Inherited A Savage Model 1899!!

This was a pretty cool find over the holidays, due to my mother-in-laws uncle passing away I was given his rifle that no one in the family even knew he had until they started to clean out his apartment in Montreal. The Model 1899 is chambered in .22 Hi-Power which makes it interesting to me. I did a quick search of the serial number and it was manufactured in 1913 which puts it at 104 years old and other than some TLC it looks to be in good condition. It has a busted plastic butt plate which I don't think is the original one anyways, the stock and fore grip have seen some bumps and scrapes and has been drilled for a sling at some point.

It also came with a box of old Dominion brand bullets which I have no idea how old they are and even though the brass looks to be in good shape still I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable firing them. I plan on keeping an eye out at the local gun shows for ammo but from what I've figured out so far is it's very rare in North America. I have found one supplier online that is importing a Czech brand for like $30 a box so I'll probably look into that. There is also the reloading option but I would then need to get into that.

Here is a picture of gun.
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Very cool! Never seen them in a .22 cal. usually in 300 sav, or 308. Good luck with the ammo. Maybe you could have the chamber reworked by a gunsmith, to use mod ammo.

Nice! I would respectfully suggest that you do NOT re-chamber the rifle, and just find some ammo. $30 a box is a good deal for rare ammo, so stock up! I'd say that there is no problem using the "old" Dominion ammo. I've got some pretty old stuff, and it shoots just fine. Really, the most likely failure mode for the ammo would be that it won't ignite, which is not a big deal. Just make sure you are paying attention when you use the old ammo, especially the first few rounds. If you get a squib in there, you want to make sure you notice that. Save all the brass so that you can re-use it if you decide to get into reloading, or if you find someone nice enough to put some ammo together for you.

Yeah I am not interested in re-chambering the rifle, I like the fact it's an oddball rare calibre to be honest.

https://www.oodmag.com/community/sho...avage-hi-power

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Originally Posted by ninepointer

https://www.oodmag.com/community/sho...avage-hi-power

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Thanks for the link. That was actually one of the first bits of info I had found yesterday. I am waiting to hear back from Tradeex to make sure they have some in stock, their website says so but I like to double check.

What a beautiful old gun with classic Savage lines.

My friend was supposed to inherit one of those but it was sold or lost in a card came, it was the gun his grandfather shot his first deer with, a classic for sure.

While you can get gear do yourself a favour and get everything you need to reload for it, even if you do not have the presses just get the dies, brass and bullets and maybe a sizing die/mold for cast lead, speaking as someone with odd calibers you will want these.

These are no toys, 1500 ft lbs of energy at the muzzle with a 70gr bullet, it is also called the 5.6x52R in Europe.

TradeEx can get ammo for you.

https://www.tradeexcanada.com/conten...p-ammunition--

SWEET !
Glen

I just saw this link, if you are a CGN member you should be able to see it.

https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/foru...ht=22+Hi-power

Full reloading package, enough to shoot 270 times :)