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Posted by Stocker, 7/25/2005

Tang cracks:

Rick99: I have two 99's in 300. The 99F I bought new in 1955 or 1956. I have shot it a great deal, thousands of rounds, most of which were cast bullets. I have had to relieve the tang twice since purchased due to wood shrinkage and set back of the the long side tenons. The first time I realized I had a problem the stock was not cracking but the wood behind the tang was starting to swell upwards from impact of the tang against the thin wood area. I scraped some clearance and I'm guessing that may have been about 1965 -1970. A couple of years ago I saw the clearance was almost gone so redid it. The stock hasn't cracked at all but I saw the warning sign.

Last year I purchased a 99EG from a fellow who advertised it on this forum and it turned out lived relatively close to me. It is a 1951 production if I recall and I doubt it had been fired 20 times before I acquired it. In checking it out I noticed that there was enough relief behind the tang as manufactured to prevent any problems. It has since been fired several hundred times with cast bullets and I believe I can see a slight reduction in the clearance but it is not critical as yet. Barring accident I don't anticipate either rifle developing a crack but I am very attentive in watching for developing problems.

Another preventive measure I use when acquiring a 99 is to remove the butt and seal the ends of the tang tenons to block absorption of gun oil. Over time oil soaked wood softens and is prone to set back more than wood that does not contain gun oil.

I have noticed that many of the late production rifles had poorly grained and poorly fitted wood as delivered by the factory. Production costs for the 99 had probably reached the point where no time could be allowed for hand fitting in the critical stock areas.

Almost all cracks are repairable and most repairs that are done properly will be hard to see and add many years of life to the rifle.

It's not rocket science, it's just preventive maintenance like having your car serviced to prevent breakdown
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Posted by Carbon12, Jan 25, 2007:

If you have the nerve, you can try and gently pull the crack apart just enough to see if the interior wood is oil/grease stained. If the wood is stained, the crack most likely pre-existed the temperature shift/reassembly.

How can it be fixed? First, you should decide if you want a 'collectible' safe queen or a shooter. If it is the former, leave it as it is. If it is to be shooter, epoxy is as good a choice as any. To be an effective repair, the goal is to create a ~0.005 gap between the upper tang and the butt stock so as to transfer 100% of the recoil forces to the lower tang-butt stock contact surfaces. This can be done with epoxy bedding.

If you want to maintain the 'all original' character of the rifle and still be able to shoot it without extending the crack it now has, then you can try creating the same ~0.005 gap between the upper tang and butt stock with a carefully fitted shim between the lower tang of the receiver and the buttstock. I use soft brass shim stock. A pattern for the shim can be made with a small piece of business card. The business card is rolled into a 'U' shape and fitted to the 'U' shape inlet for the lower tang. A dab of high tack grease at the tip of the threaded end of the stock through-bolt is used to mark where a hole needs to be punched in the shim pattern for where the stock bolt passes through. Trim the bottom of the pattern so that the shim will be flush with the bottom of the tang and the grip of the butt stock. The width of the shim should be no wider than what it takes to cover the width of the tang. What you do not want to do is make your shim so wide as to transform your lower tang into a wedge. Doing so will only make you cry when you split your butt stock into two or more pieces. In fact, for the actual shim, it is recommended to feather the edges of the shim such that there is a smooth transition from the shim to the side of the tang instead of a step.

I have done this with two of my own 99s and have had no further extension of the original crack. This is with several years of moderate shooting.

An addional point that should be mentioned is that a consistent POA-POI relationship in 99s is dependent, in part, to a solid contact between butt stock and receiver. Shimming, such as I have described, between the butt stock and receiver has not raised a problems with accuracy in neither of my rifles.

Comments from 300jimmy (3/2007):

The stock bolt should be snug. Not loose, not gorilla tight. Check it occassionally. If too loose, this can negatively affect accuracy as well. If tightened properly, the stockbolt lends to improved accuracy.

The bearing surface between receiver tang (lower tang where stock bolt engages) and stock should be the primary bearing surface between the two pieces. If there is a gap at the interface shim it. Make sure the edges of the shim are tapered as they come around the radius to evenly distribute the recoil. This primary bearing surface needs to be maximized. Secondary bearing surfaces are where the cheeks pads meet the receiver. The top tang should not bear recoil.

Replace aluminum stock bolts with steel ones. The mix of aluminum and steel threads tend to loosen over time due to differing coefficients of thermal expansion.

Don't let wood bearing surfaces get saturated with oil which can soften the wood and change bearing pressures.

Do treat the wood with respect. Don't drop, bump, pry or apply a leverage to the stock. I think many a cracked stock has been dropped on the butt or fallen on by a hunter in the woods.

Hope this helps you stay crack free.
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Posted 10/25/2011 by Gnoahhh

I guess I'm one of the few people left who doesn't believe in Gorilla glue very much. Sure, it'll bond with strength in an imperfect joint, but not nearly the strength of a good epoxy. Plus all of the polyurethane glues rely on water moisture to cure. If the wood is dry (and it better be) and it's in a low humidity environment, one has to wet the joint surfaces or the glue will take about three days to cure. I find the clean up from using it to be on a par with epoxy.

CN (cyanoacrylate) glues are ok, but not for major wood glue ups. Generally too brittle with no gap filling with strength. There are formulations of the stuff intended to overcome that but given the cost of a tiny tube of it versus the same in epoxy, it's a no-brainer.

300jimmys suggestion isn't very far off base because it addresses the issue of creating a fresh wood surface for the glue to bond with. Pretty important in an old oil soaked stock. If it's a fresh break or crack get some glue in it and clamp it shut. Heck at that point yellow carpenter's glue is plenty good enough. If it's an old crack you must get the crud and corruption out of it and expose some fresh wood before you glue it or you are just pissing in the wind.

Probably more important than fixing the crack is to determine why it cracked in the first place and correct that issue too, or you will be re-gluing that tang again.

Forget the acetone, lacquer thinner and mineral spirits for cleaning up glue squeeze out. They're all too volatile for a patinized decades old gunstock finish. Ok for unfinished new construction. For epoxy and polyurethane glues use vinegar or denatured alcohol-sparingly. Gary's suggestion of waxing up to the crack is a good one too. In a perfect world one would put the exact amount of glue in the joint to preclude any squeeze out but not starve the joint. Out of about 23 million joints I've glued in my life that state of perfection occurred maybe three times.

Why does everybody bow and scrape at the altar of Brownell's AcraGlass? It's nothing more than a good epoxy, albeit with a higher price tag and the panache of the Brown-"give me all your money"-ell's name on it. Their Gel is nothing more than the AG resin pre-mixed with colloidal silica. Just stop into any shop that works with epoxy and bum a handful of the fluffy weightless stuff and mix your own. If you ask them nicely they may even give you a bit of epoxy to do the repair, or only charge you a buck or so.

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From Lightfoot,

If your lever does not stay up to the receiver when the rifle is not loaded it is because the lever is not applying enough force to the bolt to hold the lever up in place. We refer this to "lever bit". To fix you must close the arc of the lever by tapping a few times with a rubber or rawhide hammer. It doesn't take a lot and is a trial and error task. Once you remove the butt stock and review the "attached" photo and your rifle it should be pretty clear as to what you want to do. If you need help just ask.

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From RAS, July 2006...

I thought I would pass on his info to all of you who may need a hard to find sight. His name is Mr. Bean. His company's name is "Sights and Antique Guns." He is located in York, PA and ships. (717) 755-9070. Maybe some of you can note this for future reference. I remember that he had tons of tang sights. Many other models for different firearms as well. They call him the "Sight Man". Nice man and very helpful to work with. His motto is that if he doesn't have it, he can almost always find it for you. Prices seemed to be reasonable based on the many people who were commenting around his table. He also stated that he often has Stith(sp?) mounts.

Here is another sight dealer posted by Billy336:

Mickey Gilbertson
706-265-4529
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How to tighten a loose TD barrel by Bushwacker...


My gunsmith taught me how to fix this problem. We tightened two of mine. The problem is these get the threads banged up so the trick is to return the metal to where is was.

Take a small ball peen hammer. Grind the face of it smooth so it will not ding the metal. Starting on the threads LIGHTLY tap the threads straight down all the way around. Take your time and work all the way around the barrel. Then take and lightly tap the shoulder of the barrel that butts to the reciever and make sure all of that metal is laying back down. Take your time, work all the way around and lightly tap. You are only trying to move the little dinks and out of place metal back to where it started, not making the barrel out of round with heavy strikes.

Next starting on the chamber end, lightly tap the top of the threads in a motion towards the muzzle, like you are lightly glancing the face of the hammer towards the muzzle, again this is light tapping. You want to move the metal towards the muzzle end that is dinked up, not the rest of the threads. You then do the same for the threads at the muzzle end towards the chamber end, this helps the threads pull the barrel into the shoulder of the reciever. Apply grease to threads and try it. If it needs more, start the process over again.

I did not think this was going to do anything until I saw it with my own eyes. I had a very loose Savage 250-3000 model. It would go past the index by a good 110-120 degrees. When we finished I had to use the forearm to get it the last 1/8 of an inch to index. It is now bank vault tight and has been for the last 300 rounds. Hope this helps. Ryan

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1) A Collector's Guide to the Savage 99 Rifle and its Predecessors, the Model 1895 and 1899
by David Royal (Wyo1895 here on the Savage Form)

"For a copy of my book on Savage lever actions rifles send a check for $65 to; David Royal, p.o. box 1271, Pinedale, Wy., 82941. I will sign, number and inscribe the book for you."


2) The Ninety-Nine:
by Doug Murray
Where ever you can find it.

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NEW FLASH,10/26/2016...

"Effective this week I have retired as historian for Savage, Steven and A.H. Fox. Thank you all for your inquiries over the years. I am pleased to have gotten to know many of you at Fests or personally.

Going forward, you will be able to continue to have your Savage firearms researched. The records are going back to Savage and you may send your inquiries to Savage Arms, Historical Information, 100 Springdale Rd., Westfield, MA. 01085
Signing off and Thank you. John T. Callahan" (Note changes in next paragraph}

Here is the current info, 2021:

The current letters are done by the Center Of The West Museum in Cody. $75 for a non-member (ouch). On the bright side, if you have several guns to letter it's cheaper than it was at Savage if you become a museum member with a firearm membership. Can be cheaper than even Callahan was if you need a dozen lettered.

Scroll to the bottom of the following web page and there's a link to their site.

https://savagelevers.com/serial-number-search/

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Posted by Longbeardking:

Rotor (carrier spindel) spring adjustment. If you have problems with the magazine not accepting enough rounds (or not feeding all of the rounds) you might have a rotor that is wound too tight (or not enough).

"If you look just above the cartdidge counter window, you'll see a small screw. If you remove the forend and look at the end of the receiver you'll see a ring that is slotted. You'll need a flat bladed screwdriver with a slot cut through it so it fits well into the slots on the ring. Now being careful. loosen that screw above the window. It only has about 6 or 8 threads on it IIRC and then it's a straight shank beyond that. DO NOT FULLY REMOVE THIS SCREW YET!!! While you are loosining that screw, you want to have the slotted screwdriver in place holding the rotor from turning. On the rotor, there are a series of slots around the diameter for that screw above the window to engage. If you rotate the rotor ever so slightly you can feel the slot on that screw. Holding the rotor in place, gently remove the screw. Once that screw is fully removed you should feel resistance on the slotted screwdriver. This is where you have to be careful. 2 people really help, although I did it alone. Rotate the rotor only slightly (clockwise if too tight and counter-clockwise if too loose)and place the screw you removed back into the hole you took it out of. You'll feel it contact the rotor. Carefully rotate the rotor until the screw engages the next slot in the rotor. Replace the screw once it's in a slot and thread it in. You want to go no more than one slots adjustment and I think you should be OK. I hope I haven't confused you any more than you already might be."

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Tightening the safety in an 1899/99, 90,000 to 1,000,000 and the later lever safety Model E�

Posted by Hemlock Ranger:
Awhile back someone posted about this problem. A local gunsmith knew what was wrong with my .303 E. After I told him it developed the problem after being taken down and cleaned. Sure enough, the tiny spring that fits in the slide was missing. He heated a small piece of flat spring steel and bent it into a nearly flat S. Then filed and honed it to fit the hole in the slide and achieve the desired amount of friction to hold it in position, yet slide fairly easy. He said the little piece is easily lost when taken apart, and does not look like a spring or any other gun part.

Posted by Skidrow:
(to make the safety tighter using the original spring) take out that little "S" shaped spring � and spread it a bit. That should increase the friction and tighten up the slop in your safety. Just make sure that when you spread it that you don't set it up so that the ends of the spring dig into the surrounding metal.

Posted by 99trix:
Here is the post 90,000 safety. The s shaped spring is what creates the resistance to prevent it from flopping back and forth.

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Here is the pre 90,000 safety. Sometimes you can get enough pressure on it to open it slightly without taking the rifle apart. But spreading the end is what creates the resistance on this style.
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Well as promised here is the lyman tang sight "how to". I will try to keep this as logical and as easy to follow as possible.

First the picture of the tools used. A set of snap ring pliers (to remove the retaining screw), small screw driver (for popping off the lever and lever stops) and a 1/4" wrench (to remove the lock nut).

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Now so you can follow me I will give you the terminology that I am using for each part. From left to right in the photo.

Retaining screw
Lever lock
Lever lock stops (damaged)
Dohickie
Cross bolt (notice the dohickie spring in the small hole on the left)
Stem assembly
Lock Nut
and underneath is the base

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For the stems that are not properly align, you only have to loosen off the lock nut, adjust stem and retighten. The shoulder on right side and the lock nut on the left side sandwich the stem to hold it in the position to the lock.

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Caution on removing the cross bolt (it will come out with the lock nut removed) is that the dohickie will come flying out.

A couple of important notes. On the ring on the left hand side of the base there is a notch on the bottom of the ring. This is what the dohickie locks into when the stem is raised to the shooting position.

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The stem assembly has a slit in the stem. This slit must face forward on reassembly or the eye piece will be in backwards. Unlike the Marbles the Lyman stem will only fit into the assembly one way. If this is in backwards, so will the eye piece (I know this one from experience).

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Here is a picture of the cross bolt removed with just the locking nut taken off. In this picture you can see the dohickie in place and a part of the spring.

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The next group of pictures show the disassembly of the cross bolt. I have removed the stem to make it easier to photograph, but you might still have the locking nut in place and just working on cleaning up the locking lever. The removal of the locking nut will allow the cross bolt to come out, but the removal of the retaining screw just removes the locking lever and locking lever stops.

Here is it assembled.

[img]http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j312/99trix/Lymantang013.jpg[/img]

Now with the retaining screw removed. You can see the dohickie in the notch on the bottom.

[img]http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j312/99trix/Lymantang012.jpg[/img]

The next piece to remove is the locking lever. It goes on with the knob to the outside. You can see it length of travel as it is stopped by the dohickie in both directions.

[img]http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j312/99trix/Lymantang012.jpg[/img]

The last piece is the lever lock stops. This fits firmly around the dohickie. The bumpy edges face the locking lever. This one has some damage to the stops on the left.

[img]http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j312/99trix/Lymantang011.jpg[/img]

Here it is with everything removed from the lever side. You can see how the dohickie is in the bottom notch. The cross bolt only has to come out about 1/8" and the dohickie goes flying (know this from personal experience also).

[img]http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j312/99trix/Lymantang010.jpg[/img]

Assembly is pretty straight forward. The cross bolt has to go in with the dohickie in place. You can preassemble the lever locking side without the cross bolt in place or you can do it in place it doesn't matter. As for alignment I just used one of my other sights to get the right angle and tightend it at that point.

[img]http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j312/99trix/Lymantang014.jpg[/img]

Hopefully this fixes more sights than it breaks!

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From TomT...

I was at the range yesterday for a (way) pre-season rifle sighting-in session (I really should have been shooting my bow). Prior to leaving my house, I decided to bore sight the 2 99F's I was taking. I happened to bore sight the first rifle with the forearm off. I centered the scope cross-hairs within the bore sight reticle, then attached the forearm. I happened to recheck "zero" with the Tasco Bore-sight and the scope cross-hairs were 3 boxes (on the bore scope grid) lower than they were with the forearm off. I unscrewed the forearm and sure enough the scope and the bore sight lined up again. Now, I DO tighten the forearm screw, but I'm NOT putting a ridiculous amount of pressure on the screw (not overtightening).

Now, I know this has been discussed before, as the "put an O-ring on the barrel stud" seems to ring in my brain. On a side note, between the 24 web-site, and the "HullTruth" web site, I feel I've received a College education in boats and firearms (thanks in part to all of you). So...... I didn't have any O-rings hand, BUT, I did have a box of assorted faucet washers, so, for better or worse, here's what I did:

I drilled a oversized hole in the existing hole of the SMALLEST faucet washer that was in the assortment. The oversized hole matched the size of the outer diameter of the barrel screw stud. I then placed the rubber washer (flat side toward barrel) on the barrel stud. Looking at the underside of the wood forearm, I noticed the hole was not "clean" like a drill bit had just bored the hole, but was jagged (this was true on several of my 99 forearms) like it had been filed. Maybe it's just because it's a 50+ year old rifle? In any case, the conical part of the rubber washer keeps the forearm from torquing on the barrel (poor mans free float?) and my point of impact no longer changes when I attach or remove the forearm. YAY!

Once again, I know this isn't my idea, but has anyone else used faucet washers?

Here are a few pics. I hear there worth 1,000 words, but I seem to have given you both :-)

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Post auctions that are complete- cool

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Post auctions that have been online for a long time b/c they are way over priced or just junk-cool

Post things on their first listing that ppl here are likely bidding on and don't wnat competition- NOT cool

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There is so much good info in this thread that it needs to be saved by every user and collector of Savage 99s. I have repaired a number of stock cracks in my day and everything here posted is "spot on". I would only add that Acetone is a great disolver of gun oil and that a liberal application before attempting to glue-up may save the day. I greatly appreciate the effort, the photography and the knowledge that is being passed along by unselfish people. Thank you, Rick 99 and all the others!


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Savage...never say "never".
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Join the NRA...together we stand, divided we fall!


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By: Grogel_Deluxe

Note: I could not get the pictures to copy so have attached the link to the original posting and the text-only part. Original posting with pictures

I found in a old marbles catalog you could buy a repair kit if your spring went bad and I found the patented drawing so I could get an idea what i was in for inside and went in.

Im sorry, I only have my cell phone for pics.

here is what I found.

stripped down the sight has a sleeve that is pressed in to the base and is keyed to the base on the screw head side.The sleeve does not move in the sight. It acts as the axle for the moving part of the sight. It also has a extended lip on both sides that work with a pin in the "spring caps" (ill show them in a minute).



I didnt get a photo of the spring but it looks like the one in this auction.
marble spring auction

what holds the spring are two parts I will call spring caps. they are both the same but one has a threaded I.D. and one has a hole large enough for the screw to go through. The each have a pin that moves between the raised lips of the steel axle like bushing. These pins and lips along with the O.D. of the spring cap control how far the sight springs up.

you can see the pin at 12:00 and the hole that the end of the spring goes into at about 4:00 ( you need to have the spring anchored at the 4 o'clock position relative to the 12 o'clock pin position on each of the hubs.


my sight was not working because the steel sleeve on this side was buggered and had burrs that caused the spring cap to bind when you tried to put the sight up. a little file work and it works just fine.


As a side, if your sight doesnt come up far enough, file work on stop (9:00 position) of the steel sleeve on this side would let your sight come up more.


lastly are the two outside caps. they kind of act like bearings for the back side of the spring caps. the one on the screw head side is a through hole, the one on the other side is a nut that acts as a lock nut up against the spring cap.


To take the sight apart, first you need to take off the outside cap/locknut on this side of the sight. then you can unscrew the screw from the spring cap with a screwdriver.


to put it back together I put the spring into the hole of the right side springcap and slid that with the outside cap onto the screw.

put that into the sight. make sure the stop pin in the screw cap is between the stops of the bushing in the base.

start the spring cap on the left side on the threads of the screw. make sure the spring end is in the hole of the spring cap.

Then i tightened the screw until it starts to bind on the sight. I flipped the sight all the way back and grabbed the spring cap with a pliers and turned it counter clockwise until it catches on the sight stem. then I tapped it to the right a little, tightened the screw and it drew right into place.

I had to try a couple of times to get the screw set to the right place so that I could put on the lock nut without having the sight get to tight to move.

Continued for stem problems...

For what its worth, Dave has been foolong with this sight for some time with help from others and it still wouldnt work.

Problem was, the stem would go down into the sight very far.

What I found was that it had been taken apart in the past, I knew this because the locking ring was in place upside down.

To take the elevation and locking ring off a marbles, pull the stem and pinch the two tabs at the top together a little. Inside I found dirt and crud that was stopping the stem from going down all the way, alon with the bottom of the tabs pinched a little tight.

Cleaned it out, spread the bottom a little and put the rings back on.

with the rings on you can push the closed tip of a needle nose into the top to spread the tabs out, but not too much or the stem is sloppy.

Now the stem will screw all the way down to the bottom.


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Posted by Calhoun:
Steve_No posted this link yesterday in the campfire. If you look through the page, there's a Chicopee Falls instruction manual for a solid frame 99, poor Lewis machinegun scan, as well as a pdf for the 1900 catalog.

Figured quite a few folks would like the pdf for the catalog at least. Not to mention some of the other hundreds of manuals listed there.

http://stevespages.com/page7b.htm

http://stevespages.com/pdf/savage1899.pdf (1900 catalog...slow loading)

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Originally Posted By: Rick99
Interesting...who/where is the smith? If he is a good 99 man we will post his name if the need comes up on the Forum.

He's pretty good with 99's; seems to be all he works on
His name is
Doug Wells
Lock, Stock & Barrel
PO Box 460304
Huson, MT 59846
406-626-4152
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Also, Boses Guns in Nebs., http://www.bosesofnebraska.com

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Tal35's Savage centerfire and rimfire parts photos have been moved to this link http://photobucket.com/savparts (not working, 12/2019)

Here is a link to a carrier identification posting:

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Lightfoot info on spindle parts:

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...2861/gonew/1/savage-magazine-info#UNREAD

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Savage...never say "never".
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Scope Repair (list by Lightfoot and ilikemilitaria):

Scope Repair:

Joe Ruth Lakeland, FL 863-859-303


http://www.parsonsscopeservice.com/


http://lkscoperepair.webs.com/


Cory Suddarth, Suddarth Optical Repair, Henryetta, OK.
Suddarth Optical Repair
918-652-3386.
--He is a former US Navy Optics technician--


Optical Services, Co
Attn: Bill Ackerman
PO Box 1174
Santa Teresa, NM 88008
Phone: 505-589-3833
E-mail: oscopeaol.com
Optical Services Company hot rod shop accuracy shooters

Janet Trace & Phil Zelenka
Trace Scope Repair
P.O. Box 33009
8-20 Panatella Blvd., NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
T3K 0A1
403-295-1534
PhilTraceScopeRepair.ca

George Kohl/Precision Optics
Sirius146hotmail.com
(Weaver 330 series, M84)

Burrell at Sullivan’s Classic Arms
678-513-7575
wbs2112aol.com
(Weaver 330 series, M81/82, M84, German ZF-4, ZF-41)

Dan
ds1911verizon.net
(lens delamination, crosshairs)

NRC Optics
25 Crescent Place
Hansen, MA 02341 781-294-2093


Iron Sight Inc.
4814 S Elwood Ave.
Tulsa OK 74107
scopeservicetulsacoxmail.com
(918)445-2001
(918)521-7736


ABO(USA) Inc
14041 SW 139th Ct
Miami, FL 33186
www.abousainc.com
305-860-4858

Dan Stangerone
104 Pollywiggle Ln
Pleasantville, NY 10570
ds1911verizon.net

Works on about anything.
Osborn Optical Systems, 6324 N. 79th Lane, Glendale, AZ 85303.
Email is: optical-repaircox.net

Quality Scope Repair
538 Cross Hill Lane
Fordsville, KY 42343
270-799-3012 (if I don't answer please leave a message. If you don't leave a message I wont return your call. Email is the best way to contact me)
qualityscoperepairoutlook.com

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