Savage 99 value

[Dudedog]

I don't have a Blue Book of gun values so I was wondering if someone could give me an estimate of the value of this rifle. (don't want to sell it just may want to change the insured value)

Savage Model 99 with period correct Lyman All American 4X 308 Winchester
Serial # 904XXX (1956??) Lever Boss is 16H

Was my fathers so in addition to gun value it has sentimental value to me as well.

 

[DocRock]

99E carbine made from 1961 - 1984. Yours looks to have a Walnut stock and carved rather than pressed checkering. Nice rifle!

I sold a mid sixties (the boss code on the lever should tell you actual date of manufacture) beech stock and pressed checkering with a refinished barrel about 3 months ago for $550 on GB. Yours could be in the $700 range and, with patience, could sell for a bit more.

 

[Sistema1927]

In today's market, who knows?

If I was looking for insurance value, I would insure it for $1,000.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

I would do a search for some completed auctions on GB and see what similar guns sold for.

 

[Dudedog]

Yours looks to have a Walnut stock and carved rather than pressed checkering. Nice rifle!

Thanks!, dad was a Southpaw and back then left hand guns were not as common as now, so a lever was easier to find than a left hand bolt.

I checked gunbroker but prices right now are crazy so I was looking for a "normal Time" #.
I don't know if what I see now for 99s is inflated or not.
Don't plan to sell just want to make sure I am not under insured.
Any guns dad had that passed to me when he died I would not sell unless I was starving, they need to be passed on.....

 

[ColtPythonElite]

I would look into a firearms policy that covers a collection. $150 will get you $40k worth of coverage through Eastern. No appraisals required except on very expensive items. I believe the threshold is $10k for one gun.

 

[Dudedog]

Thanks ColtPythonElite.

 

[Charlie98]

I've bought 2 99's in the past few years... $600 for one, $700 for the other. One was a 1920's takedown, the other was a late '70's or early '80's 99F, so fairly respective of the type. Systema is correct, however, if you are insuring for replacement value I'd go $800-1000.

 

[Gordon]

.308 is a big $ plus on that Looks like a early 60s EG model . As equipped it would sell on GB for $800-1000 If you put a low start on it and a Buy now for $950 .good gun in a desirable Caliber

 

[PapaG]

$ 600-850 depending on condition. Safety on rang, minus 50. Detachable mag, minus 50-100. I'd put it at the high end of it has the trigger guard safety and internal spool magazine.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

If you loose it for any reason, no amount of money will replace it. Like my Grandfather's Luger, or the muzzle loader that's been in our family since 1846. I mean, they can't be replaced. In my area, a nice 99 like that would probably bring $600.00 for sure.

 

[SwampWolf]

Assuming the bore and all mechanicals are good, especially with the period Lyman scope, I wouldn't part with it for a penny less than a thousand bucks (of course, given its sentimental value, the rifle is priceless-well, almost). The after-market (I assume) pad hurts the value a little in terms of its worth to a serious collector.

 

[BigBlue 94]

I wouldnt sell either of mine for less than 1000. But they are significantly older and both in Savage calibers, 22 HP and 300 specifically.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

I once had a friend who was a Savage fanatic, and I would sometimes help him with his table at the gun shows. The savage calibers, and especially the one's in .22-250 (?as I recall?)(.250-3000?) brought the most interest, and the highest prices. The .35 caliber guns were very popular/good sellers. At that time (long time ago) the .308's were not popular, and I picked up one at a low price for my son's first hunting rifle.

The .30-30's were the most unpopular, and people would pick them up, see it was a .30-30, and put it down like it was hot. I got a really nice one made in 1914, that had been fully re-finished (very nice professional job) from him for just about nothing, because no one wanted it, between being a .30WCF, and having been refinished. It sat on the table, show after show after show. Neither of those facts bothered me, and it's one of my nicest rifles.

 

[BigBlue 94]

I once had a friend who was a Savage fanatic, and I would sometimes help him with his table at the gun shows. The savage calibers, and especially the one's in .22-250 (?as I recall?)(.250-3000?) brought the most interest, and the highest prices. The .35 caliber guns were very popular/good sellers. At that time (long time ago) the .308's were not popular, and I picked up one at a low price for my son's first hunting rifle.

The .30-30's were the most unpopular, and people would pick them up, see it was a .30-30, and put it down like it was hot. I got a really nice one made in 1914, that had been fully re-finished (very nice professional job) from him for just about nothing, because no one wanted it, between being a .30WCF, and having been refinished. It sat on the table, show after show after show. Neither of those facts bothered me, and it's one of my nicest rifles.

Not 22-250, but 22 Savage Hi-Power. The original 3000fps 22 caliber intermediate cartridge. No major American company has produced ammo for it in 50 years! It all comes from europe as 5.6x52mmR. Nearly impossible to reload as there are very few .228" projectiles available.

250-3000 came out three years later in 1915 and was the first cartridge to actually hit 3000fps.

300 savage came out 5 years later, in 1920, and is the parent cartridge of the entire 308 family of cartridges, including 22-250.

 

[Dustbowl]

I feel savage 99’s in .308 tend to bring a bit less than most other cartridges. I know .284 and .358 bring the big bucks. 250-3000 also commands decent prices. Last I checked the .303 Savage and 22 Hi-Power are the softest.

 

[BigBlue 94]

I feel savage 99’s in .308 tend to bring a bit less than most other cartridges. I know .284 and .358 bring the big bucks. 250-3000 also commands decent prices. Last I checked the .303 Savage and 22 Hi-Power are the softest.

Shame too, about the 22 HP, because its a joy to shoot. Such little recoil. It is a highly capable round, having been recorded taking down 400lb tigers and cape buffalo. But shot placement on anything bigger than a coyote is key to dropping it and not wounding it. Plus it was topped in velocity by the swift and accuracy by the triple deuce.

 

[DocRock]

I wouldnt sell either of mine for less than 1000. But they are significantly older and both in Savage calibers, 22 HP and 300 specifically.

Quite. And that's where the money is in 99s. While @Dudedog rifle is one of the nicest 99Es, the collector value 99s are generally pre War, Schnabel forend, straight grip (though by no means always) and chambered in 303 Savage, 300 Savage, 250 Savage, 22 HP and to a lesser extent, 30-30. By the time the 308 Winchester came to be, the bolt action rifle was king and Savage was trying to make the 99 at competitive prices. The 99E I sold was near the bottom of the model barrel, but still a nice rifle.

 

[Gordon]

Before statement about .308 (or .243 for that matter ) being easier to get $ for, in equal grades and conditions, you ought to try and get som .22HP, ,250 Savage, especially .303 Savage or even the .300 Savage readily. .308 and .243 however are readily available for a non "just for display " display collector. Even the .300 Savage is -- scarce !

 

[Charlie98]

The .30-30's were the most unpopular, and people would pick them up, see it was a .30-30, and put it down like it was hot.

the collector value 99s are generally pre War, Schnabel forend, straight grip (though by no means always) and chambered in 303 Savage, 300 Savage, 250 Savage, 22 HP and to a lesser extent, 30-30.

I guess I'll find out soon enough... I'm fixing to sell my 99B prewar takedown in .30-30... unfortunately, it has the beavertail forearm, but a straight grip.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

I think the take-downs were hot items on my friend's table. But it's been so long that most everything I learned about 99's at the time is mostly forgotten now. But I don't think you'll have any problem selling a take down.

I always wanted a 99 in .303, but never did get one. (yes, I realize if I put a 190 grain bullet in a .30WCF case, I pretty much have a .303 Savage) Settled for the 1914 .30-30, which was/is a straight grip and Schnabel fore-stock. I sure prefer a straight grip on just about anything, maybe not always on a bolt gun. Had a big ugly recoil pad on it, which I replaced with a period Stevens butt plate, which I'm sure is not "correct", but looks very correct to me on the rifle. And I had it in my junk-box. The other thing about my rifle was that although the "restoration" or re-finish was done very well, I believe the rifle originally had a 26" barrel, which was cut down to 24". That was not done well, nor crowned well. So, as I always really wanted a 99 carbine, I took it down to 19&5/8th and it is indeed a beautiful carbine. I only wish it had the curved butt-plate.

I've always thought the .300 Savage was a good cartridge. Same ballistics as the .303 British or 7.65 Mauser, of which I am a fan of both. But I had another friend that used to hate it, fond of saying: "well....it SOUNDS impressive anyway..."

Things have probably changed, but I remember very well that the .30-30's did not generate any interest.

 

[Ugly Sauce]

 

[Charlie98]

That reminds me a lot of my 20" Browning 71 .348WCF carbine... which I dearly love... but wished it had a straight lever, al la 1886.

 

[redneck2]

I had two Savage 99’s for sale. Everyone wanted them until they were for sale. Both were pristine.

Sold the .300 Savage for $450. Sold an “as new” limited edition collector grade .250-3000 for $1,100

 

[Ugly Sauce]

Damn. A pristine .300 for $450.00....I would not have been able to resist that. Would have cost me a week or so in the dog house, but worth it. But then again, I have a 99 that I love...so.... Yep, demand for, and value of a rifle are two different things. Most of the younger generation would have no interest in a 99, could not relate to a ".300 Savage", and couldn't buy ammo at Walmart. They want to hunt with an AR, and those of use who are fans of the 99, or really appreciate them, probably already have one, and don't want to go to the dog house for another, that we'd most likely never actually use, and wind up selling it or trading it off anyhow. Heck, I haven't even shot mine in a coon's age. Whatever a coon's age is.