OK "Skills", I find that the Savage 99 was made to handle 50,000 psi, which is short of my former Browning BLRs 65,500 psi rating.
Since the 99 is basically a falling block action I'm wondering why it would not take the same 65,500 psi as the BLR?
Does that block (bolt) bend under pressure?
Does something happen to the camming lock of the lever action?
Surely the receiver is not wimpy, so why the difference?
I'm re-barreling my 99 with a Bartlein 5R rifled octagonal barrel and may go to 6.5 Creedmoor instead of its current .308. I have used medium then fine fire lapping paste to make the rear of the 99's bolt have full contact with the receiver. It changes headspace a tiny bit but that will be readjusted with the new barrel.
For some reason my 99's trigger is amazingly crisp with no creep. Someone must have worked on it.
Eric B.
P.S. With CNC design and machining and modern, Ruger-style temperature controlled receiver investment casting I feel the Savage 99 could be re-ontroduced with considerable savings over the old manually controlled machining of the 99s of the past.
Investment cast the receiver like Ruger does for theirs and merely polish it up without expensive machining except in a few places internally, which can be done quickly, perfectly and inexpensively with CNC machines.
