Yippee! Savage arrived today! UPDATE- Range Report

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cutter
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Yippee! Savage arrived today! UPDATE- Range Report

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It's going to need a lot of cleaning, and I think that is a BB gun scope. The wood looks rather unique.
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I hope to get to the range tommorow. Haven't any loaded 308's yet.
This is a model 99C. Does anyone know what weight bullets these prefer?

Oh, and do I get to be a member of the Savage Club now?

Well guys, I thinks it's a keeper.

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I fired three , three shot groups. One from each of my carry pistols, and one from the Savage, all at 100 yrds.
Group #1 Is the Savage. I don't have any appropriate hunting bullets, so I shortened my target load to function through the magazine. This load consist of Hornady 168gr BTHP Match bullets and 42.0gr Varget. I think that is fair for open sights?

Group #2 is from the 1911, and #3 from the Ruger ( the third shot never made it to paper.

Anyway, I appriciate your knowledge and advice concerning these fine old rifles. Thanks guys!

P.S. That purple scope that was on the rifle, it is a Bushenell Sportview. thing, only has about an inch and a half of eye relief and will not focus. Must be one of those Wal Mart specials?
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:D :D :D

Nice!
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Post by JReed »

excelent :D . Cant wait for the range report.
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That is a good looking Savage, Pard!

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Post by 2ndovc »

That's a nice looking 99! Love .308, can't wait to hear how it shoots. The BLR I had really liked Rem. 150 SPs. My M-14s don't. 165s or nothing!


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Post by dr walker »

That is a nice looking gun, well as nice as a Savage can look.
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Post by leveractionjunkie »

Good Looking savage I've been looking for something just like that also :)
With a .45cal entrance wound I don't worry too much about bullet expansion.
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Post by LeverBob »

Drool...A 99....drool, drool, drool.

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A 99CD, neat! :mrgreen:
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Post by Old Ironsights »

LeverBob wrote:Drool...A 99....drool, drool, drool.

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in .308 ... drool, drool, drool.
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Post by SmokeEater2 »

Nice lookin' Savage!
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Post by Marlin .35 »

Now that is real nice looking!!!! Good for you!! A range report would be appreciated. What a winner!!! Art
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Post by Ysabel Kid »

Congrats!!! Looking forward to the range report as well!!! :D
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Post by Chuck 100 yd »

Sweet. I have seen lots of old scopes that have turned purple with age. What make is it? :)
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Post by cutter »

Range report, see first post. Thank you.
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Post by jd45 »

cutter,........Sweet lookin rifle. The optimum bullet weight will depend on the twist-rate of your barrel, but Varget & Reloader-15 will be good powders. jd45
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Post by WCF3030 »

Very Nice. 8)
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Post by Scott64A »

Try some Nosler ballistic-tip 168grSPBT over IMR4064.

I think the old man uses just under what the Hornady book lists for maximum load in IMR4064 and gets fantasic groups in his Ruger M77.

And go get a nice Leupold for that sucker!

It's a beauty!
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Post by PaperPatch »

My 99C shoots Hornady 165 BTSP's extremely well. So well that, I haven't bothered experimenting with others.

Good luck with yours.
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Post by claybob86 »

Good shootin'! Getting 2 out of 3 with a snubby on paper at 100 yards is impressive! :D At least to me! :lol:
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Post by cutter »

Thanks guys! And after all the 99's I've passed up over the years because of ignorance...

That Ruger group was shot after a considerable amount of warmup on the gong. My load shoots almost four feet low at that distance, so I hold the rear sight about a quater under the front post.
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Post by tman »

nice! try the 165gr. it,s a pretty good all-around bullet. merry christmas
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