Last month I posted a want ad for a buttstock for my 99. After many years of searching, I've decided to bite the bullet and buy a new one. I'll probably have to recut the stock for the curved butt plate but it seems those woodworkers that make them don't stock any with the curved butt. Thanks to the members here that offered possible sites and sales. Re-doing the stock will probably use up the rest of the winter.
I don't know for certain. I'd call it a curved buttstock but from the photos of new stocks their "curve" is nowhere as drastic as mine. Also, mine isn't as drastic as the curve shown as "crescent". I'll include a photo of my 99, As you can see, I made an filler/adapter to extend the stock, via recoil pad, to fit my trigger reach.
Without knowing when the rifle was made that looks like the curve for a regular curved steel butplate. I would try one before I started messing with that stock. If you need a longer reach you can then add a slip on recoil pad
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Again with the semantics. Are you calling it a crescent butt plate, David, or a simple more common steel butt plate which had some curvature to it?
From the poor pic I'm leaning toward crescent butt plate. If the thing wasn't permanently frahundsted by adding the home made extension/filler, it should be a simple matter to return it to originality by putting the butt plate back on.
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Judging from the photo, I would agree with David, that it looks like a regular curved butt plate. Don't place too much stock in that opinion, though. My knowledge of all things Savage 99 related places me squarely in pre school.
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I meant the non crescent buttplate. Pic isn't very good, so I could be wrong. whether it's crescent or shotgun style I would try to find a buttplate that fit and not mess with the stock. But then I am sort of a collector and won't mess with something unless it's already messed up.
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I have the original butt plate but that isn't the issue. The 3" of buttstock from the receiver back on the left side was badly damaged by fire. I'm dealing with another member about a used one that appears to be a match to mine. The new one I ordered has the flat shotgun butt. I won't make any modifications to the new one when it arrives until I get the used one in hand. That way, I can return the new one and just screw on the used one. Hopefully, these photos will better explain.
what LOP are you looking for I can get you buttstocks made and fitted to the receiver and butt plates . my stock maker has receivers of various ser numbers and crescent butt plate template if that is needed. I do not have spare crescent plates. it seams like up have the plate that you need.
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That fire damage is pretty ugly. I would replace it too and I'm not one to modify a 99 unless it's really bad.
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Doesn't look like the fire effected the steel (or did it). I was always cautioned that if the fire was hot enough to make the springs in the gun go limp then it had gotten hot enough to draw the temper out of the steel.
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I didn't have any issues with the springs just the woodwork. The plastic filler piece and the recoil pad were on it during the fire. The Winchester 64 had to have the springs replaced and the rifle sent to a gunsmith/range for repair and testing plus a new plastic stock.
Thanks to another member here, I now have Dad's 99 takedown back to the way it was in 1960. Wyo, it's a 99F in 30-30 made in 1927 by the serial number (293704). It's been waiting for 23 years for this repair.
Thanks FSJ. I had a full length photo but I managed to lose it somewhere in the internet. And, Gnoah, I drilled the recoil pad and spacer to match the butt plate/stock. The only difference now is that the woodwork is numbered about 60,000 numbers before my rifle.
