Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors Restored and Custom 99s - Anyone Have One?

I don't know if these are the ones, It is a pic from SF1 at Jed's, the guy with the "trunk full" of Savages.

Some really nice rifles guys!! Thanks for posting.

Joe

Those were the ones Blitz. Mark was talking above my head when he was describing those custom pieces. I just remember a couple were Griffith and Howe and other had even more illustrious pedigrees.

TOO long ago. His moniker was something like "Vigilus." He came to SF2 as well.

What ever happened to Jed and LuLu?

They're living the good life down south

Jed is an arborist/gator catcher in Florida.

Any more restored savages out there?

This is a retoration I wouldn't have bought if there was better light. But I still like it a lot. It has a hairline crack running through the pistol grip that is only on the out side of the stock. When you pull the stock off there is no sign of the crack inside. I've only shot it once and it was dead on at 50. Who ever did the resto left a couple issues. The rotor needs to be tightened a little. I't very loose and doesn't cycle well. I like to hunt all of my guns, so at least I won't be so worried about scratching it, that I drop it. 1912 SRC in 30-30

I don't know if you call this a custom, wearing the cantilevered Malcolm scope. It lettered as being sold to Malcolm.

Nice. I'd say the Malcom is an example of an early custom. And a well preserved one at that. Thanks

When I bought this 250/300 it was advertised as having "a small crack in the stock". When the stock bolt was removed it literally fell in two pieces at the wrist. It also had an epoxy patch in the checkering and a chunk missing in the forearm. Thanks to Clint Meier this is how it looks today

That's certainly easy on the eyes.

Must be something about 250 Savages, but I sure like Keystone 250 and Fireball’s rifles. They are both what I would like to own.

Beautiful.

Somebody long ago had this restored, probably the work was done by Melvin Johnson after WW2. A very early 1899B in 303 Savage with B engraving, English walnut upgrade and $5 factory checkering refinished and rebarreled to 250-3000 with a Johnson Automatics barrel. Shoots better than I can. Family heirloom, it's not going anywhere.

Looks like you need to tighten the rotor ....or take it out and have a look at it.
After working on one here ( 1911 ish .303 Savage) the info was 36 Threads per inch reverse threads on the spindle carrier screw. The cap screw on the end of it would be hard to duplicate.

I have one, a 99F with a bunch of changes. I've shown it on here before. I'm too busy getting ready for a book related road trip and entertaining guests who picked a bad time to come to post pics again.

A Heinz 57 model 99. Custom stock, non matching barrel and frame, 250-3000.

Interesting! Weatherby style.

This is the only Savage I've refinished the metal on. It's ~1919 250-3000 that came to me in parts. It had been badly refinished, someone thought they were much better with a buffing wheel than they actually were. The stock had been cut for a recoil pad and someone had their name engraved on the receiver. I draw filed it, made the flats flat and the corners sharp again, then rust blued it. I tracked down a decent butt and refinished the wood. This was the result of my first time using varnish. I'm not 100% pleased with the result, but this is my go to varmint gun for my property, so it gets banged around a bit. I have a grip cap for it, but the holes to keep it centered aren't really there anymore, so I'm trying to decided how to make it stay centered. It's been so long without one, I think I may just use a bit of silicon or glue maybe. I am nowhere near happy about the stain I used on the wood, before the varnish it looked a lot more red.



The previous guy almost buffed the address on the barrel completely off it. I was thinking about having it redone but can't find someone to do it and the longer it's been done the less I care. This is essentially my truck/quad gun.