Savage 99 in 375 Winchester

[swampmaster]

I recently came across a Nice Savage 99 in 375 Winchester. I didnt buy it yet because I thought the price was a bit high but I dont see very many guns on the 375 Win. does anybody know a count or approx value the gun was in 95 to 98 percent

[Bret4207]

Don't know book value, but I'd shell out $400.+ in a heartbeat for a pristine example, assuming I could lay my hands on the $$$.

Savage 99= the BEST lever gun ever!

[C A Plater]

Heck, I'd do twice that. I'd hate my self the next day for spending all that money but after a little range time and seeing the shooters ooh and aah over the rifle, I'd get over it.

[felix]

Yeah, it's always nice to notice that somebody else likes your gun too. Provides a real boost of confidence. Sooner or later, though, you have to live with it on its own merits. My favorite lever gun over the last 5 years is the Ruger because it is so tough, light and fast, and cycles like a dream. Being a new design from the ground up, this gun puts all the rest to shame using the goal parameters mentioned. It's therefore strictly a huntin' gun (tin cans for me), and nothing more. ... felix

[shooter2]

I recently came across a Nice Savage 99 in 375 Winchester. I didnt buy it yet because I thought the price was a bit high but I dont see very many guns on the 375 Win. does anybody know a count or approx value the gun was in 95 to 98 percent

You do not want to buy this gun. To remove the temptation, send me the name and phone number of the seller so I can.

[Dutch4122]

I recently came across a Nice Savage 99 in 375 Winchester. I didnt buy it yet because I thought the price was a bit high but I dont see very many guns on the 375 Win. does anybody know a count or approx value the gun was in 95 to 98 percent

They're as rare as hen's teeth around here. I'd grab it up if the asking price wasn't too obscene.

This is one of those firearms that you'll regret not buying forever if you don't jump on it now. What's the cost compared to a lifetime of satisfaction?

[JDL]

The .375 99 was only made in the '80's and are on the rare side. IIRC, the forend had grooves along the side for grasping. I remember not buying one at a gun show for $200 that looked new. :-( No matter the price listed in the Blue Book, it will probably bring more! -JDL

[swampmaster]

Well some checking shows around 1500 made he was wanting 700.00 and I still think that is on the high side I am thinking 550.00 to 575.00 I will try when I see him again

[onceabull]

Best of luck to anyone looking for a md.99,375W,at $600 or less.. as posted here back in september ,mine didn't bring $995 at our local gun show, but I turned down $850 twice from separate offers..I'm not confident I could replace it for that price anytime soon,given the # I see here or offered on the web..heck a 95% 99F in 308 will get you $550 quick here..BUT, there are about as many shade tree gun "traders"in this valley,as there are shade tree mechanics in Bakersfield..[smilie=1: Onceabull

[Ranch Dog]

It was advertised as the "Brush Gun". That is a very fair price and would be an excellent buy. I recall an Savage ad of a fellow shooting this carbine off horseback and I also thought it must have been quite a ride after he pulled the trigger :Fire:

In that we talk about cast boolits here and based on owning three Marlins in this caliber, I traded one for a 1895G, I find these difficult guns to push at big game hunting velocities. You are dealing with a cartridge that has a case capacity slightly more than a 30-30 Win and less than a 35 Rem. This cartridge obtains it's performance from high pressure (52.0 CUP). Copper fowling is common with jacketed bullets at these pressures so you can image how tricky it can be working through a cast boolit load. But, when they work... oh they work so well!!!

[JudgeBAC]

I have a 1927 Vintage 99 Savage takedown in .300 Savage. I found a brass hollow point mold on the internet. It throws 169 gr. boolits with gas check and lube. I loaded up a small batch and headed to the range yesterday. I was somewhat dubious about the OAL because I crimped the bullet in the crimp groove which made the length pretty short. After getting her on paper I fired two rounds into .5 inches at 100 yards with tang sights. Unfortunately, I ran out of ammo, but it looks promising anyway. By the way, I dont think the asking price for the .38-55 is that high given the limited number of guns manufactured. Good luck.

[mtngunr]

No help at all on value, but considering what pre-USRAC Winchester XTR's are bringing, I'd be mighty tempted on that one, at least as long as it was priced below $1000.....my pre-USRAC .375 feeds .38-55 like it was made for it, and I suspect Winchester merely used the basic .38-55 blueprint for feed and chamber in their guns, possibly to keep pressures down on the shorter .375....personally, found factory .375 in the light Winny with buttplate skinny to be punishing and bruising on my scrawny frame...ended up using it as a .38-55 loaded with 250gr Lyman RNFP's over enough Herco to get 1200fps and enough RL7 to get 1800fps....most shooting being done with the 1200fps stuff, as the sectional density of the bullet gives penetration to next weekend.....the 1200fps load was fired at a truck tire that had two SxS pieces of 4x4 lumber inside, the idea being to see how well it penetrated at 50yds by measuring where the bullet stopped in the wood....it didn't stop, and buried itself somewhere in the dirt behind the suspended tire......cannot say if the Savage will feed the .38-55 round, but kinda doubt it unless the Savage is known to have regularly long cut chambers in that .375, and that would still leave feeding issues.....

[OldBob]

I bought one today, a Marlin in .375, got it from a friend on the internet and will likely not see it for a couple of weeks. Anyone tried cast in this caliber with microgroove ? I'm looking forward to playing with this one, I love Marlin leverguns and have a fondness for big bores w/ heavy lead boolits.

[NickSS]

I own a Marlin 375 actually that is not accurate I still own the action of one. When I bought the rifle I paid a premium for it as I wanted one for quite awhile. This rifle had seen considerable use as the blue was warn to about 85%. I tried several gas check and non-gas check bullets sized at .375, 378 and 379 and could not get groups under 5 inches at 100 yards. So I tried jacketed bullets made by burger in 375 and 377 diameters. They shot little better than my cast loads. So I called up Marlin and they told me that they did not have any 375 Winchester barrels left. So I asked them if they had 38-55 barrels as they had just announced their 38-55 Cowboy Madel. They did so now my 375 is a 38-55 with a 24 inch octagon barrel and shoots just great with all my lead bullets. Hope yours works better than mine did.

[omgb]

The key to the .375 Win is in the chamber and leade. Win says the bore is .375. Mine isn't. Mine runs .377. The chamber throat is .380 and the leade is almost 7/16" long. Do a search here for my post on it. i got crappy accuracy until I had Veral Smith do up a mold for my gun based on a chamber slug I did. Wow, big difference. Suddenly a 5-6" gun becomes a 2" or less gun.

[felix]

No freebore? All leade? ... felix

[omgb]

I stand corrected. Freebore not leade.

[felix]

That would make more sense considering the lawyering going on today. I might be able to make good use of a long leade, but that won't come to pass without custom barrels. Going a little far in my opinion for a lever gun, unless it is a 99. ... felix