seem to apply to Savage 99's.
Considering how they're constructed, they shouldn't be appreciably more accurate than a Model 94,.....but they are.
I recall the story of the Mad Trapper. When they tracked him down, the Mountie (I think it was a Mountie) saw him from a distance and saw that he was armed with a lever action rifle. The Mountie thought he was out of range for anybody armed with a lever rifle, so he casually took aim at him with his Lee Enfield.
While he was getting set, the Mad Trapper shot the schitt out of him with a his 30-30 '99.
LOL. Great story.
Great story.......unless you were the Mountie. Lol. By the way TRH, you have some really nice rifles.
My 1957, .308 Winchester, Savage 99C with Leupold 1.75 - 6 power Vari-X III. Nice crisp 3.5 lb trigger. With Winchester 180 grain Power Points, it was putting them all inside 2 inches at 100 yards from the bench from a hot barrel, and just over an inch from a cold barrel. No group position change as the barrel heated, though. Just a slight spread.
I donāt mean to be a prick, but I believe that is a model 99F. A nice one at that.
My 1957, .308 Winchester, Savage 99C with Leupold 1.75 - 6 power Vari-X III. Nice crisp 3.5 lb trigger. With Winchester 180 grain Power Points, it was putting them all inside 2 inches at 100 yards from the bench from a hot barrel, and just over an inch from a cold barrel. No group position change as the barrel heated, though. Just a slight spread.
I donāt mean to be a prick, but I believe that is a model 99F. A nice one at that.
I was wondering about that too. What year did they start making the C model?
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It's surprising how well a lever rifle with a 2 piece stock can shoot. Conventional wisdom about what makes a rifle accurate doesn't seem to apply to Savage 99's.
Considering how they're constructed, they shouldn't be appreciably more accurate than a Model 94,.....but they are.
I recall the story of the Mad Trapper. When they tracked him down, the Mountie (I think it was a Mountie) saw him from a distance and saw that he was armed with a lever action rifle. The Mountie thought he was out of range for anybody armed with a lever rifle, so he casually took aim at him with his Lee Enfield.
While he was getting set, the Mad Trapper shot the schitt out of him with a his 30-30 '99.
LOL. Great story.
Fast forward to 32:30 and listen.
Reminds me of a Charles Bronson movie.
Nice rifle!
The Bronson movie was titled, "Death Hunt", and it was based on the Mad Trapper story.
I have one Savage 99 w/ 'Perch Belly' butt-stock in 250/3000, circa 1917 per serial numbers.
Never have seen many of them in any caliber around my area for some reason.
It's surprising how well a lever rifle with a 2 piece stock can shoot. Conventional wisdom about what makes a rifle accurate doesn't seem to apply to Savage 99's.
Considering how they're constructed, they shouldn't be appreciably more accurate than a Model 94,.....but they are.
I recall the story of the Mad Trapper. When they tracked him down, the Mountie (I think it was a Mountie) saw him from a distance and saw that he was armed with a lever action rifle. The Mountie thought he was out of range for anybody armed with a lever rifle, so he casually took aim at him with his Lee Enfield.
While he was getting set, the Mad Trapper shot the schitt out of him with a his 30-30 '99.
LOL. Great story.
Fast forward to 32:30 and listen.
Reminds me of a Charles Bronson movie.
Nice rifle!
The Bronson movie was titled, "Death Hunt", and it was based on the Mad Trapper story.
I have one Savage 99 w/ 'Perch Belly' butt-stock in 250/3000, circa 1917 per serial numbers.
Never have seen many of them in any caliber around my area for some reason.
Yep. Death Hunt was a great movie!
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It's surprising how well a lever rifle with a 2 piece stock can shoot. Conventional wisdom about what makes a rifle accurate doesn't seem to apply to Savage 99's.
Considering how they're constructed, they shouldn't be appreciably more accurate than a Model 94,.....but they are.
I recall the story of the Mad Trapper. When they tracked him down, the Mountie (I think it was a Mountie) saw him from a distance and saw that he was armed with a lever action rifle. The Mountie thought he was out of range for anybody armed with a lever rifle, so he casually took aim at him with his Lee Enfield.
While he was getting set, the Mad Trapper shot the schitt out of him with a his 30-30 '99.
LOL. Great story.
Fast forward to 32:30 and listen.
Reminds me of a Charles Bronson movie.
Nice rifle!
The Bronson movie was titled, "Death Hunt", and it was based on the Mad Trapper story.
I have one Savage 99 w/ 'Perch Belly' butt-stock in 250/3000, circa 1917 per serial numbers.
Never have seen many of them in any caliber around my area for some reason.
My 1957, .308 Winchester, Savage 99C with Leupold 1.75 - 6 power Vari-X III. Nice crisp 3.5 lb trigger. With Winchester 180 grain Power Points, it was putting them all inside 2 inches at 100 yards from the bench from a hot barrel, and just over an inch from a cold barrel. No group position change as the barrel heated, though. Just a slight spread.
A real beauty TRH. I've been working on my neighbor trying to get her to sell me her Mod 99 .300 Savage that she inherited. It is a real beauty as well.
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