I hope someone here can help me, a friend has a savage 99 that was his fathers and is now gone. It looks like the scope fits into a sleave in the frount of the scope (it has no bell) and the sleeve is fixed to the mount by two dovetailed fixtures. The rear is in a split ring verticaly and holds the scope itself. I did not measure it, but is looked to be a one inch tube on the scope. The scope is a weaver and no longer works. What he would like is a newer scope that would fit the factory mounts. Any one have an idea of what this mount is, or what scopes would work with this mount? I think the gun is early 50's and is in 300 savage. He dearly wants to hunt again with this gun and not alter the mount as now with his dad gone, it means a lot to him. Thanks in advance.

Does it look like this?
http://www.savage99.com/scopes.htm

That is it!!!! What are the choices for this setup useing a modern scope?

Sav 99s are no longer made and very collectable.

The one family heirloom I have was already drilled and tappped.

The other two are old and may well get drilled and tapped by me in the standard way.

The two piece Weaver mounts available are Alluminum and kind of high.

The Redfield mounts are steel and low, but I hate the twist mounts.

I am thinking of making some one piece Weavers from steel or welding onto Redfileds.

Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/Stith-scope-rings-mounts-Leupold-Pi...QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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