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Savage 1898 .300

airbag
Hello, my Grandfather has left me his old rifle. Here is the following information taken from the Gun.

Savage 1898 Model
Sav .300 Savage arms Corp, Utica N.Y usa

Stamped: July 25th 1893, oct 3rd 1899, sept 10th 1907, may 25th 1909, June 1st 1909
Stock and model number: 277361

I am looking for an insurance value and was wondering if anyone can help with information please.
Many thanks for your time to reply.
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  • airbag
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  • perry shooter
    Looks to be in pristine condition and with Tang sight being a PLUS . I suspect $650.00 range + or - in the U.S. I don't have a clue on prices in your area.
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  • He Dog
    Built in 1925. While the tang sight is a plus, the .300 Savage is a very common caliber (and a darn good one! easily better than .30-30). In the Southwest in that conditon $650 would be about right.

    I would insure it for 750 pounds.
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  • airbag
    Thank you very much for your time to reply, and the info.
    Regards, Al
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  • sandwarrior
    airbag,

    That's a really nice rifle. Does it say Model 1899 on the left upper side of the barrel just in front of the receiver?

    I'm showing also that the rifle was built in 1925. I'll go with $650 here in the states, but I don't know what that could bring over there. Maybe more, but I sure wouldn't say less. Before the big market collapse over here pristine 1899's/99's in rare calibers were going for as much as $2k. Common cartridges in pristine older guns could bring as much as $1K. Now they are down around the $400-$700 mark if in really good condition...and old. Newer, in pristine condition, won't bring but maybe $500.

    It was the first high pressure lever action made and really the round is very comparable to the .308/7.62(x51 NATO). It even kept right up with the initial offerings of the 30-06 back then.
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  • Robin
    Your Grand Paw had excellent taste in rifles. And the condition is exceptional for an early EG(?) model. Most that turn up from that period were used pretty hard. A testimony to their superior design

    The .300 Savage cartridge is one of the classics. One could argue the equivalent of the .308 for all practical hunting purposes.

    I think putting a price of $650 on it would make it someone elses rifle.

    Edit: I have seen a bunch of these, all were marked Model 1899 or Model 99 not 1898
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  • airbag
    quote:Originally posted by sandwarrior
    That's a really nice rifle. Does it say Model 1899 on the left upper side of the barrel just in front of the receiver?

    Hello sandwarrior, no it says it is a model 1898 on the top of barrel, and it has those other dates stamped in also.
    He also left a few boxes of untouched .300 bullets, so at least I have those also. I would like to get some low calibre ones to be able to put through the rifle at some stage. The lever action and everything seems tight and not sloppy.
    I would sure be interested to see how it fires.

    Thanks again for all of your feedback, great active forums. Appreciate it.
    Regards, Al
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  • sandwarrior
    airbag,

    Here's a good site to do some research on Savage 1899/99's What they had, how they were marked etc. :

    http://www.savage99.com/models.htm

    The barrel is supposed to be marked 1899. However, that doesn't mean that something might have happened to it along the way making that "9" into and "8". Or, I wouldn't think this thing could happen, but what say if the engraver had a big weekend and first thing Monday morning grabbed an 8 out of the stamp set instead of the 9 he was supposed to grab. I've seen it happen in other places but not common. One never knows without ever being there.

    Anyhow, take a look at that site and maybe it might shed some light where I didn't see it before.
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  • He Dog
    It is in any event a model 1899 or a 99 and not a model 1898.
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  • Hawk Carse
    quote:I would like to get some low calibre ones to be able to put through the rifle at some stage.

    I don't understand what you mean. The rifle is a .300 Savage, it shoots .300 Savage ammunition and nothing but. A handloader could produce some reduced power ammunition for it, but I know of nothing like that you could buy these days. (Many years ago, there were Miniature cartridges of reduced power but they are long gone from the market.)

    There are chamber adapters that would let you fire .32 calibre pistol cartridges in it, but I don't know how practical that would be in your jurisdiction.
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