Need help with old Savage - lever , 250-3000 , need age and worth

Just FYI-
Savage 99s are notorious for splitting the stocks, as is the case with our rifle. The splits follow the grain of the stock from the top of the action tang through the grip area towards the butt stock, mainly because the action bears on a very small area of the stock and as the stock works loose it just starts driving the stock through-bolt right across the grain. The best solution is to replace the stock or glass it back together. Either way is difficult and requires more skill than the average gunsmith can muster.

The trigger pull from the factory was not what you would call pleasing, and many garage smiths would bob the striker and polish the sear to try to give the rifles a crisp trigger pull. I have bought many that were retired because of this issue, and returned many to service after I replaced the strikers. A 99 with a trigger pull of 1-1/2 lbs is an accident waiting to happen.
 
In 2004 I found a 1917 Sav 99 250-3000 take down rifle marked $200, offered $175 and got it.

In 2010 I put a $75 Shilen select match bull barrel 6mmPPC take off barrel on it and rechambered for 6mmBR.

I made some tapered wedges to hold the receiver and drilled and tapped for the same scope hole pattern as my 308 Sav99.

I took it to the range a shot a couple groups; 0.1" 3 shot at 50 yards, 0.3" 3 shots at 100 yards.

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That was a huge success for me, compared to my other projects.
 
Right now I'm trying to decide if this will be more pain then pleasure when it come to fixing the rifle . First I have to buy it . Then fix the trigger and likely other things just to make it safe . After that who knows what's next , sights maybe more stock work . If anything I think it's clear this would be a long project time wise . I have many other things on my firearm short list to do then start this project .

It would be nice if I could just fix the trigger and throw some peep sights on it and call it a day .
 
Ask your friend how much he wants and get the ball rolling. Forget fixing the stock and focus on the trigger. Once that's fine do what you want.

I've been trying to add a 99 to my collection and one like you have would better suite me than a safe queen. And I would shoot the snot out of it.
 
Thanks for posting with pictures

Way, way back my dad bought a Savage 99 in .250-3000 from a friend he worked with for $75. My older brother killed his first deer with it & then years later I killed my first deer with it. We shot 100gr Win silver-tips which were very popular at the time. We found it to be a great cartridge for our Texas hill country deer. The rifle had a Willam peep sight & was in fair condition. The take-down feature was defeated by having the forend pinned in place which I heard was a common practice at the time for some reason. Lots of very fond memories of that rifle by both my brother & me but it was stolen from brother's house along with his other guns in the early 60's. Since then I have been looking at .250 Sav 99's at the gun shows in a nostalgia whim. I'd love to find one reasonably priced in the condition you describe as a fixer upper to put back into the field. I actually found one at the last gun show in Fredricksburg in pretty fair condition but the price was $1,100. I'm already gun poor, so I'll just have to live with my memories, at least for a while.

...bug :)
 
I happen to be in possession of thirty 250 Sav. brass that I'd send to whoever wants them for no more than shipping cost. PM me if interested. jd
 
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