I see nothing but red flags here.....let me explain......or better yet ask the key question as I see it!
Is there any concrete knowledge that the savage 99 did or did not under go some metallurgical changes when the Savage company added the higher pressure rounds to the model 99?..... either in metallurgical composition or in the heat treating procedures and specifications.
I have no such knowledge of this but have always believed that they used a higher tensile steel when they added the .243, .284, .308 and .358 to the model 99. If it's the case that higher tensile steels were used at the time of chambering for higher pressure rounds then it might be something to consider when adding barrels to an older model 99 chambered to the .300 Savage.
Anyone with thoughts on this?
Vapodog,
That is a consideration, of course.
I'm thinking more along the lines of a hypothetical build, or I should say, "rebarrel."
My Savage 99 is rather early manufacture, 1926 era.
The pressure ceiling of the old 300 runs 52,939 psi.
Any 'cat barrel could be thusly stamped, i.e. "35- 300 Savage" (52,900 psi MAX)
Since my rotor feeds the 250-3000 like a greased stick of butter, I just may well, again hypothetically, run that as a companion barrel. I cannot imagine any work needing to be done with the old 99 that couldn't be accomplished with either cartridge .
That said, "if" the rotor will allow the thicker dims of a 35-300 Savage, things for ME could be a lot of fun.😁
The main draw, for me, would be a shorter, handier, rifle to tote in and through the thick stuff.
My current barrel, the 300, is 24" and I am NOT cutting it back, no way, no how.
A 20" or 21" barrel would would be sweet.
Even were it just another 300 barrel - kinda hard to beat the old 300 in a 99. 😉