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Posted By: hanco New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/07/23
I bought this, had been wanting a 375 for a while. It doesn’t look like it has ever had a scope mounted, bolt face shows no sign of being fired, rotor has no marks at all. It looks unfired. The serial number is E 7292xx. Blueing is almost perfect, stock has a few safe marks near the butt plate. I’m eager to light up a few pigs with it.


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Looks really nice! Congrats
Posted By: zcm82 Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/07/23
Very nice, hope you get to poke some hogs with it 😁
Posted By: Rick99 Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
There is a 50 bag of new brass on GI, $50+$10 shipping.
Posted By: captjohn Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
That will tip pigs in a heart beat.
Posted By: Tinemaster Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
nice looking rifle best of luck with it
Posted By: hanco Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
Originally Posted by Rick99
There is a 50 bag of new brass on GI, $50+$10 shipping.

Thank you
I have a hundred coming and 7 boxes of 200 grain Sierra flat point to try with some H 4198
Posted By: hanco Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
The serial number is 1987, Savage stopped making the 375 in 1983. Calhoun says they were using up parts because they were in bankruptcy, making anything they could to sell.
That’s nice Hanco! How do you find these things? 😊
Posted By: Bocajnala Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
Wow now thats a find
Posted By: hanco Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
Originally Posted by George_De_Vries_3rd
That’s nice Hanco! How do you find these things? 😊


Just lucky sometimes
Posted By: KeithNyst Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
Originally Posted by hanco
The serial number is 1987, Savage stopped making the 375 in 1983. Calhoun says they were using up parts because they were in bankruptcy, making anything they could to sell.

Very nice ! I think 82 was the last year the Model 99A was cataloged; so you a special one; never say never.

You are going to like it! I've not tried the 200s, but I have loaded/tested 220s from Les Vollmer, Vollmerbullets.com with H4198. Vollmer's bullet is really close to the discontinued Hornady 220s (that were the favorites of many 375 shooters).
Posted By: Jericho Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
I'll take it PM sent
Posted By: sqweeler Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
Numrich had 375 barrels a while ago.
Posted By: Fireball2 Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
Have fun David. Second times a charm.
Posted By: dave358 Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
Where did you find Sierra bullets in 375, l have only seen .224 and .308 for the last year and a half. I was thinking they went out of business for a while?
Posted By: hanco Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
Originally Posted by dave358
Where did you find Sierra bullets in 375, l have only seen .224 and .308 for the last year and a half. I was thinking they went out of business for a while?


I put a WTS add in the classifieds, guy had some boxes he picked up in an estate sale.
Posted By: JoeMartin Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
Originally Posted by George_De_Vries_3rd
That’s nice Hanco! How do you find these things? 😊
It's easy, spend al of your money on other stuff, and as soon as you are officially broke, all kinds of cool stuff comes out of the wood work!
Posted By: Angus1895 Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
Very nice!

U going to scope her up?
Posted By: hanco Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
Originally Posted by Angus1895
Very nice!

U going to scope her up?


3.5x10 Leupold I had laying around




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Posted By: Savage94C Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
Nice find Hanco. I have a 3.5x10 Leupold on a bolt .223 Savage Model 14. Really like gun and scope. Combo a real good accuracy pair. Curious, did you find your .375 locally or online?
Posted By: hanco Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
Originally Posted by Savage94C
Nice find Hanco. I have a 3.5x10 Leupold on a bolt .223 Savage Model 14. Really like gun and scope. Combo a real good accuracy pair. Curious, did you find your .375 locally or online?



GunBroker buy it now, 1695.00, probably paid too much, but since it look’s unfired, maybe it was a terrible price.
Posted By: Lightfoot Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
Close enough for pig thumpin'! Should be a blast.

Sure miss the hunting in Texas...
Posted By: hanco Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
I’m so
Originally Posted by Lightfoot
Close enough for pig thumpin'! Should be a blast.

Sure miss the hunting in Texas...

It is fun, gotten as many as 30 in one weekend.




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Posted By: Savage94C Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
It is fun, gotten as many as 30 in one weekend.

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Twas a good find-Not a bad price from what I've seen on other 99's in 358/375 Win. Was thinking about maybe searching for/getting one to hunt deer with here in Iowa during one of the firearm seasons instead of using 12 gu slugs or the Marlin 94 44 Mag I've been using the last couple of years. Scarcity of 99's in my general area took me to GI and GB. The prices on those sites sort of put the quest on the back burner, haven't checked in a while.

Curious again Hanco. In Texas with the abundance of hogs to shoot, what do most hunters do with the carcasses after shooting? Rendering works, butcher for eating, leave for critters and fowl (Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms), give away to others for eating? Here in Iowa coyote hunters who used to get not to bad a price for pelts have no means to get rid of them. Hide buyers won't take them due to no market for them. They still hunt em though, Too many of those killers around, bad on pheasants. I don't hesitate not to shoot one if within range.
Posted By: hanco Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
Some of the guys skin one sometimes, mostly Coyote and buzzard bait. GunBroker prices are up and down.
David, got my copy of vol 2 today. Can't put it down. Love it.
Posted By: Savage94C Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
Originally Posted by hanco
Some of the guys skin one sometimes, mostly Coyote and buzzard bait. GunBroker prices are up and down.

We don't have em up here in Northern Iowa, two cold for em, but they are down in southern Iowa in counties close to state border lines. Me, I'd not want to eat one of em, have heard of too many diseases and such they carry, besides being a filthy animal. Not like deer and game birds. Your hogs are like how our river carp use to be. Guys I ran with we use to hit the two rivers alot back in the day on weekends having alot of fast and furious shooting with 22's, cap and ball percussion, and later on .357's. Was not real legal but the carp were not good for the game fish. Where I learned fast point handgun shooting. After the DNR introduced otters in the rivers the carp populations went down, but those killers also would kill game fish. Many unrecorded accounts/rumors of otters meeting their fate.
Posted By: blairvt Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
never understood why Savage didn't put sling swivels on a hunting rifle.
Posted By: JoeMartin Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
Originally Posted by blairvt
never understood why Savage didn't put sling swivels on a hunting rifle.
Well, actually they did. My 1912 1899H in 22HP has the eye's for the "Optional sling strap and swivels, at $1.50".
Posted By: 99guy Re: New to me 99A -375 Win - 02/08/23
Originally Posted by hanco
I’m so
Originally Posted by Lightfoot
Close enough for pig thumpin'! Should be a blast.

Sure miss the hunting in Texas...

It is fun, gotten as many as 30 in one weekend.




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Them little buggers would eat good. One or two of them that is...
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