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Takedown Savage 99 tightening

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17 June 2021, 01:22
bpesteve
Takedown Savage 99 tightening
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.
17 June 2021, 06:24
Recoil Rob
Ask at the Savage forum on 24hc
17 June 2021, 06:49
Vol717
i tried without success. Gunsmith tried slightly perming the threads but no joy. I sold the gun.


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17 June 2021, 14:51
p dog shooter
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.
17 June 2021, 21:52
xausa
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.
17 June 2021, 23:33
dpcd
Peen the threads forward with a punch.
18 June 2021, 03:27
p dog shooter
quote:
Originally posted by dpcd:
Peen the threads forward with a punch.



Then pin it after it is tight?
19 June 2021, 21:29
Atkinson
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..


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19 June 2021, 22:50
dpcd
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.
20 June 2021, 02:08
Duane Wiebe (CG&R)
The threads CAN be moved with a suitable , carefully made tool and a heavy inertia transfer device. The method has been discussed here previously
20 June 2021, 02:34
dpcd
Fancy terms for a BFH and a punch. Gunsmiths always make things sound exotic and important.
21 June 2021, 06:48
Bill Leeper
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
22 June 2021, 18:28
Russ Gould
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.


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24 June 2021, 06:02
Bill Leeper
That's why you make the sleeve with a different pitch on the ID and OD; so you can adjust the timing. Regards, Bill.
26 June 2021, 22:51
Atkinson
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..


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