Savage 99

[nvbroncrider]

Just wondering if any of the gun nuts here might be able to tell be a little more about this rifle. It's a Savage 99A in .308 with an aluminum rotary magazine shell counter on the left hand side of the reciever. I've looked on the savage 99 sight but none of them mention anything about a 18 1/2 - 19" barrel. I decided to take it out today after a scrubbing and a good over look. And it does operate properly but boy that little guy packs a punch. I wasn't expecting that much but I guess at 5 1/2 or 3/4 pounds she does pack some wallop on the back end. I guess my dad was right about her.

 

[nvbroncrider]

Here's a picture. And the barrel is factory.

 

[JD338]

Jkae,

That is an American Classic deer rifle. Many were chambered in 250-3000 Savand and 300 Savage. Later on the 308 Win chambering came along.
The M99 in 300 Savage has long been a popular rifle in the UP of MI.
Nice looking rifle.

JD338

 

[DrMike]

Those models with the cartridge counter are just cool.

 

[SJB358]

Very cool Jake. That thing looks pretty darned awesome. I guess if you weren't too worried about it a nice recoil pad would make it a little nice to shoot?

 

[PJGunner]

Nice rifle. I have one in .358 Win. and it's a very accurate gun for a lever action. I have to ask though what kind of hearing protetion you were using? I don't mean to be insulting OK? Many years back when I got my first .308, a Remington 660 with a 20" barrel, that gun flat out kicked he snot out of me and I developed a pretty nasty flinch. Back then (1973) hearing protection migh be a couple of cotton balls if you happened to have some. Those ear muff things were just starting to get popular, or maybe I should say the word was getting out that they were a good idea. Well, the kids bought me a pair of those ear muffs for my birthday. Dunno where they got the idea but it was a good one. :lol: I was still trying to get the 660 to shoot while fighting the flinch the day I got those muffs. I settled down over the hood of my truck and naturally flinched when I fired the first shot of the day. Holy cow! Where did the kick go? After a few more rounds down range I realized it was the very vicious bark from that short barrel that made the recoil seem so stiff. Now that 660 didn't have a recol pad, just a hard piece of plastic just like your Savage. Short barrel, plastic butt plate and no hearing protection sure did make that gun kick. Just a thought.
Paul B.

 

[DrMike]

Paul,

Your Savage 99 chambered in .358 would be a sweet rifle. You don't see many of those floating around on the used market.

 

[onesonek]

Those rotary magazines are sweet.
A local guy had one here chambered in a .358 win., I did all I could too talk him out of it.
Just wasn't meant to be, offering him double of what it was really worth, the answer was no.

 

[DrMike]

Dave,

I guarantee that if I had a Model 99 chambered in .358, I wouldn't part with it.

 

[nvbroncrider]

Nice rifle. I have one in .358 Win. and it's a very accurate gun for a lever action. I have to ask though what kind of hearing protetion you were using? I don't mean to be insulting OK? Many years back when I got my first .308, a Remington 660 with a 20" barrel, that gun flat out kicked he snot out of me and I developed a pretty nasty flinch. Back then (1973) hearing protection migh be a couple of cotton balls if you happened to have some. Those ear muff things were just starting to get popular, or maybe I should say the word was getting out that they were a good idea. Well, the kids bought me a pair of those ear muffs for my birthday. Dunno where they got the idea but it was a good one. :lol: I was still trying to get the 660 to shoot while fighting the flinch the day I got those muffs. I settled down over the hood of my truck and naturally flinched when I fired the first shot of the day. Holy cow! Where did the kick go? After a few more rounds down range I realized it was the very vicious bark from that short barrel that made the recoil seem so stiff. Now that 660 didn't have a recol pad, just a hard piece of plastic just like your Savage. Short barrel, plastic butt plate and no hearing protection sure did make that gun kick. Just a thought.
Paul B.

No I had my Surefire plugs in they are great. Best part is they are comfortable and you can still hold a normal coversation. I believe they are 22-24 Db. That steel buttplate doesn't help either. But I do have to mention that last night when I pulled out my rabbit gun. 280 Rem cause I have lots loaded and I'm confident in her. I didn't flinch one bit and put 18 rounds through it and got 15 of them darn alfalfa chomppers!! :twisted: My biggest question is how many of these short barreled ones were made? It doesn't even list a short barreled 99A model much less an 18 1/2".
And does anyone have an idea what they weight? Mine weights about the same as my 96/22 Ruger to me which is like 5 1/2 pounds if I recall correctly.

 

[FOTIS]

Those models with the cartridge counter are just cool.

YUP had a 308 and a 300 savage in a 99

 

[Oldtrader3]

Jake, I think that the worst kicking rifle that I have ever owned was a Remington 600, 18-1/2 barrelled, .308 Win. It also weighed about 5-1/2 or 6 pounds and had plastic butt plate. It kicked much worse than my .338's, .340 or .375 Ouch & Ouch, plus it whacked me in the cheek bone every time that I pulled the trigger.

I guess that noise figures in there somewhere for a lot of people? I am pretty well deaf now and wear hearing aids. Most modern electronic ear muffs and other hearing protection stuff all have the 85DbA noise cut-off electronics built in which helps control noise. Even my .340 with the brake is not at all loud, even just with the hearing aid cut-off but I still wear electronic muffs.

I do not think that I can remember if noise made the recoil worse for me? I have been deaf and have worn good electronic hearing attenuation for so long. Surely, the noise bothers me but I do not think that any one caliber made me flinch worse than for any other caliber from noise.

Those old, light (< 6 lbs.) rifles with the plastic buttplates and crooked stocks on them were kickers though and I still remember them, even if I cannot remember the noise.

 

[onesonek]

Dave,

I guarantee that if I had a Model 99 chambered in .358, I wouldn't part with it.

I wouldn't blame you Mike,,,can't fault this other fella either.

 

[BK]

Dave,

I guarantee that if I had a Model 99 chambered in .358, I wouldn't part with it.

Yes sir!