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    Published on 09-12-2005 07:36 AM
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    This article is a basic idea of what to look for when shopping for a Savage lever action rifle. Its going to cover just about everything from when Arthur Savage first started right up till Savage made the biggest mistake in its career and discontinued making the 99.
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    Published on 12-21-2004 07:21 AM
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    by Robert (Bob) Greenleaf

    This writer's article in the July 1997 issue of PS, "The Savage Model 110 Rifle", was not as detailed as it could have been for several reasons...not the least being the amount of space that the good Editor would allow for one article. Be that as it may, it should be pointed out that the Model 20 rifle ...
    Published on 12-13-2004 07:28 AM
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    by Robert (Bob) Greenleaf

    Since its introduction in January of 1958 the Savage Model 110 rifle has had its fans. A bit unusual in design and construction, it has always been a good value and exceptionally accurate. In recent years its popularity has increased considerably and thus this story of the Model 110 rifle. A study and analysis of the rifle requires a look at what Savage had done previously in regards to high power bolt action rifles.
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    Published on 06-18-2004 08:10 AM
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    Instead of getting into models and variations I thought Id take down a few 99s and have a look at the changes made to them over the years from when John Marlin was putting them out for Savage in 1896 right up till they were discontinued. When a rifle goes through over 750 different procedures before its made into a rifle some things are going to change over such a vast span of age and manufacturing, here are some of mine which are an 1895, an 1899 pre-90,000, a pre-mil 99 308 and an A series 99C 22-250.
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    The following is a scanned copy of an original Savage Arms Catalog No. 76 and the accompanying price sheet which took effect on January 2, 1942. ...
    Published on 09-15-2003 07:26 AM
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    Back in the day there weren't a lot of high end scopes to choose from when a person wanted to hunt game with their 99s. First off, maybe I should apologize for being young and some people may remember buying one of these scopes brand new. Having a period scope on any 99 isn't a tricky problem, but is, in a way, sometimes hard to come by. Ill start off with the older scope choices and mounts for the old 1899s and then get into the 50s and 60s offerings.
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    Published on 08-19-2003 08:17 AM
    J.W. French shown with his trusted Savage Model 1899 T/D chambered in .250-3000 Savage.

    All this talk about the old Savage rifles, and rarely do we hear about what they were used for. For as far back as Savage started to sell the Model 1899 and other models, they were advertised beyond their actual use. Ads of the 1895s with kills of such animals as Lions and elephants were amazing to the general hunting population. Even when the 22 H.P. was introduced awe inspiring commercialism was Savages mainstay with ads of the little Imp taking leopards in Africa. ...
    Published on 08-18-2003 07:04 AM
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    Like all American gun makers, Savage was doing it's part for the U.S. war effort during World War II. They made weapons, naturally, and most of these were Thompson sub-machine guns, fifty caliber machine guns, thirty caliber machine guns, various twelve gauge shotguns, and bomb fuses. Almost three million items were turned out by the Savage Arms Company and it's divisions from 1941 to 1945.
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    The following is a scanned copy of an original Savage Arms Catalog No. 71 and the accompanying price sheet which took effect on ...
    Published on 04-23-2003 08:27 AM

    Well, where do I begin? I guess well start low and work our way up to the last 99 offerings. First off is the model 1892, this is an easy one to identify, it will have a serial number under 10.000 and the pads on the sides of the receiver will be rounded instead of pointed like the model 1899's and 99's. The forearm is very slender and rises to the receiver very sharply. ...

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