Old Savage 99s

[Mike Irwin]

44 is correct. The Savage 99 is a hammer fired gun.

This is the hammer in a Savage 99:

 

[44 AMP]

I had my E model apart recently. There is no hammer.

According to Savage, there is a hammer. It is part # 47 on the parts list for the Savage Model 99C, DL(M), E, F, & DE, PE rifle.

It does not look like the usual revolver or external hammer on a lever gun, but the people that make it say it is a hammer, so, it is a hammer.

The word "striker" does not appear on the parts list.

 

[jdsingleshot]

If a dog breeder calls a dog a cat, it's still a dog. Hammers swing, strikers don't.

 

[44 AMP]

Hammers also strike ...

personally, I'm fine with what the maker has been calling it for the past 100+ years....

 

[Pumpkin]

So when in the “past 100+ years” did firearms start running instead of, firing, shooting, functioning

 

[Mike Irwin]

"If a dog breeder calls a dog a cat, it's still a dog. Hammers swing, strikers don't. "

Incorrect.

Inline hammers have been used firearm designs over the past 200 years.