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Just finished stocking, metal polish and it's off to the engraver. The checkering pattern is in the spirit of pre-war factory custom.   | ||
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Nice to see a beautiful custom lever action, and a Savage to boot in an unusual chambering. Mike | |||
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Another wow... one of the finest custom lever guns I have seen. On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Incredible wood. Hope we get to see her engraved and blued. There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. – John Green, author | |||
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Is the takedown still functionable or made solid? | |||
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It's still a TD..Bill..wood is a real eye popper, I don't know where it came from | |||
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Plum Purty! Roger Kehr Kehr Engraving Company (360)456-0831 | |||
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Nice, very nice. Makes mine look like, well not nearly so nice. I should find the time to restock mine. It is a blast to shoot. I can't wait to see it once the engraving is done.  Aut vincere aut mori | |||
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Very, very nice! Good to see a fine old classic 99 getting the full beauty treatment. Roger ___________________________ I'm a trophy hunter - until something better comes along. *we band of 45-70ers* | |||
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Very pretty but can it fight? Apologies to Donald Sutherland and The Dirty Dozen. Dave In 100 years who of us will care? An armed society is a polite society! Just because they say you are paranoid doesn't mean they are not out to get you. | |||
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My 99 Savage in .22HP will put them on the ground in a hurry. Another fine Charles Newton cartridge! The take-down feature on mine has been deactivated. The barrel, as Townsend Whelen advised, has been permanently joined to the action. No accuracy problems at all. Mine is fitted with a Lyman Alaskan scope in Stith mounts. | |||
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That rifle makes my heart patter, its better than a Fox News Fox...Did you use Alkanet on the wood?? I have a passion for 99s, and have custom stocked a number of them..but as you know if you make something for yourself somebodys going to buy it sure as hell...so I don't custom stock the ones I own now..  My brother had one growing up and we shot a lot of deer in Mexico with it..It killed mule deer and coues about as well and any gun I ever shot. I was just starting to reload and we bougtht bullets from some guy in Texas, the sure were good bullets, and I had buckets of 25-35 and 30-30 and I learned to make 22 hi-powers out of them from an old local gunsmith. Brings back a lot of memories. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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I think I have a small amount of loaded ammo or brass for it. | |||
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This will not be a shooter..Museum bound with owners other guns | |||
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Fresh ammunition is available from S&B, only they call it 5.6X52R. Kills the hell out of deer. | |||
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Ray, would those have been Sisk bullets? I still have a few I bought years ago. | |||
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That's tough to stomach! Something as nice as that deserves to be used, if even lightly! _____________________________________________________ No safe queens! | |||
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xausa, you are correct, but I was speaking of ammo with the correct head stamp. Got a few Sisk bullets left myself. | |||
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Oh my! That's a lovely rifle! Thanks Duane. Zeke | |||
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22HP is a WAY underestimated cartridge. I recall the first time Steve Bertram shot my Manton double. He says "wasn't expecting THAT!" Would love to have a 99 in it some day and always thought a Winchester 54 in 22HP would be sweet. | |||
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The only real issue with this cartridge in a 99 is the twist. It was fine for the shorter rounder bullets of its day. The only semi available mass produced bullet is the Hornady 70 grain which is designed for the 5.6x52r which has a faster twist. They won't stabilize in my 99. I have a trim die that I file the noses off in to get them to stabilize. Still, it is a fun rifle to shoot. Aut vincere aut mori | |||
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Mike, I guess it's just the difference between individual rifles, but I've been using the Hornady 70 grains for years in my 1899 with no problems. I do think the Speer 70 grain .228 bullets gave me better accuracy, but sadly they were discontinued many years ago. "For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind..." Hosea 8:7 | |||
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That is a gorgeous rifle, and in one of my all time favorite chamberings. I have a few thousand .228 bullets stashed with which to feed my three hungry Savage .22HP's. Quite a few Hornady's which I too file trim the noses of in order to get them to work. I lucked into a pile of Speer 70's and Sisk 63 and 70's which I hoard like gold. Now that .25-35 cases can be had again, the brass situation is tolerable. | |||
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Another beauty Duane. I see a lot of used Savage 99's locally but never bought one as they all seem to be chambered in 300 savage. How much work is it to rechamber one to .308? | |||
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A friend in India has grandmothers H&H double rifle in 22 Savage.It was her tiger rifle.Deer should be no problem. | |||
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I would think the spindle would be the biggest problem. I think there were some frame changes...but I'm, not the expert on 99's | |||
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Xausa, Spot on they were Sisk bullets...this 82 year old grey matter of mine quit working at the most inopertune times these days!  Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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you cannot change the early 99s, not even the later 99EGs in 300 Savage to .308, they use a different rotar and rotors are hard to come by and hard to identify, but no matter, the steel isn't up to snuff on the older guns, according to P.O. Ackley and some other gunsmiths Ive talked to..All of whom consider it a poor practice. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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The steel in the 99's post-1915 is ok for .308. That was when they introduced the .250-3000 (and the .300 in 1920). The thing about using a pre-1956 99 for a .308 conversion isn't isn't about the steel or the rotor- rotors are all over the place. The main drawback is the internal dimensions of the receiver were altered also to accommodate the longer cartridge. I know of one very talented guy who took it as a challenge to convert an early-1950's 99 .300 to .308. After months of work and much cussing he finally pulled it off- and swore he would never do it again. | |||
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