Its strong action allowed it to be chambered in many modern, short-action, high intensity cartridges. The rotary spool magazine allows for the use of pointed bullets, which retain greater velocity downrange than the flat point bullets required by lever guns with tubular magazines. It has several superior design features that make it more comparable to the Browning BLR and even modern bolt actions like the Winchester Model 70. The design of the 99 is superior to lever actions such as the Winchester 94 and the Marlin 336, because it can handle high intensity cartridges. One such prototype is on display at the Savage factory and the other was recently sold for $6000. It was manufactured for nearly a century with over a million rifles produced before the Savage 99 was discontinued due to decrepit machinery and increased cost.īefore it was retired, it is purported that the company had plans to introduce the 99 with the capability to handle long action cartridges, such as the. In fact, it was a solid performer well into the later part of the last century, nearly one hundred years after its creation. Although he did not, his design endured and the 99 went on to become a representation of its creator's genius.įor hunting North American game the Savage 99 is still one of the finest hunting rifles of all time. He designed the 1899 in hope of winning a contract with the war department. It was a great design that was truly ahead of its time when Arthur Savage developed it in the 1890s.
In my humble opinion the great Model 99 should have ranked higher. I was sure it would have at least made the top 5. To my surprise, the Savage 99 was ranked 35th. I have a real affection for the great Savage Model 1899 and later 99, and highly regard it as one of the jewels in the history of America firearms. I immediately skipped the introduction and went directly to the list. I recently read an article in Field and Stream and the article was ranking the 50 best guns ever made.
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