Absolutely love the savage lever actions, have 1 which has been in the hands of 4 generations of the family now and still works great

The round indicator with rotary magazine on the Savage 99 was never discontinued. The 99E was an economy version that never had a round counter but still used the rotary magazine. The 99C in which the C stands for CLIP, which is what Savage called it along with most other manufacturers of the day that made firearms with a removable ammunition storage device, also had no round counter because of the design. The late model 99F and others still used a round counter but sometime after 1960 it was changed to aluminum instead of brass. The only universal change for all models, of which there weren't very many after 1960, was the tang safety. Just like manufacturing costs were the demise of the "Pre 64" Winchester Model 70, so it was with the Savage Model 99. Even adding several new chamberings like 243 Winchester and 22-250 Remington couldn't save it. I'm on my 5th model 99 and always looking for another one.

Nice video! I used to have one of those 1960s vintage .308s. Wish I’d never sold it. It didn’t have family history though. Cool that you’ve got your dad’s and your grandfather’s. One of my favorite lever designs.

This video made me look into what full rifle caliber lever actions go for these days… really quite expensive, more than many .308 semi-autos. You’ve got something very valuable there.

Great looking rifles

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Beautiful rifles Sir, looked at a .308 one today🤔

Both of mine had brass shell counters in both.

Have a mid 50s 99f in .308. Put more meat in the freezer than I can count. One of my favorite rifle designs

Family guns are the best guns! Your model 1899 is an early saddle ring carbine, the staple on the left side has been removed. We call that a model 1899F. Nice video!

Thanks for making this Video....

I just sold 2 Savage 99s..1 was a short 30-30 with peep sign & V sign and end sign..And the other was a 300sav. 4 power Bushnell scope..I can't use a Lever action..They were my dad's.The 300 had a compress in the stock ..Factory made..

Very nice guns! Where do you get ammo for the .303?

I have a .300 #99. , no letter showing like 99e,has a counter

I have a Savage 170 pump in 30-30 for myself..it loads like a pump shot gun in the bottom.

Why aren't these still being made?

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I have that same 308, and had to replace the extractor for the same reason. Unfortunately it has to be fitted and not just a direct drop in. At least in my case.

Dropping the gun to cycle the action is a sign of a non shooter . That causes misses .

You mispronounced words like lever and powder point just to get comments? I never knew that that many people didn't know how to speak English. When a vowel is by itself in a word, unless it has a modifier, it is a short vowel. The first e in lever is a short e, not a long e.. And I think you just misspoke when you said powderpoint instead of PowerPoint. And that lock for the lever is not a safety. It's a mechanism to lock the lever. That doesn't mean it's safe. It may have a sear block attached to it. But it is not a safety it's primary purpose is to lock the lever.