Savage 1899

[pbiedenbach]

I bought an old Savage 1899 takedown in 22 hi power. The barrel bore is in bad shape. Does anyone know if reboring the barrel to 25-35 or 30-30 can be done without changing the brass rotor in the magazine and have the rifle work? Please advise!

[J.Baker]

Being that they're all .30-30 based I would imagine they all used the same rotor. I'm no expert on 99's though.

[Big Al1]

I'd stuff the magazine full of some dummy rounds and see if they feed!

[J.Baker]

How will larger caliber dummy rounds feed into a smaller caliber chamber?

[Big Al1]

Just to see if they feed up/ and load in the magazine, they don't have to fully chamber to see if they'll feed.
I once thought of having a switch barrel TD in .303 Sav and .38-55, but the .38-55 case would not fit in the .303 rotor.

[Travis98146]

Re-boring your barrel will probably cost as much as replacing the barrel. If possible, I'd bite the bullet and replace the barrel and keep the rifle as original as possible.