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Re: Savage 99 accuracy

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24 May 2004, 17:12
Clark
Re: Savage 99 accuracy
I got my third 99 yesterday.
I dickered the old man down from $200 to $175 for a 1918 take down in 250/3000.

The bore is not good, the barrel is not original, becuase the reciever has interuped threads and the barrel does not.

The forestock is beat up and has a coupld chunks missing.

The rest of the rifle is fine, and I see cutting some square theads in my lathe's future.
29 May 2004, 09:59
belaw
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there are a couple of tricks to glass beddint them but when done right they really produce.



C'mon Ray, that's just a teaser! Can you please elaborate?
29 May 2004, 17:23
C1PNR
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there are a couple of tricks to glass beddint them but when done right they really produce.



C'mon Ray, that's just a teaser! Can you please elaborate?



Yeah, 'cause I've got a 250-3000 that just aint performing like it should oughta.

Been just shooting factory stuff, but it just doesn't want to put them all together. I need some help here!
01 June 2004, 03:33
elblerinnv
Gentlemen, I am late to this party, but would like to tell you about my .30-30, serial number 30844. With it's 26" half round, half octagon, barrel, stock lengthened twice, Marble's old style folding tang sight, and original front sight, it went to the Nevada Cast Boolit Shoot, NCBS '04. There Curmudgeon's stepson, Jaremy, used it to win the 200 yard offhand match. Four hits out of five shots on the steel plate, and he had never fired (hell, he'd never seen it) it before. I only got three hits with my '03 Springfield. This Savage looks terrible but shoots pretty fair. My boss gave me this rifle for Christmas in 1982, it holds a special place in the gun safe amongst the lesser pieces.

Ernie
01 June 2004, 07:54
courtney plater
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Yeah, 'cause I've got a 250-3000 that just aint performing like it should oughta.

Been just shooting factory stuff, but it just doesn't want to put them all together. I need some help here!



I've had better accuracy so far with my handloads and 87 grain bullets from Sierra and Hornady. Still working on 100 grain bullet loads but it is getting there. You will probably need to handload to get best results. Factories seem to only make 100 grain loadings now.