Did the 22 hi-power '99 takedowns ever come with a barrel spanner?
If not, whats the best way to unscrew them....if yes, what did they look like ??

Roger

The one I had didn't. It's not uncommon for them to have their barrels fitted permanently to improve accuracy though.

Some just screwed in, most had half threads and they screwed in also..MY 250-3000 screws in and it shoots 1/2 inch all day long with about any load..Its a 1922 TD..I put it on the market after all these years, but only to someone willing to pay for that kind of accuracy, its more accurate than my varmint guns or my bench rest gun for that matter..Rare indeed, don't expect your 99 to equal this one.

My Savage 99 in .22 Savage High Power has the later type of fully-threaded barrel that needs about five full turns to screw in completely.

There IS a spanner provided with mine: It is a square-section hole inside the fore-end that slips over the fore-end catch mount on the barrel so that you can get some purchase on it - very neat. Mine also shoots to one and a half inch groups or less with open sights; they are brilliant rifles. Mine is cased, and was sold by Manton of Calcutta in c. 1933.

Thanks HB, mine is a 1918 vintage, I'll have to check the fore-end to see if it has that feature.

Roger

Never took any notice before, but there it is......a square hole....the barrel is pretty tight so I didn't want to force the fore-end, it appears to have marks from some sort of "c" spanner on the receiver end of the barrel, so I might have to make a spanner for it.



Roger