Working the Savage Model 1899

[Newsfeed Hound]

In 1893, Savage patented the first truly hammerless lever-action rifle. This streamlined rifle differed from the Winchester and Marlin lever-action rifles of the same era in that it used a rotary magazine that allowed the use of ballistically superior pointed-nose bullets. All of the other lever-actions of this period used a tubular magazine. The tubular magazine meant that cartridges were fed into the tube with bullet nose to primer, necessitating the use of blunt-nosed bullets to avoid a chain-fire situation.By 1895, Savage's rifle was in full production as the Model 95. Around 1899, a few small design improvements were made and, since then, the design has remained relatively the same—one of the "bread and butter" firearms of this company.

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[RCS]

Excellent article on the Savage 99, enclosed photo is a 1951 Savage 99 in 300 Sav cal with the tang sight. These tang sights were difficult to find at times but new ones are being made now.Attachment 16069

Years ago these Savage tang sights were also used on Springfield trapdoor rifles as there could be modified to fit.

[Johnny Peppers]

The Model 1895 Winchester used a box magazine, and was chambered for several high velocity cartridges.