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my 99A 250-3000 definitely "slips by" but I'm not the original owner and have never taken it apart to check,and I've put a couple billion  rounds through it. my neighbors 99C "slips by" too but I know it blew up once upon a time and has been rebuilt. I like this forum...learn something new almost every day 
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Actually, the 243/308 are probably earlier than 1999.. probably 1996. The 300 is 1999. And, no, the clip says it's for 243/308/250-3000. Edit to add image: ![[Linked Image]](http://incolor.inebraska.com/rory/my_99s/99C_300/Left.JPG)
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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? Excuse my ignorance, what is the difference of doing this, or just pulling the trigger on an empty chamber?
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That is one fine looking 99,by the way I have the very same microwave!
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All said, the Savage 99 is a genius of a rifle. Although no longer produced, it remains highly revered, as it was the foundation from which Arthur Savage built one of America's great gun companies. >> (Jon Y. Wolfe) <<
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Put a Savage medallion on it and sell it on Ebay.
Rory, throw me some serial numbers and we'll find out when your guns were made.
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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? Excuse my ignorance, what is the difference of doing this, or just pulling the trigger on an empty chamber? When dropping the hammer on an empty chamber you run the risk of breaking a firing pin. I leave an empty shell case in the chamber of those guns that can't be slip closed.
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...Would it be a problem to just dry fire the gun? It Weaken's the Spring.
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to be honest one of the things I like about older 99's is the "decock" feature...along with the number,or lack of,moving parts.
there's genius in the simplicity of it.
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You can do the same thing on most bolt actions as well.
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I have a DL, serial 1,014,xxx that will slip close but, not as easily as my pre mils. and my brother has a tang safety F in .284 that will also.
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I don't know Joe(Mad_Dog) & Mike(Lightfoot)...
I can't believe that "all" these tang safety model 99's have been modified. I know that mine were not!!!
Any thoughts???
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Had half a dozen tang safety's and not one would slip close. Only had one lever safety that wouldn't. Doubt that these folks' tang safety's have been modified, might just be less quality on the tolerances or wear that allows it now. Joe, serial numbers are F6098xx, F6154xx, F8263xx and D1564xx (22-250 NIB). Now I just need to start finding some NIB pre-mils. Though a 7mm08 and 284 would round out this bunch nicely. 
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Rory, a pair of 97's and a 1979.
Guys, I'm not gonna argue the point that some can and some can't. What it all boils down to is that they're NOT SUPPOSED TO!!!!
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to be honest one of the things I like about older 99's is the "decock" feature...along with the number,or lack of,moving parts.
there's genius in the simplicity of it. Exactly! After I bought my first 99 (the one I have) I looked it up in Phil Sharpe's book "The Rifle in America". That's where I learned that holding the trigger back during the last stage of lever closure allowed the hammer to stay uncocked. Pure genius of design! Again, this is with a 1958 "as new" EG.
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