My 99s

[Nightlord40k]

Never really cared for the Winchester or Marlin lever guns, but the Savage 1899/99 always felt "just right."
Had 4 at one point....

Clip-fed 99C in .308 with vintage Weatherby scope

99E in .243. Sold this one to my buddy in Hawaii so it could actually do some hunting.

An absolutely immaculate .308 99F I stumbled across a couple months ago.

Also had a .30-30 Takedown during Covid, but couldn't find a lick of ammo for it at the time. Sold it before I could shoot it....

 

[Txhillbilly]

The 99 has always been a robust lever action, and has a great following. A friend had one in 300 Savage, I got to shoot it a few times. It was a pretty accurate rifle for a lever action.

 

[Charlie98]

Seeing the Savage 99's in the catalog as a kid, back in the '80's, I always was curious about them. Having said that, I sort of became a Marlin guy, and not only because they were inexpensive. Anyway, a friend of mine sold me his 99F in .308... not a safe queen, by any means, but a solid shooter. First time I took it to the range I knew I was in love... got back home, and put the Marlin 336 up for sale.

I put a Williams peep on mine, and used it to shoot steel pipe on occasion...

This was up in WY some years ago... I think I was shooting the 500yd or 600yd steel at that point... note the Williams jacked all the way out...

...and the Williams...

I liked the 99F so much, another friend sold me his pre-war 99? .30-30 takedown... I say 99? because we really don't know what version it was. It had been reblued... although you couldn't tell at first glance... and we think the wood had been replaced. The checkering wasn't correct on the buttstock, and the forearm was a crazy beavertail shotgun profile. At the end of the day, it was not the rifle the 99F was, at least to me, and I sent it down the road 2 years ago. This was probably it's last range session with me, after I got the bore sorted out; this rifle required .310" cast bullets to keep them on paper, .309" produced a shotgun pattern.

99F on L, 99 takedown on R...

 

[Frontiersman]

Nice rifles. Definitely unique in the lever family.

 

[8ulletProof]

Never really cared for the Winchester or Marlin lever guns, but the Savage 1899/99 always felt "just right."

My pop pop gave my brother a savage 99 that has been in my family for multiple generations, and I can't help but feel jealous of him

 

[blueMug]

I think it’s funny how the 99 still feels more ergonomic than a lot of modern bolt guns. The way it balances in the hand for a brush gun is perfect. I’ve always preferred the 99C clip-fed models for actual hunting just for the convenience of unloading at the truck, but the internal rotary will always be the true Savage soul

 

[Nightlord40k]

Seeing the Savage 99's in the catalog as a kid, back in the '80's, I always was curious about them. Having said that, I sort of became a Marlin guy, and not only because they were inexpensive. Anyway, a friend of mine sold me his 99F in .308... not a safe queen, by any means, but a solid shooter. First time I took it to the range I knew I was in love... got back home, and put the Marlin 336 up for sale.

I put a Williams peep on mine, and used it to shoot steel pipe on occasion...

This was up in WY some years ago... I think I was shooting the 500yd or 600yd steel at that point... note the Williams jacked all the way out...

...and the Williams...

I liked the 99F so much, another friend sold me his pre-war 99? .30-30 takedown... I say 99? because we really don't know what version it was. It had been reblued... although you couldn't tell at first glance... and we think the wood had been replaced. The checkering wasn't correct on the buttstock, and the forearm was a crazy beavertail shotgun profile. At the end of the day, it was not the rifle the 99F was, at least to me, and I sent it down the road 2 years ago. This was probably it's last range session with me, after I got the bore sorted out; this rifle required .310" cast bullets to keep them on paper, .309" produced a shotgun pattern.

99F on L, 99 takedown on R...

I actually really like that forend, lol.

 

[Nightlord40k]

I think it’s funny how the 99 still feels more ergonomic than a lot of modern bolt guns. The way it balances in the hand for a brush gun is perfect. I’ve always preferred the 99C clip-fed models for actual hunting just for the convenience of unloading at the truck, but the internal rotary will always be the true Savage soul

My 99C was actually a bit problematic, they gave up one round capacity, and you had to keep the overall cartridge length rather short. Those guns could be susceptible to receiver stretch with heavy loads too, resulting in difficult extraction.

 

[Charlie98]

I actually really like that forend, lol.

It looked good on paper, but was an odd handful when trying to shoot. To make matters worse, because it was a QD forearm (because of the takedown feature...) it moved a bit.

and you had to keep the overall cartridge length rather short.

Quite. Although it's not a problem with FN cast bullets, when I was shooting jacketed bullets, I had to keep the COL in check... or they would jam the magazine fo sho! ...and it was the dickens to get it out.