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Definitely restocked based on your description.

Thanks Joe and Jack. I have not shot it yet but hope to get to the range soon.

Gene-C

As Elvis would say..."Been Aaaaaaay while boys!"

Add this to the list for anyone still compiling such things...will make a great book one day...

99F .300sav
# 94030X
LBC: 16 I

So....that said, I imagine it to be about a 1957. PIcked this up in the Plymouth, NH area from a very decent guy.

Sound about right?

Need to score an period flip up rear sight as it has been replaced. Shooter/Hunter grade...has some damn character!

I am even afraid to ask if some of the old bucks from when I was a regular are still here...if not, they certainly are in a better place!

Wow, 244,014 views. That's gotta be a record!

1957 production. It would have had the non-flip up semi-buckhorn originally but since it's hunter grade you might want the flip-up to clear a scope.

Hi all,

First post and fairly new to this forum - I was hoping to draw on the wealth of expertise on this forum / topic to help address a few questions re: my Savage 99

SN 27458X - which i think lead 1925. is this accurate?
No LBC code that I could find
I have found out that has a 1-14 barrel twist

I recently purchased some ammo and believe I may have purchased the wrong type. I purchased 100 gr Nosler BT. After shooting a few rounds through it and examining the target it appears the bullet is floating or tumbling when it enters the paper. I am getting oblong or profile holes in the paper vs. a nice clean round circle.

Questions:
1. Is it true a 100 gr bullet will not stabilize in this rifle? Would you also be kind of enough to share a summary of why?
2. Will a 87gr Speer soft point be better and more stable? Why?
3. Are there particular recommendations on the ammo or where to source it?

I love the gun and want to use it.
thank you in advance
Mike

Welcome to the fire. I assume we're talking about 250-3000 .
I believe you are right on the 1925 date of manufacture, There others here that are better with dates than me. Savage didn't start using LBC until 1949.
Yes, it should be a 1-14" ROT.
It's not weight but length of a bullet that determines the ROT needed to stabilize it. 87gr speer hot core is the go to bullet for the older 250-3000, but some have reported exceptable accuracy with shorter 100gr bullets (Nosler BT are long bullets). If you know the length of the bullet, you can use JBM stability calculator to see if will stabilize in your rifle. http://www.jbmballistics.com/cgi-bin/jbmstab-5.1.cgi

Lee

Nosler makes no bullets that will stabilize in a pre-1960 Savage 99 in 250-3000, they are all too long. Some other 100gr bullets will work pretty well, just not Noslers.

Now, having said that... if you take some pliers and pull that plastic tip off (or cut it or grind it flat), it'll likely be short enough to stabilize fairly well. It's overall length that destablizes it, as Polecat says. I did it with Nosler Partitions and it worked. I presume lengths would be similar.

Calhoun, how about these Sierras?
WIll they be stable? pre-1950 rifle.
https://www.brownells.com/reloading...ed-100-box-sku749003137-34354-66844.aspx

It all depends on the length, and I can't find anywhere they publish the length of that bullet. Nosler is nice enough to put in their manuals that none of their .257 bullets will work in 1-14" twist Savage 99's, never seen another mfr do that.

If it measures over .95", it's probably not going to be great or maybe totally suck. Closer to .9" or less the better. A Partition with the lead tip cut off comes in at .915" and was shooting 3 shot groups of about 1.5" at 100yds. With the tip on the bullet was measuring 1.04" and was shooting 5" to 8" groups at 100yds.

Thanks Calhoun!

You all rock! Thank for sharing & getting me on the right track

I'm one of the guys that love the Remington 100 gr. I have 3 250's, one made in 1919, one late 40's and one in 1950 . They all shoot that bullet very well. My 250R is pigs eye accurate at 75+ yards, Joe.

Just ordered some of those too just as a comparison to the Sierras . Most places were out of stock of these Remington 100 gr .257 bullets. Found a place that had 1 box left....

My 1957 vintage 99F in 250-3000 will shoot bullets from 75 to 90 grains quite well, but the Speer and Sierra 100 grain bullets I have tried are not accurate at all. I have some 100 grain Remington Core-Lokts, and I will try them. I recently bought a box of Hornady 250 Savage ammo loaded with their 100 grain bullets. I plan on trying them in the Savage 99 as well as in my Savage Axis rifle with 10" twist E.R. Shaw barrel. Based on my previous results, I don't have a lot of confidence in them shooting well in the lever gun. I have carefully measured the twist in the 250-3000, and it is 1 in 14". The rifling is in good shape, too. I have some Barnes 80 grain TTSX bullets and might try them in the 250-3000 as well, but they would be best in the 250 bolt gun. The odds are that the 250-3000 is best with the bullet originally loaded by Savage.

Just want to be sure for my own sake, got a 99F take down. When I inherited it, it had embossing tape on it saying it was purchased in 1921 the serial number is 2341XX. Is it an older rifle that was purchased in 1921? Maybe a 1919 or 1920 rifle? or is it a 1921 unit bought in the year it was made?

The serial number places it as being manufactured in 1921. David

Thanks very much. In the past I assumed it was a 1921 based off the embossing tape.. But for some reason I started to wonder if my assumptions where correct or if I was wrong. Again thanks for confirming the Manufacture year.

Newbie here. Recently had an 1899 handed down to me.
S/N 2761xx
30-30
22" barrel, round
Not a T/D
Model 1899 stamped on top of barrel just fwd of breach.
Front sight is brass knife edge in dovetail.

I think this was mfg'd in 1925, but I'm confused about which model it is.
Seems the s/n is too late for a 1899A short, but nothing else matches.
Any ideas?

99C or 1920's style 99E would fit, I believe. The 99E would have a thinner barrel than the 99C. Agree that it should be a 1925 rifle.

The Model 1899 stamp was present on a lot of the 1920's rifles. We still call them by their model 99 names they were catalogued by, tho.