My new, old school, long range rifle.

[Rob L.]

Hi p³,
Your rifle is a beauty! I too love the purdy rifles from yesteryear, having several old Weatherby's. And my "long range" is not nearly so long as many on this forum. Old age, you know?

 

[Calvin45]

Hi p³,
Your rifle is a beauty! I too love the purdy rifles from yesteryear, having several old Weatherby's. And my "long range" is not nearly so long as many on this forum. Old age, you know?

Let's see those weatherbys! I suffer from mark V tastes on a vanguard budget.

 

[Deleted member 125160]

Great looking stick and write up. You should write for one of these highfalutin publications with words that purdy.

Thank you very much! I actually have. Been published in African Hunter magazine and had a hand in the latest Barnes reloading manual after being on thier advisory team and field test pro staff back when the Brooks family still owned and ran the company. I Wrote a heavy metal Easter show once, as well. Appreciate the kind words.

 

[Deleted member 125160]

agreed on almost everything I prefer to stick with rounds that are more commonly available for brass and components.

I went broke down and ordered a Cooper in 6.5 CM as a rifle to shoot a lot and practice long range. It is pretty and shoots well. It is not controlled round feed and I will NOT go down this road ever again.

I can't believe the high end 5K rifles that are still push feed. I am convinced that since our military adopted the Remingtin as its sniper rifle, we have generations of shooters that simply do not know what they are missing.

Perfectly stated. If I write a check for thousands of dollars on a rifle, it better have some eye poppin wood on it! And be either a Mauser or a model 70.

 

[Deleted member 125160]

Mine is still a Remington 721 in 264WM but in 2010 I added a 30" Shelin barrel with 6 grove and 1 in 8 twist. Pushing a 85gr HP to 3827fps, 100gr Nosler BT to 3700 fps and have pushed a 160gr Woodleigh PPSN to 3267fps but signs of pressure.

I like how you think. These large case small bore cartridges really shine with extra barrel length.

 

[Deleted member 125160]

Hi p³,
Your rifle is a beauty! I too love the purdy rifles from yesteryear, having several old Weatherby's. And my "long range" is not nearly so long as many on this forum. Old age, you know?

Thank you sir. Yes, I can totally relate. I still love a pretty rifle and nowadays 500 yards is WAY out there and my practical max. I fell in love with the look and feel of the Mk V Deluxe's as a very young kid. Then learned of the CRF benefits and ever since have been blending the two concepts.

 

[yobuck]

This will bring about some chuckles no doubt.
But as many here know, Savage was the first in this country to legitimize being a lefty in a right handed world.
They introduced the first true lefty bolt action, as i recall in the late 50s.
In the early 60s i decided id had enough of the pump action rifles and bought one.
It was what they referred to as the model 110 Premier grade.
It was only available in a few cartridges, including 30/06 which is what i bought. What separated it from from others in the 110 line was the stock.
It had a beautifull walnut stock with rosewood grip cap and forend along with skip line checkering.
From across a room many would mistake it for a Wetherby.
I ultimately traded it to a guy whoes add i saw in the old Shotgun News, way back in the day.
He had a 700 Rem BDL in 7 mag, and it kicked too much for him.
And if you can believe it, he wanted something with much less recoil, like a 30/06. lol

 

[Calvin45]

This will bring about some chuckles no doubt.
But as many here know, Savage was the first in this country to legitimize being a lefty in a right handed world.
They introduced the first true lefty bolt action, as i recall in the late 50s.
In the early 60s i decided id had enough of the pump action rifles and bought one.
It was what they referred to as the model 110 Premier grade.
It was only available in a few cartridges, including 30/06 which is what i bought. What separated it from from others in the 110 line was the stock.
It had a beautifull walnut stock with rosewood grip cap and forend along with skip line checkering.
From across a room many would mistake it for a Wetherby.
I ultimately traded it to a guy whoes add i saw in the old Shotgun News, way back in the day.
He had a 700 Rem BDL in 7 mag, and it kicked too much for him.
And if you can believe it, he wanted something with much less recoil, like a 30/06. lol

That's cool about savage and lefties, learned something new.

I will always respect that company. Some gun snobs hold them in contempt but honestly they've been leaders in industry AND in bringing high performance to blue collar working folks for decades and I love them for that.

After savage came out with the accutrigger, love it or hate it, everyone and their dog had a rip off version of it.

To think the 99 had a rotary magazine and a remaining rounds indicator back in the day…

The accustock is not the same as a custom bedded rig but it's miles better than most cheap synthetic rigs.

The floating bolt head and barrel nut headspacing is legit. No question savage was the first to product consistent 1-1.5 moa shooters a guy on minimum wage could take home. And there are guns much more costly that won't outshoot them.

The 250-300 SAVAGE was the first 3000+ fps cartridge in America. The pursuit of speed hasn't stopped since.

We live in a world where they don't want you to work on your own car, your own home, your own anything and certainly many guns are really the domain of gunsmiths only…and savage was the first to give a fella an affordable mass produced rifle where adjusting the trigger pull to his liking was encouraged and made easy, and a rifle that any idiot could do a barrel swap on in his garage with a vice and the appropriate wrench.

A savage package gun was all my mom and dad could afford when they decided to buy me my first centerfire rifle when I was a teenager. I still have that "cheap" and ugly 270 and it's killed a lot of deer.

God bless savage arms!!!

 

[yobuck]

That's cool about savage and lefties, learned something new.

I will always respect that company. Some gun snobs hold them in contempt but honestly they've been leaders in industry AND in bringing high performance to blue collar working folks for decades and I love them for that.

After savage came out with the accutrigger, love it or hate it, everyone and their dog had a rip off version of it.

To think the 99 had a rotary magazine and a remaining rounds indicator back in the day…

The accustock is not the same as a custom bedded rig but it's miles better than most cheap synthetic rigs.

The floating bolt head and barrel nut headspacing is legit. No question savage was the first to product consistent 1-1.5 moa shooters a guy on minimum wage could take home. And there are guns much more costly that won't outshoot them.

The 250-300 SAVAGE was the first 3000+ fps cartridge in America. The pursuit of speed hasn't stopped since.

We live in a world where they don't want you to work on your own car, your own home, your own anything and certainly many guns are really the domain of gunsmiths only…and savage was the first to give a fella an affordable mass produced rifle where adjusting the trigger pull to his liking was encouraged and made easy, and a rifle that any idiot could do a barrel swap on in his garage with a vice and the appropriate wrench.

A savage package gun was all my mom and dad could afford when they decided to buy me my first centerfire rifle when I was a teenager. I still have that "cheap" and ugly 270 and it's killed a lot of deer.

God bless savage arms!!!

Well i will always have a soft hearted feeling about Savage for some of the reasons you cited, but mainly because they cared enough about me, to build a lefty bolt gun i could afford to buy.
But they are what they are, like most other things, and so long as you stay within the lines of what they are, you cant go wrong by owning a Savage. Today i own 5 of them, all lefty bolt guns, with the largest being a 25/06.
As for the old model 99, they were a very popular rifle back in the day i started hunting which was in 1947.
The most popular rifle was of coarse the model 94 Winchester, which was my very first rifle. But when it became time to move up in the world, many chose to do it with a model 99 Savage.

 

[Deleted member 125160]

That's cool about savage and lefties, learned something new.

I will always respect that company. Some gun snobs hold them in contempt but honestly they've been leaders in industry AND in bringing high performance to blue collar working folks for decades and I love them for that.

After savage came out with the accutrigger, love it or hate it, everyone and their dog had a rip off version of it.

To think the 99 had a rotary magazine and a remaining rounds indicator back in the day…

The accustock is not the same as a custom bedded rig but it's miles better than most cheap synthetic rigs.

The floating bolt head and barrel nut headspacing is legit. No question savage was the first to product consistent 1-1.5 moa shooters a guy on minimum wage could take home. And there are guns much more costly that won't outshoot them.

The 250-300 SAVAGE was the first 3000+ fps cartridge in America. The pursuit of speed hasn't stopped since.

We live in a world where they don't want you to work on your own car, your own home, your own anything and certainly many guns are really the domain of gunsmiths only…and savage was the first to give a fella an affordable mass produced rifle where adjusting the trigger pull to his liking was encouraged and made easy, and a rifle that any idiot could do a barrel swap on in his garage with a vice and the appropriate wrench.

A savage package gun was all my mom and dad could afford when they decided to buy me my first centerfire rifle when I was a teenager. I still have that "cheap" and ugly 270 and it's killed a lot of deer.

God bless savage arms!!!

Interesting that you should mention these Savage features. I have a 1915 manufactured model 99 - takedown model no less- in that very 250/3000 caliber and with the brass rotary magazine and cartridge counter.

Little known fact - each cartridge recess in those rotary magazines was MACHINED to EXACTLY match the cartridge it held! Can you imagine the cost of making something like that today?

 

[Calvin45]

Interesting that you should mention these Savage features. I have a 1915 manufactured model 99 - takedown model no less- in that very 250/3000 caliber and with the brass rotary magazine and cartridge counter.

Little known fact - each cartridge recess in those rotary magazines was MACHINED to EXACTLY match the cartridge it held! Can you imagine the cost of making something like that today?

That's amazing - also congrats on owning one heck of a collectable gun!

Nobody would make something like that today.

The savage 99 is the greatest non-tubular lever gun ever made. The browning blr and Winchester 88 have nothing on it for ergonomic comfort and straight class, no matter if they're front locking.

While my dad's marlin 336 is a wonderful gun I like my father in laws win 94 better. It's lighter and faster, and I don't care about it too ejecting. Only a monster puts a scope on a beautiful old 30-30 anyway, I shoot them with irons as God intended


Savage 99 and win 94 for life!!!

 

[Deleted member 125160]

Thank you @Calvin45