Savage 99 barrel needed

[Bret4207]

Looking for a Savage 99/1899 barrel with square threads, solid frame type. Unless someone has a nice 22HP or 25/35 example sitting in a corner gathering dust, I'm open to just about any caliber available since it will mean lining anyway. Sorta looking for other 99 related parts too, but nothing specific.

 

[Chris]

Looking for a Savage 99/1899 barrel with square threads, solid frame type. Unless someone has a nice 22HP or 25/35 example sitting in a corner gathering dust, I'm open to just about any caliber available since it will mean lining anyway. Sorta looking for other 99 related parts too, but nothing specific.

I'll walk over and ask Andy, he had a bushel of barrels. Got a hunch they are mostly military but worth a look.

 

[Dimner]

I'd give a kidney for a 25-35 1899 barrel, or a 38-55. Watching this post with envy to see how you net out

 

[Bret4207]

Thanks Chris, I'm also looking for a Marlin 1897/39 22LR barrel with a good bore. That one is lots easier to find.

Dimmer, I have a 25/35 99 barrel but it's a real mess. Plus, it's been cut back beyond that gorgeous forged front sight riser they used in the early rifles. This is a "take 2 actions and make one workable, if homely, example" type thing. I have 2 square bolt actions and will go with a 303 sized bolt. The rotary mag in those is the sticky point. They only work nicely with the cartridge they were designed for. FWIW, I had a boyhood friend whose father had a 99 in 32-40! Sure wish I knew where that gun is today.

 

[Dimner]

let's talk about those front sight risers. I have an 1899 in 303 savage that was made in 1905. The front sight I believed was bubba-ed. No ramp, just a dovetail inserted blade that looks like an old muzzle loader design. So the best I could come up with (without going to a gunsmith), was one of those Williams front sight risers that attaches to the front dovetail and then you use a set screw to clamp it in place. Problem I have is to get proper windage, the front sight is far right and looks all goofy. The rear sight is a very nice very early lyman 1a with the flip down aperture. So my windage adjustments must be made up front.

So with all that said, can you point me to what the original front sights used to look like? I'd like to get it back to the original or at least not looking like a hacked together goofy thing. Not adverse either to going to a gunsmith, but I don't know what exactly to ask for.

 

[JustJim]

For the front sights, take a look here: http://www.savage99.com/front_sights.htm

 

[Dimner]

oh. welp. looks like it came with the original. the pic on the top of that page, white metal blade in a dovetail. Seemed very late 19th century muzzle loader to me.

 

[Bret4207]

SOME, not all, of the rifles had a forged front sight riser that had the dovetail in it. My 303 is as you describe and it's from the teens IIRC. The 25/35 I have had that and it was a lovely touch in my opinion.

As far as you rifle shooting way to one side, there is the old fashioned option of bending the barrel a scootch in the right direction. We're talking tweaking it maybe 1/32 of an inch or so. It's an option,

 

[Ian]

You know about the barrel I have....

However, it has a front sight riser, soldered on, with a silver blade keyed into it lengthwise. Doesn't look like any of the ones in that link.

 

[RicinYakima]

One you described is like my Model 1920 bolt Savage made in 1924.

 

[Ian]

Here ya go. I had to unsolder it to fit through my lathe's headstock for facing the muzzle in my first attempt to save the barrel before trashing it and restoring the whole rifle. Obviously my head was in my butt when I soldered it back on. My rifle is a 1908 year of manufacture, originally a 30-30 lightweight.

 

[Bret4207]

I'd forgotten all about it Ian! Thanks for the remind.

The riser I refer to was an integral forged job, I'll see if I can locate a pic.