Thread: Anyone know about rifles?

this is what you have right????

Yea from what I can see of the picture thats it, I got to shoot it along time ago when I was a wee tyke, but it has probably been over 15 years since I have shot it

That's one of the most solid lever actions ever made. The rotary magazine made it possible to put nice pointy ball in there instead of the flat nosed types that the tubular mags required. A lot more speed and accuracy available then.

You probably won't hurt anything taking it apart. But one of the manuals says that there is a screw in there that's "staked". The company did that because it's a place where you don't want the screw backing out. Just like on the bolt carrier in your M4. That'd be a great place to call the takedown a day.

It's been my sad experience that itty bitty screws and springs are like three year old children. Unless you have them duct taped to the wall, they will get down, run away and generally cause all sorts of misery. (While you wait for the Brown or Yellow guy to show up four or five days later, if Brownell's has the parts. )

I have never owned a 99 but have several friends that have them. They use to make a Savage 99A, it was a short barreled version with a staight grip stock. Very handly little rifle. The guy had a Williams receiver sight on it and later changed to a Weaver K4. Wicked little deer rifle.

Gun Scrubber works good on weapons that are hard to take apart. Gets most of the crud out.

Originally Posted by Wintchase

. All you need to do is pick up a gun vise on the cheap to havesome to lock it down while you take that big honking barrel nut off.
And, they are one of the most accurate out of thebox weapons you canbuy. Seeinghow it is a.308 go on Snipercountry.com andyou can learn alot.

I thought if you took the barrel nut off you screwed up the chamber depth?

I agree w/gssixgun about the bag o'parts rifles and the dreaded "cigar box" pistols. I grew up in a gun shop.

On the subject of cleaning rods my mentor and grandfather was a target shooter from back in the thirties. He would not own a brass cleaning rod. All of his cleaning rods were steel. Rifles that had to be cleaned from the muzzle had a wood guide to keep the rod clear of the crown. The rod was wiped clean after every pass. His bolt guns had an empty bolt that was bored out so the rod could pass through. His reasoning on brass rods was that they would pick up pieces of steel and end up scratching the bores.

I've used both and never seen any issues from either.

As for that 99? They are superlative lever action rifles. One chambered in 308 is about the ultimate rifle of the series.

I had an old acquaintance in West Texas that owned one in 22 Savage Hi-Power. He bought it in the '40's and it was the only rifle he ever owned. I had to haul ammo from my part of TX to his part because none of the gas stations where he bought stuff would order it for him. He lived WAY out in the cactus country and didn't care much for "civilization". He used that rifle on anything that moved and needed to be shot from rattlers to West TX mule deer.

One of the best things about the Savages is that the system of a barrel nut and their way of indexing it, is that the head space is not screwed up like some other rifles where the barrels are pressed into place.

I saw one of these for sale the other day in .300 Savage. Historically that cartridge was the precursor to the modern .308. Savage has made some very good stuff for comparatively not much money.

I bought a Mod 722 .300 Savage bolt action off a class mate while in college in the '60's that kept me in venison a couple of winters when I barely had the cash to stay in school. Still have the rifle, and wouldn't let it get away for anything. I never had a deer run after being hit. Lots of knockdown, even if it wasn't the fastest caliber out there.

Barry

Originally Posted by Mike Blue

One of the best things about the Savages is that the system of a barrel nut and their way of indexing it, is that the head space is not screwed up like some other rifles where the barrels are pressed into place.

I saw one of these for sale the other day in .300 Savage. Historically that cartridge was the precursor to the modern .308. Savage has made some very good stuff for comparatively not much money.

Head space. That's the word I was trying to remember.

I hunted with an old man that shot a 30 Rem Auto loader. Only rifle he ever carried. He made shots with that rifle that embarrassed us kids because we wouldn't take the shot because it was "TOO FAR CHARLIE DAMMIT!"

Charlie would draw a bead, torch off, reach up and pull his hat off and shade his eyes as he watched the deer drop. That old man knew that rifle.

300 Savage is about the same as a 30 Rem.