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I was just reading in Edward S. Farrows " American Small Arms" (1904) that a Model 99 can be decocked for long term storage by depressing the trigger when the action is open (and, of course, unloaded) and then closing the lever. He , in fact, recommended it, along with a good deal of other advice on the 99. Has anyone heard of this and is it a good idea?
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My preference is to de-cock any gun that I am storing. Releases the tension on the hammer spring. I've done this with my 99; works well.
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I was just reading in Edward S. Farrows " American Small Arms" (1904) that a Model 99 can be decocked for long term storage by depressing the trigger when the action is open (and, of course, unloaded) and then closing the lever. He , in fact, recommended it, along with a good deal of other advice on the 99. Has anyone heard of this and is it a good idea? What else does he recommend???
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It only works with 99's under the 1,000,000 serial range.
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There are numerous pages devoted to the 99 and I am unable to copy and paste from this computer but I'll try to put it on here when I can use my other computer. But you can try to pull it up using the above information on Yahoo or Google. Sorry...
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...Would it be a problem to just dry fire the gun?
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Don't do that, but im sure someone on here could elaborate further...
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Joe, I think it works on the post-mil 99E's also, no?
Dry-firing a gun isn't as good as slip-closing it. My gunsmith got after me slip-close for bolt actions also. Beyond the bad practice of pulling the trigger at ALL indoors, it's harder on the firing pin. Not a big deal over 10 or 20 years, but over 100+?
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Slip-closing-----I like that term...Think I'll use it from now on.
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depressing the trigger while closing the lever works on my 99A(#DO43xxx) and my neighbors 99C...both are tang safety jobs...and of course it works on the 99EG and the 1899B...
perhaps I'm misunderstanding...
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It only works with 99's under the 1,000,000 serial range. Ah Joe, I don't mean to contradict you. But, I think it will work with ANY lever safety 99. Even those over 1,000,000. Someday, I'll learn to read the entire thread before I shoot my mouth off!!!!!!
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I have had my share of generously used post mil "C" tang safety rifles that will slip close, and many pristine ones that won't.
I believe that they are not supposed to, but I can assure you that they will!!!
I remember reading that the later models can easily be modified to slip close. Maybe just from use and wear they are able too. Who knows???
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I believe that they are not supposed to, but I can assure you that they will!!!
Huh? I know I haven't been batting a thousand today but all the tang safety guns I've got don't slip close. If they did I'd take them to the smith and have them fixed. No way a 99A and a 99C should be slip closed and it eases of the hammer.
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I just pulled the only 2 tang safety 99's that I have left out of the safe. One is a 1971, 99A rotary mag .250-3000 unfired. It will "not" slip close. The other is a 1999, 99C clip mag .300 sav. unfired I believe. It also will "not" slip close.
Anyone else able to confirm of deny???
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Mike, i have 2 like new 99a saddle guns one in 250 the other in 375, the 250 wont slipclose and the 375 will!!!!! ,i dont believe the 375 has ever been touched! Don
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The other is a 1999, 99C clip mag .300 sav. unfired I believe. It also will "not" slip close.
You've got a 99C in 300 Sav made in 99? Cool. Where did you find something like that?
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The tang safety guns will not slip close unless the lever has been modified - ground out so the trigger clears. Someone wrote this up long ago. I have only owned one post mill that would slip close and the modification was obvious.
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Hey Joe. I found this rifle on an auction about a year and a half ago with a "BUY IT NOW" for $400.00. It had only been listed for 5 minutes. After I got the rifle, I confirmed with Effie at Savage Arms, using the serial number, that it was in fact a correct Savage 99C .300 sav. made in the USA, 100% correct and original, cut checkering, deep bluing and all, and manufactured in 1999...!!! It was made for Jerry's Sporting Goods as a custom run. She could not tell me how many were made and said that Jerry's should be able to tell me. I got no help from Jerry's. Mike... Here are some pictures: [img] http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o243/rgr223cal/savage%2099C%20300%20sav/300sav99C009.jpg[/img] [img] http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o243/rgr223cal/savage%2099C%20300%20sav/300sav99C011.jpg[/img] [img] http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o243/rgr223cal/savage%2099C%20300%20sav/300sav99C012.jpg[/img] [img] http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o243/rgr223cal/savage%2099C%20300%20sav/300sav99C014.jpg[/img] [img] http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o243/rgr223cal/savage%2099C%20300%20sav/300sav99C015.jpg[/img]
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Hey Mike.. I've got a full set now of those 99C's from 1999'ish. 243, 308, and 300. All NIB.
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Hey Rory,
Is the clip in your 99C .300 savage stamped ".300 sav." ???
Thanks, Mike...
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