Savage 1899 early production by caliber

[Remington1911]

Another, quite narrow appeal group are fans of nostalgic hunting eras, what I like to call the Jim Foral Gang.

I think of the Savage 99 is in the same broad category as the Ross and Newton sporters, one of the latest thing better mousetraps of the pre-WWI period. If you look at contemporary advertisements, the 1899 and the .303 Savage were touted at the most modern, stylish and lethal hunting rifle on the planet. Weatherby played a similar advertising card in the post-WWII era.

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I agree with you, and those same kind of ad's ran with the Remington model 8. You get the lone hunter and the bear. If I did hunt anymore you can bet I would do it with a rifle older then I am.....just something about having a "real" hunk of metal with you....it is part of it.....at least to me it is.

I always loved this ad, the one they used for the cover of the book.



Is it not amazing how the ad's have changed over the years.

 

[tark]

I don’t need another gun…

Want trumps need....every time.

 

[Speedo66]

Couple for sale on Castboolits now, including one that's C&R eligible. Calibers are .300 Savage and .308.

https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?449627-WTS-Savage-99s-308-amp-300-Savage

 

[BigBlue 94]

1895 Winchester

Interesting... Learned my one thing for the day! Lol

 

[BigBlue 94]

I had forgotten about the Ruger....the lets try all kinds of different things as long as it looks like a 1022.....Still on the hunt for the automatic version, those things have gotten stupid expensive.

I was more thinking traditional lever guns, which have a bare metal frame and individual stock and forearm.

I even have a ruger 96/44... Lol and the 99/44 Deerfield.

Edit: whoops meant to quote @Dave DeLaurant

 

[armedwalleye]

Death Hunt, 1981, Charles Bronson has a 99 as well. A quick Wikipedia search documents an additional 7 movies and several tv shows that star a 99 in one form or another.

I consider 5he 99 to have been significantly ahead of its time, and far outclassing the lower powered cartridge lever guns of 5he same time frame

 

[orpington]

I wonder if the eclectic design has to do with the fact that he was an inventor and tinkerer and because he was born in Jamaica and spent his formative years in Australia. Exposed to different cultures and experiences led to a more worldly design?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_William_Savage

Also, he was not strictly a firearms manufacturer, forming Savage Tire in the teens, patenting a radial tire in 1916:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radial_tire

https://patents.google.com/patent/US1203910

 

[Dave DeLaurant]

This posting cost me about $140, but I think it was money well-spent. It was the stimulus to finally installing a Marbles tang sight on my Savage. The open rear sight was bent to the right and interfered with a good sight picture, so I replaced it with a dovetail blank at the same time.



I had originally thought that Loctite would be advisable for the tang screws, but the curve of the tang base acts like a flat spring and creates a bit of upward pressure as the screws are tightened, preventing them from ever coming loose on their own.

 

[Dustbowl]

I don’t know about you guys but where I’m from 99’s bring huge money. I mean nothing under $600. The rare calibers bring quite a bit more. I’ve seen 1300 to 1800 for 284 and 358 win(Newer ones). I’m sure the 38-55 and 32-40 is in the same ballpark for the older ones.

I own them in 250-3000, 243, 308, 284 and I love them.

 

[Remington1911]

I don’t know about you guys but where I’m from 99’s bring huge money. I mean nothing under $600. The rare calibers bring quite a bit more. I’ve seen 1300 to 1800 for 284 and 358 win(Newer ones). I’m sure the 38-55 and 32-40 is in the same ballpark for the older ones.

I own them in 250-3000, 243, 308, 284 and I love them.

Here they are the same way. You are not going to touch a "normal" caliber for under a grand unless it looks real rough. And the "long dead" calibers, yea big money. The last 22HP I saw was for $3800. No thank you, not worth that to me for that price.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

Growing up in Northern California in the late 60's the only way to go deer hunting was to be invited to someones deer camp.Usually those were an established family camp on a ranch or some land leased up in the hills. The mix of "deer rifles" was varied but the Savage 99 was pretty popular. For those little coastal blacktail deer the 250 was a favorite caliber as I recall. Occasionally a guy would have a 300 or a 30-30 but those guys were the ones who also went out of state for elk hunting.

 

[BigBlue 94]

I don’t know about you guys but where I’m from 99’s bring huge money. I mean nothing under $600. The rare calibers bring quite a bit more. I’ve seen 1300 to 1800 for 284 and 358 win(Newer ones). I’m sure the 38-55 and 32-40 is in the same ballpark for the older ones.

I own them in 250-3000, 243, 308, 284 and I love them.

There is a checkered pistol grip 300 Savage with schnabel forend on proxibid about to sell for, last i checked, $600. The 300 isnt super rare but still a neat caliber.

 

[BigBlue 94]

Here they are the same way. You are not going to touch a "normal" caliber for under a grand unless it looks real rough. And the "long dead" calibers, yea big money. The last 22HP I saw was for $3800. No thank you, not worth that to me for that price.

$3800!? Im sitting on a gold mine!

22SHP is a fun caliber. Except finding .228 projectiles...

 

[Remington1911]

$3800!? Im sitting on a gold mine!

22SHP is a fun caliber. Except finding .228 projectiles...

That is the truth.....I came across some years ago when I had a hot lead on a good priced rifle, but it did not come to be....have not looked in a long time.