Yesterday's Weapons Forums

I sent the stocks from this away to be duplicated in figured walnut - I meant to put the new stocks on another Sav 1899. Well, 3 years later I finally got them back.

In the meantime, I have abandoned the idea of acquiring more Savages. I found 2 with Marlin barrels & will keep those, but this one & my 25-35 takedown will be sold or traded. (The first Savage levers were made by Marlin & Marlin made barrels for Sav until around 1946)

What you see here is an 1899 Savage Saddle Ring Carbine from 1920 or so... I forget what year a 101XXX serial gun was made.

A fellow Marlin collector has expressed a little interest in this, but if he declines, I'll list it here for sale or trade.

It's in 303 Sav caliber. I had the devil's own time getting brass - made mine from 220 Swift & 30-40 Krag. Yes, you can make it from 30-30, but the web has to expand & case failure is virtually a done deal.

Which is not to say your rifle - and you - will detonate & be ruined, but you would have all the fun you wanted trying to fish the neck part of the case from the chamber. It COULD be done, but what a PITA!!!

I corresponded with a fellow who did that & he allowed if he never had to do it again, it would be 6 days too soon.... so I mostly used 303 Sav made from 220 Swift brass. The rim geometry ain't right, but it will work... after a fashion.

Our pal, Kaintuck helped me out with a little real-deal 303 Sav ammo & now Norma makes brass - available from Grafs.

This was a 'working rifle' from a ranch in the sandhills of Nebr. - still tight. I guess people took good care of their guns then as they depended on them for food.

Anyway - you don't see these every day of the week. SW

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Slava Ukraini!!

Now didn't you tinker with the idea of selling that a year or two ago? I remember you sending me pics of that one before. Then you decided not to sell. (At least the pic on the chair looks familiar)

I would appreciate a shot at that (or the 25-35!) if you want to move it.
Maybe even work out trades/partial trades or outright sale.

I think I have a pic or two of my short rifle in 32-40.

Here it is



This is when I first got it. Now it sports a vintage marbles tang sight instead of the 57s Lyman.

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It's 5 o'clock and it's watermelon time.....................
because you can't drink beer & load rockets - TXPete

When 308Dave sees these,he'll be putting a protective cover on his keyboard -TR

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Rome fell because it had a Senate-what will become of us with both a Senate and a House-Will Rogers

I have about 6 of these guns. They are a pleasure to shoot.

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"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm."
George Orwell.

I love those model 99's. Mine has taken more Deer than I can remember. There is just something about the way it feels.

Dave

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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin historical review of Pennsylvania [1759]