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I like traveling w/takedown rifles for a # of reasons. I'm thinking of buying a .300 Savage 99 takedown for mulies, hogs, maybe Nfld. moose. My concern is the accuracy upon reassembly with such an old rifle...Any experiences re: same? | ||
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If the barrel/receiver threads are good it should have decent hunting accuracy. I have one I bought at a gun show. It is very tight; I do not believe the original owner ever removed it. I have looked at other take down 99s that were loose and passed on them. If the barrel is loose it can be fixed but is expensive to do so. Mark | |||
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joester I too like takedown rifles. Sorry I have no experience with a Savage takedown. But I can say that a 1895 Winchester in 405 WCF will hold its zero when taken apart and reasembled. Sadly they are not easy to scope. DOUBLE RIFLE SHOOTERS SOCIETY | |||
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I had one a 250-3000 became loose after not much shooting. Sent it back to Savage in the early 70's for repair. It was stolen enroute. I don't think I buy another they don't seem to stay tight after much shooting and take downs. If I wanted a rifle for take down a Encore or if a repeater how about a AR-10 or 15 pull the pins cut the size of it in half. | |||
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and that about all you can expect.  Doug Humbarger NRA Life member Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club 72'73. Yankee Station Try to look unimportant. Your enemy might be low on ammo. | |||
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I just saw a m99 "take down" (circa 1925) @ a local gunshop...For some reason I thought they came apart with a lever, like a BLR takedown. I didn't realize that the barrel had to be unthreaded. I can understand why a return-to-zero might be sketchy... | |||
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I have a Savage 99 Takedown in .22 Savage HighPower, cased and sold by Mantons of Calcutta, India. It was made in 1932 carried a lot but shot little. It has the original open sights and will group to 1.5" at 100 yards, and also shoots well at 300 yards. Always returns to zero. But with a scope it might be different... | |||
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As far as I know all takedown Savages are 1x14 twist and 99% of them wont shoot bullets heavier than 87 grs. so that is one problem.. Most 99s are half thread screw ins, some are full thread screw ins. the full thread are probably more accurate as a rule.. I don't trust take down rifles although I have seen a few that worked out well.. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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I have a few Savage M1899H takedowns, all with interrupted threads. They all return to zero when re-assembled (not more than an inch or so off at 100yds, which is fine by me for the woods hunting I do). I'm also building a three barrel custom one too. The thing that wears out the barrel threads is repeated ham handed unnecessary removal. Luckily, it's easy to 'tighten' them if they get a bit loose with judicious light tapping on the threads with a ball peen hammer. No kidding, it just requires a dab hand. In reality, I have had barrels off and onto those guns a lot, and haven't noticed any loosening. Then again, I keep them greased lightly with a good white lithium grease (Lubriplate), and do the operation slowly and with great care. | |||
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I've tightened half a dozen full screw takedown 99's. Some were 250-3000 and some 300 Savage. The method gnoahhh talks about works like a charm. You're moving the metal of the threads ever so slightly with the ball peen to take up the slop. I have shot hundreds, probably thousands of shots through them and the barrels are as tight as the day i first worked on them. Disassembly a few times during a hunt shouldn't loosen them. I think most loose ones were constantly played with by taking the barrel on/off and when slack developed were then continued to be shot causing the barrel to flex and whip when firing further exacerbating the problem. | |||
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I know they can be fixed by judicious tapping of the threads, and some have a lock device. I know of some that have even been fixed with JB weld and it actually worked or so I was told..I also don't know what fixed means as to accuracy as what may be suitable for one may not be for someone else..I, personally don't want a gun that may only return to zero within and inch, I want it dead on. Turkey heads are very small. I I have the same problem with QD scope mounts as a buffs eye is about one inch. Few mounts can be trusted to return to within 2 inches. I do think most of these guns are old and most have been used too much which one should expect considering their age.. However, I still prefer solid frame guns.. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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i have one dated from 1923 in 300 savage. when im taking it down i ve with the first shot a deviation of one inch and half on the left and one inch higher. everything is going back after the second shot and of course let it cooling down. im using a Weaver quick detach rings and it s working great. i ve taken two caribous on a fly out and with the rifle in a very short case so for an hunting purpose it s working for a benchrest one no but no sure that was the OP question. hope it helps. | |||
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