You are right. The 250-3000 action is a little to short. The 99 was modified to accomodate the 308 length cartridges. I don't know what was changed but it may be feasible to modify the action since you don't have the magazine anyway.

I looked at my Numerich catalog and if it is the "clip" model with detachable magazine it should work fine. You will have to hunt for a proper magazine for the .284 but they did offer it in that caliber.

Good luck with your project.

Was at my gunsmith buddies place the other day, he has a savage 99 (barreled action), thats all no wood. I'ts rusty, the barrel is gone, but the action will clean up, even rusty its got a good trigger. If I let my buddy do the machine work for new barrel etc he will probably give it to me.

I want to rebuild it, not restore, but make a shooter. Its probably not in good enough shape to restore.

Best I could tell it's a 250-3000, tang safety, and curved lever for grip. I havent got the Ser # off it, but based on the description Savage says it was probably made in the 60's.

The clip is missing and will have to be rebarrelled, I've got a blank in the event I do not want to buy a factory stock which I understand to be available.

Here's where my questions come in, I want to make it a 284. I have concerns on the clip, and the fact the 284 is about 1/16 of an inch longer than 250-3000. Didn't know if action length would be a problem, fat case etc. I tried calling Small Arms in Fl, but they are closed until Sept 13th. I could go with 7/08, but I have lots of 284 brass and have loaded for if for many yr.

I know nothing about 99's, need some coaching.

Marc,

Thats kinda what I thought, I havent talked to my gun smith about modifications to get a longer throw, but bet its not that big a deal. Eventhough my gunsmith in not a 99 expert, he has worked on a few 99's over the years and he says this one is one of the good one's because of the saftey and the trigger, rusty as all getout I bet the trigger is about 3 pounds.

I did a search on gun parts, but nothing came up, I do not have a catalog anymore. I may call them.

Savage 99C .284 magazine part number A99C-142A. Numerich part number 139310. *Note limited availability.

Billy
do that one back in a quarter...
and buy a 284 blr?

the 99's are a booger to change round length, like 300 based to 308

jeffe

Post your questions on the Savage collectors forum at www.24hourcampfire.com. There are a bunch of experts on Savage 99s at that forum.

A good place to go for Savage info is
Savage Shooters .com. They are a pretty helpful bunch of folks.

Jeffe,

help me out,not sure what you mean by do it back in a quarter.

Billy
with that gun, i would either keep it 250/300 (the quarter bore) or the 22/250.. just because i actually like pop guns (i have a 257 roberts and 257x300wsm)

jeffe