Thread: savage 99

Shoot a 1960's sav 99 in 243 causal hunting for years. Great fun.
More recently I brought a mid 70's (rotary mag) in 308 and had truefite fit a 358win barrel to it.

The 243 had some trigger work done on it and is nicer to shoot. Would say the trigger is smoother. Both have a bit of travel before let off.
Practice sorts this out for you.
Never had any feeding issues with the 243 or standard rounds in the 358. However I have a had some issues in the 358 when loaded with short pistol bullets. Cartridges work forward on mag under recoil so the bolt dose not pick then up properly or they can be too blunt nosed to run up the feed ramp.
Anyway I love mine, both have the lever slide safety. Probably the tang safety is more universal to use.

PS Don't disassemble the rotary mag. Just a squirt of solvent, then wipe out as best as possible and re oil.