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Originally Posted by Colorado Redneck
The Savage 99 Takedown is a mystery to me.
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Regarding Savage 99 takedown rifles in particular:
They are taken down via removing the forend & opening the lever/action, before fitting the square hole in the forend iron (inside) on top of the forend lug on the barrel (with the forend held @ a 90-degree angle to the bbl), so the forend may be used as a takedown lever to start unscrewing the bbl.
NEVER support barrel removal or installation by holding a Savage 99 buttstock in any way - there are any number of Savage 99's out there with cracked/broken buttstock wrists from this practice.
Hold it by the receiver proper, for bbl R&R.
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