I'm talking the economy E and not the pre War E.
I've never been able to get used to the buttstock not having those raised pads on the sides. They look odd to me

I think an E restocked to something nicer could make a respectible worikng rifle, given you got it at a good enough price to make it a reasonable project.

That's what I was going to say. I picked up one in 308 at an auction for $300. Decided I needed money for another 99, sold it at my LGS for $350. After I sold it I saw E's that other people restocked with EG wood, and was sorry I sold it.

This is my ONLY post mil E and it ain't goin nowhere. My father in law (deceased) gave it to me as my first Christmas gift as his son in law. It is in .358 win. He had it re-barreled by Savage arms in 1972

LBK, that is sweet being a 358 and all.

Thanks.

They shoot okay. What gets me on most of the models is that "walnut like finish". Agree with restocking them can make a fine rifle.. and you can keep the original so you're not "ruining" anything.

Course the premil receivers that make up the Style 1 and Style 2 99E's are the best. Walnut stocks, side panels, cartridge counters, tang sight screws..

I would be afraid to restock one. There's so much wood to metal area on a 99 stock I'd worry the fit would never be as good

only ones I still have is the 1960 transitional model and an E/S. I would probably sell the E/S if I knew what it's worth. It is kind of an interesting rifle though.

I rebarreled an E in 260 Rem and restocked it with prewar R. Now it has looks to match its accuracy.

I have a custom E in 260 Rem with EG wood and i absolutely love it!

I also have an E restocked in EG wood and love it. One of these day I'm going to stock one as a barrel band carbine.

Mike

Where can you buy replacement stocks for the Savage 99E. Mine was made in 1961 I think. Thanks

Since the 99E doesn't have a cartridge counter the left side of the receiver it is a great place for aftermarket engraving. The right side of all models is pretty good too.

I have no problem with how they look. I've just never happened across one for sale in a cartridge I was interested in. I saw one in 308 a year or so back, but I have no desire to own one in 308.

You just don't see many 99s around here in general, let alone on the rack in shops. I've only taken mine to a public range a handful of times, and pretty much every time I've had people ask me what they were because they'd never seen one before. 🤷‍♂️

You can really improve the looks of a 99E if you remove the factory stocks and hose clamp a 2x4 to it.

I kind of like the looks of the unpaneled buttstock.

I had a Monkey Wards Marlin for a bit that I am half convinced may have had stocks turned from 2x on it... that wood was yellow.

A lot of people must because I've had two that someone sanded the side panels off on. I have one now. A 99F in 300 from 1957. A beautiful gun but somebody sanded the side panels off the stock

I like the E for hunting,have them in a few calibers, my 60’s 308 with 20” inch barrel is perfect for walking through the thick tag alders, ive used one in 300 last couple yrs, with 180 gr ammo, works great!

Well, 450hunter did ask where you could get stocks.

Truck guns

If you restocked an early 99E ver2, style 2 with the extra's (steel butt plate, brass cartridge counter), with 99EG wood... would it then be a late EG-ish??

Or you could put 99R Version 2 wood on it and make it 99R-ish.

OR you could leave it alone and keep it original-ish.

LOL, LongBeardKing...I'm with you, I like original-ish items over modified items as a rule...

Make a great truck rifle just like it is.

I think the post-mil factory 99E is the most unattractive and clubby handling 99 made. I had a 1968 .308W E. After replacing the factory wood with 1957 F walnut (with the desired cheek pads) and the fore arm with a splinter-ish 1940s EG fore arm, the improvements in aesthetics as well as the ergos are noticeable. The birch factory furniture is weighty compare to the lighter walnut replacements. The F butt stock has less drop and a narrower wrist which contribute to the improved ergos.

I wrote above that I had a 1968 .308W E because it has since been JESercised to a 3-groove, 14T .358 Win. As noted in a previous post on this thread, the post-mil E has the 20" barrel, perfect for quick handling. But when the short barrel is lighten with a larger bore, it is even more 'perfect'.

Too bad they didn't put a 20" version of the 99F and 99DL lightweight barrel on it. It would have been even lighter.
I think we should praise the 99E as an inexpensive basis for making some cool custom 99's.

If I wanted a 358 I'd definitely shop for an E to rebore

A factory 20" lightweight barrel .358W 1950s 99F would be my 'Savage 99 'Grail' gun.

My 99E with it's upgraded walnut furniture and 'lighten' barrel weights within 2 oz of my factory original .308W 1957 99F. However, the 99E has a steel stock bolt. If the 99E had an aluminum stock bolt like the 99F, I suspect the 99E would weight the same if not lighter. Still, best feel (in my hands), goes to the current version of the 99E.

Back in 2004 I bought a 99E in 300 SAV from Tal35 for $245 as a donor action for something. That something turned out to be a 22-250 with a GPC barrel and end of production 99C wood. Not a bad rifle for shooting coyotes, definitely gets looks from other coyote hunters. I have since thought about removing the 22-250 barrel and installing a 22" 250-3000 99A barrel on it, but that is a project that has yet to advance beyond the thinking about it stage.