Snagged a Savage 99 22-250

[021]

Came home with a Savage 99 22-250 from a local gunshow this weekend. This is my second one and both are excellent. The 22-250 is a necked down 250 Savage, and was only made a few years so I am happy to have the pair. Now to find the elusive 99 7mm-08.

[TXGunNut]

Congrats! Can't recall seeing one around here. Been fondling a 300 lately but it's not as nice as the one I already have. I hear these 99's can be habit forming but I know I can quit any time I want to.

[starmac]

The sad thing is, I bet I have turned down a hundred or so 300's over the years in the 1 to 200 dollar range, because I had one, turned down many other calibers for not a lot more, just because I didn't have a need for them, NOW they are like gold when you do run across them. lol

[OverMax]

If your finding 22-250 99s this day in age you sir are very lucky to say the least. I've never seen one.

[021]

If your finding 22-250 99s this day in age you sir are very lucky to say the least. I've never seen one.

I agree on the lucky part! I bought the only two I have ever seen. The 7mm-08 is the one I've never come across yet.

[Rick Hodges]

My dream 99 is in the rebated rim .284 Winchester....being a lefty I always thought it would be the perfect rifle. Accurate, powerful, flat shooting..... never found one, that I could afford.

[richhodg66]

There's a .284 one in a local shop, or was not long ago and had been there a while. Only reason I haven't figured out a way to get it is it's that godawful clip fed variant, I hate those things.

[021]

There's a .284 one in a local shop, or was not long ago and had been there a while. Only reason I haven't figured out a way to get it is it's that godawful clip fed variant, I hate those things.

Most collectors dont regard them highly, but the only way to get some calibers (7mm-08, 22-250) is to buy a "C" model. They actually work just fine and are more like most people are used to. Some regard the rotary as odd.

[rockrat]

I have had two of the 284's. The first one was a removable mag type that someone wanted really much after I told him what I had just bought and paid accordingly. Next was an almost new "M" model with tang safety. Probably hadn't been shot 50 times. Sold that one too. Just have the 243 now. Did have a 358 at one time too, but it went down the road too.
The 7mm-08 sounds good.

[Geezer in NH]

"Some regard the rotary as odd."


Most 99 users see the model with clip as odd!!!!!!!!!!

[021]

"Some regard the rotary as odd."


Most 99 users see the model with clip as odd!!!!!!!!!!

HA!!! I totally understand! Us 99 guys are a little "different".

[TXGunNut]

"Some regard the rotary as odd."


Most 99 users see the model with clip as odd!!!!!!!!!!

Agreed!

[LIMPINGJ]

I was in Hobbs, NM on a trip for work and went to a small shop to check for any molds but came home with several boxes of Remington 303 Savage factory loads. They had them marked down to $6.00 a box. Now I just need to find a nice 303 I can afford.

[OverMax]

Now I just need to find a nice 303 I can afford.

Good luck with that ambition. 303s. There getting scarce as hens teeth too.

[TXGunNut]

I was in Hobbs, NM on a trip for work and went to a small shop to check for any molds but came home with several boxes of Remington 303 Savage factory loads. They had them marked down to $6.00 a box. Now I just need to find a nice 303 I can afford.

Sounds perfectly logical to me. Keep prowling those used gun racks and I believe one day your patience will be rewarded.

[HawkEyeEarl]

I will give you $7.00 box for that 303 savage ammo. That will save you suffering looking to buy a rifle and you will clear $1.00 a box.

Someone gave me a box of 303 savage ammo a few years back.

I finally happened up on a savage 303 the past year and traded for it. I had wanted a savage 99 in 303 for years.

I would like to find and be able to afford a savage in 22-250 as you did.