Is it possible, in any reasonable sense, to tighten up a rather loose takedown joint in a Savage model 99?

Normally I would just not shoot it or get a different one, but this one is a 22 Hi-Power in very good shape otherwise that has an excellent bore. I wouldn't mind losing the takedown feature to get it into shootable condition.

Ask at the Savage forum on 24hc

i tried without success. Gunsmith tried slightly perming the threads but no joy. I sold the gun.

Years ago savage offered the service they would turn it into a fix barrel.

How they did it I am un sure.

So it can be done.

I can think of bubba solutions.

My .22 Savage Hi Power Model 99 was a take down model, but had been converted to fixed barrel before it came into my possession. Otherwise I would not have bought it. Col. Whelen had a poor opinion of Model 99 take-down models and recommended the Savage conversion to fixed barrel, but did not say how it was done.

Peen the threads forward with a punch.

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Originally posted by dpcd:
Peen the threads forward with a punch.

Then pin it after it is tight?

turn your present threads off, then thread on a coupling or tig it on? and thread it. Ive seen that done back in the day and it sure worked..not real sure of the process as I didn't see it done, I did see and shoot the results on one gun..I think it was the common fix back in the early 1930s into the 1950s..

Way too much work and unnecessary. And please do not try to weld a collar onto a barrel.
That is how the Win Model 12 has adjustable barrel system; the threads are on a collar and the barrel fits into the collar. Not welded of course.
No pin needed.

The threads CAN be moved with a suitable , carefully made tool and a heavy inertia transfer device. The method has been discussed here previously

Fancy terms for a BFH and a punch. Gunsmiths always make things sound exotic and important.

I have made a sleeve to make an adjustable system for a takedown but, unless it is out a long way, I would simply set the threads forward using a suitable tool. Regards, Bill

The Win 94 provides a clue to a different method .. they use 3 screws that actually create a little pimples on the back side of the action extension. So I think 3 dots of tig weld, strategically "dotted" and then hand fitted, might do the trick without putting much heat into anything at all.

You can't sleeve and rethread as your timing will be off.

That's why you make the sleeve with a different pitch on the ID and OD; so you can adjust the timing. Regards, Bill.

I said threaded of tigged as I din not know, but the smith in questions is the best welder Ive ever know nad the most skilled metal smith..