Any a you fellas familiar or have any experience with the Model 99 Savage in .358?? A surreal situation has befallen me, I'm still afraid I'm gonna wake up any moment from a dream.
I know this is only small caliber if you shoot .50BMG's but the only two forums I hang at are Small Calibers and Varmint Hunting. The .358 might not be a small caliber but it dang sure ain't a varminter.

I have one but have not yet gotten around to shooting it. It is a featherweight in excellent shape. Got a good deal on it and don't have any non-antique ammo.

Congratulations!!! Pinch yourself.

I've been collecting Savages for a while now and haven't even had a chance to buy one at a reasonable price in Canada.

The Savage 99 chambered for the .358s are very desirable rifles especially if the serial number is under a million. The .358 cartridge is a great eastern heavy cover deer cartridge and a great rifle for elk out west. Nice find.

Great rifle and very good round. It is similar to the 9.3x57 I shoot as far as ballistics and performance. You can load plinking and 100 yard Varmint cartridges using .357 handgun bullets.

I have one with the straight stock, model 99A maybe?
Anyway, I played with it alot when I first got it and found AA2015 to give by far the best vel/pressure ratio of anything else I tried. 22" barrel and just under 2400 fps with a 250 hornady and a heavy crimp. I got 5-6 loadings with the brass so in a rear locker like a 99 it couldnt have been to high a pressure.

I killed my first deer with a Savage 99 in 358Win on Uganik Is. in1980 I think it was maybe 81 ..Shooting the 250 gr Hornady RN I had handloaded with a Lee Loader and the dipper ......Hal Waugh ( Master Guide ) considered it a good brown bear round . It is the same as the 348 Win in terms of killing ability and ballistics ........ It may not be a fur round . But as far as general use it can,t be beat ......... Load a 225 gr TSX in it to 2450 .and most anything inside 200 yards is busted down and dead , and for deer size game 300 yards is not a problem ............ I sold mine because I was young and stupid , and everyone around me was hooked ( stupidly ) on the 300 Win Mag ... Most of us are also on the other forums . ie. Medium , and big bore .

Son, it's time you went bear huntin'...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.358_Winchester

I shot a vintage 99 yesterday, 30-30; hit a "kill zone" sized gong from a truck hood rest 7 times out of 15 with the original open sights (and the original eyes)@130 yards.

If a see a nice one, I'm gonna buy it; Lord knows I passed up a slew of 'em in the past.