Savage 99 Magazine

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h2otoo

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I got a Savage 99 that needs a good cleaning. I got it field stripped, and have heard enough about the magazine that I don't want to touch it. I do want to spray it with GunScrubber, but not sure if this a good choice or if I should oil it and reassemble the gun. Anyone got feedback on this? Thanks in advance.

~Bob
 
I have read on more than one occasion that the Savage rotary magazine can be a bear to reassemble. I have one and my experience is that the rotary mag rarely goes "bad". I think applying GunScrubber, wiping it off and putting a light coating of a good oil to lubricate and preserve is the way to go.
 
I don't know about gunscrubber, but here's what I did early this year when I bought a 1920 99F that was so gunked up it would not cycle rounds from the rotor magazine. First I watched a couple basic dissembly videos on youtube. Then removed the stock, forearm and bolt assembly (I did not remove the rotor... heard that was tricky to get back together right. With it barrel up, I sprayed the inner workings with Kroil, let it stand over night (barrel up), repeated in the morning (more of a flushing spray). Then I used an air compressor on it, then finally I sprayed the inside parts with Breakfee CLP. It works well now.
 
Thanks for the reply. I had the Gunscrubber on hand, so that is what I used. I did pretty much a combo of the two suggestions, spraying, inverting, and hitting with compressed air. Then put some break free on the outer ends. Put everything back together and test fired it. Nice firearm.

~Bob
 
If you take the stock off, it is not that hard to guide the rotor shaft back in the support with a small screwdriver. The newer models have a loose support and are a little harder to line up sometimes, but are not all that bad to do. Mark the widest fin on the rotor with a marker and make sure it goes back in the same position before dropping it back in. Take time to think before winding the rotor spring. It can only apply pressure in one direction to work properly. It does not take much pressure to work. I replaced many a spring that was broken by over winding with the rotor in the wrong position.
When I was younger I worked with a guy that did 30 years in the Corp and came back as a civilian. There was a guy pounding on a .50 one day and he said "If you have to force it, there is something wrong". Words to live by if you work on guns.
 
"If you have to force it, there is something wrong". Words to live by if you work on guns.
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This should be tattooed on all of us hobbyist's forehead! No quicker way to ruin a fine firearm than attempting to force-fit parts together.

I had an old WWII verteran friend that had a broomhandle mauser he acquired from a German officer he captured. He asked me to clean it so he could sell it. With the aid of a manual I found on-line, I disassembled it, cleaned it and reassembled it. The reassembly was tricky because tolerances were very tight and everything had to be in exactly the right order and combination. Once those things all aligned, the thing kind of fell together. Getting to that point took some real patience,tho, and the urge to "get a bigger hammer" was certainly tempting.
 
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