Checked Another Off The “Always Wanted” List

44caliberkid · December 23, 2022, 12:46 PM

While snobirding in Arizona I found this Savage 99 in 300 Savage, made in 1953. Included nice leather sling and case. Very good condition, no extra holes drilled in the receiver. I was very happy at $600 out the door. Also very happy that Arizona just passed no sales tax on firearms this year.

105kw · December 23, 2022, 01:28 PM

Very nice, it's a 99EG model.
I hope you take it hunting, they are great deer guns, and don't do bad on elk either.

jetinteriorguy · December 24, 2022, 06:33 AM

Now that’s a real beauty.

sako2 · December 24, 2022, 06:58 AM

At $600 out the door you stole it. Nice gun.

**44 AMP** · December 24, 2022, 07:16 AM

My Dad's Uncle Jim had one like that, when he passed, my Dad had it for a couple decades. We called it "the big stick", in the Adirondack deer woods where the majority of hunters carried a .30-30 or .32 Special.

I had it for several years after my father passed, and I eventually gave it in trade to a good friend who loves Savage 99s and the .300 Savage cartridge.

While that rifle has many treasured memories, I have several other guns of more value to me in that way, and its in a good home now, with someone who also treasures it for what it is.

Uncle Jim had a scope on his, an JC Higgins (Weaver) 2.5x post/crosswire. When my dad got the rifle, the scope had been removed, and the mounts were off the rifle and apparently lost. Did just fine with the semi buckhorn iron sights though. I have that scope, and its on my original deer rifle, a Rem 600 .308 Winchester. There are better scopes today, there were back then, but that one works fine, and that Savage 99, and my Rem, and that scope all hunted together when I was 16 and 17. ..took a few nice bucks, about 50 years ago, too.

Sarge · December 24, 2022, 07:31 AM

I love the 99 and and am casting about for an E model in 308.

105kw · December 24, 2022, 12:36 PM

Sarge, the only problem with the .308 99s are the prices most people want for them.
If you can find a good 300 Savage, at a decent price give it a look.
It is a really good deer cartridge, and with modern powders, you can boost the velocity by maybe 100fps.

bamaranger · December 24, 2022, 01:45 PM

The Savage 99/.300 was common in the deer woods when I was a kid. I've always thought they were sleek, handsome rifles. Interest has grown in them given some gun press in the past decade or so.

The straight gripped carbine model is on my list, though I've never seen a real one! Your new rifle is very clean and a good buy. Congrats

USAF Ret · December 24, 2022, 02:03 PM

Absolutely beautiful rifle and smoking deal. Congrats.

Ed4032 · December 25, 2022, 04:16 AM

I have the same rifle. It was Dad’s.

jmr40 · December 25, 2022, 07:32 AM

Nice rifle at a good price. I've always liked those

44caliberkid · December 25, 2022, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sako2

At $600 out the door you stole it. Nice gun.

It was the only blued steel and walnut rifle in a shop full of black plastic guns. Probably Grandpa’s heirloom hand me down that some kid traded for a $300 polymer 9mm.

jetinteriorguy · December 25, 2022, 11:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 44caliberkid

It was the only blued steel and walnut rifle in a shop full of black plastic guns. Probably Grandpa’s heirloom hand me down that some kid traded for a $300 polymer 9mm.

Now that would be sad, but a good thing for you and the rifle is better off.

taylorce1 · December 25, 2022, 12:23 PM

Well I had a Savage 99A in .358 Win. It was probably me, but I didn't find much enjoyment with that rifle. I sold it to someone who appreciated it more. I like a Winchester or Marlin lever action, but I think I expected more out of the Savage 99. Its accuracy was acceptable, but I hated the trigger. I also had issues with optics on it. Recoil wasn't horrible but it did lile to jump around.

FITASC · December 25, 2022, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Sarge, the only problem with the .308 99s are the prices most people want for them.
If you can find a good 300 Savage, at a decent price give it a look.
It is a really good deer cartridge, and with modern powders, you can boost the velocity by maybe 100fps.

Even more horrific are the prices for one in 7-08!

**44 AMP** · December 25, 2022, 08:51 PM

It is somewhat amusing, with most things, when they are discontinued, (generlly because they are no longer selling well), and dealers discount them in order to get rid of them, with firearms, it seems that when a model/caliber goes out of production (again, because its not selling well - enough-) many people immediately RAISE the price of existing stock, because NOW, they are "collector's items".

7mm-08 Savage 99s were made in (apparently) small numbers in the last couple years before Savage ended the model 99 production.

Small number made, fixed supply (out of production) so its a case of paying whatever the guy who has one wants for it.

I recall one time, just after Winchester announced closing their last US plant, everything marked Winchester at the gun show jumped in price. Long guns went up about $100 and all the other Winchester stuff, from pocket knives to tie tacs went up 20-50%.

came down a bit after a while, but never went back to what it was...

then went up again, later...

armoredman · December 26, 2022, 01:34 AM

Beautiful rifle sir...Arizona did NOT pass HB2166, the transaction privilege tax relief for firearms - it died in the Senate. I wish we had.

December 24, 2022, 07:16 AM	#5
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 26,849	My Dad's Uncle Jim had one like that, when he passed, my Dad had it for a couple decades. We called it "the big stick", in the Adirondack deer woods where the majority of hunters carried a .30-30 or .32 Special. I had it for several years after my father passed, and I eventually gave it in trade to a good friend who loves Savage 99s and the .300 Savage cartridge. While that rifle has many treasured memories, I have several other guns of more value to me in that way, and its in a good home now, with someone who also treasures it for what it is. Uncle Jim had a scope on his, an JC Higgins (Weaver) 2.5x post/crosswire. When my dad got the rifle, the scope had been removed, and the mounts were off the rifle and apparently lost. Did just fine with the semi buckhorn iron sights though. I have that scope, and its on my original deer rifle, a Rem 600 .308 Winchester. There are better scopes today, there were back then, but that one works fine, and that Savage 99, and my Rem, and that scope all hunted together when I was 16 and 17. ..took a few nice bucks, about 50 years ago, too. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.

December 24, 2022, 07:31 AM	#6
Sarge Senior Member Join Date: May 12, 2002 Location: MO Posts: 5,418	I love the 99 and and am casting about for an E model in 308. __________________ People were smarter before the Internet, or imbeciles were harder to notice.

December 24, 2022, 01:45 PM	#8
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 7,910	the way it used to be The Savage 99/.300 was common in the deer woods when I was a kid. I've always thought they were sleek, handsome rifles. Interest has grown in them given some gun press in the past decade or so. The straight gripped carbine model is on my list, though I've never seen a real one! Your new rifle is very clean and a good buy. Congrats

December 25, 2022, 04:16 AM	#10
Ed4032 Senior Member Join Date: January 13, 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 292	I have the same rifle. It was Dad’s. __________________ Gun control is like stopping drunk driving by making it harder for sober people to drive.

December 25, 2022, 07:32 AM	#11
jmr40 Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,639	Nice rifle at a good price. I've always liked those __________________ "If you're still doing things the same way you were doing them 10 years ago, you're doing it wrong" Winston Churchill

December 23, 2022, 01:28 PM	#2
105kw Senior Member Join Date: June 30, 2017 Location: Columbia Basin Washington Posts: 376	Very nice, it's a 99EG model. I hope you take it hunting, they are great deer guns, and don't do bad on elk either.

December 24, 2022, 06:33 AM	#3
jetinteriorguy Senior Member Join Date: April 28, 2013 Posts: 2,788	Now that’s a real beauty.

December 24, 2022, 06:58 AM	#4
sako2 Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2009 Posts: 699	At $600 out the door you stole it. Nice gun.

December 24, 2022, 12:36 PM	#7
105kw Senior Member Join Date: June 30, 2017 Location: Columbia Basin Washington Posts: 376	Sarge, the only problem with the .308 99s are the prices most people want for them. If you can find a good 300 Savage, at a decent price give it a look. It is a really good deer cartridge, and with modern powders, you can boost the velocity by maybe 100fps.

December 24, 2022, 02:03 PM	#9
USAF Ret Senior Member Join Date: December 8, 2017 Posts: 676	Absolutely beautiful rifle and smoking deal. Congrats.

December 25, 2022, 12:23 PM	#14
taylorce1 Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2005 Location: On the Santa Fe Trail Posts: 7,926	Well I had a Savage 99A in .358 Win. It was probably me, but I didn't find much enjoyment with that rifle. I sold it to someone who appreciated it more. I like a Winchester or Marlin lever action, but I think I expected more out of the Savage 99. Its accuracy was acceptable, but I hated the trigger. I also had issues with optics on it. Recoil wasn't horrible but it did lile to jump around. __________________ NRA Life Member

December 25, 2022, 08:51 PM	#16
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 26,849	It is somewhat amusing, with most things, when they are discontinued, (generlly because they are no longer selling well), and dealers discount them in order to get rid of them, with firearms, it seems that when a model/caliber goes out of production (again, because its not selling well - enough-) many people immediately RAISE the price of existing stock, because NOW, they are "collector's items". 7mm-08 Savage 99s were made in (apparently) small numbers in the last couple years before Savage ended the model 99 production. Small number made, fixed supply (out of production) so its a case of paying whatever the guy who has one wants for it. I recall one time, just after Winchester announced closing their last US plant, everything marked Winchester at the gun show jumped in price. Long guns went up about $100 and all the other Winchester stuff, from pocket knives to tie tacs went up 20-50%. came down a bit after a while, but never went back to what it was... then went up again, later... __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.

December 26, 2022, 01:34 AM	#17
armoredman Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 5,176	Beautiful rifle sir...Arizona did NOT pass HB2166, the transaction privilege tax relief for firearms - it died in the Senate. I wish we had.

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