Good luck and happy bidding! Pre-64 Winchester Model 70. The bore is decent and the mechanics are strong. The rifle is in Very Good-to-Fine condition with wear in the metal and wear in the stock consistent with use in the field. It is equipped with iron sights and a Weaver scope. 250-3000 Savage, making it ideal for hunting most game up to deer. It has a 24” barrel chambered in the fairly uncommon. Mounted on top is a Weaver K-4W fixed 4 power scope. The blueing shows light scratches and some wear in the finish but nothing too horrible. This item has a 20 barrel with a shiny bore and wood stocks. Our Assessment: This is a lovely Pre-64 Winchester Model 70 rifle made in 1939. Savage 99A Rifle (.250-3000 Savage) Description: Up for sale is a used Savage 99A Rifle (. As with all previously owned firearms, thorough cleaning may be necessary to meet your maintenance standards.īox Paperwork and Accessories: The scope as described above and a brown leather sling. Mechanics: The action functions correctly. Overall, the rifle is in Very Good-to-Fine condition. The barrel has scattered minor marks including a cluster of light scuffs on the top and some minor finish loss at the barrel tip. The receiver has scattered light surface oxidation and a bit of light thinning on the edges. Overall Condition: The rifle retains about 90% of its finish. Overall, the stock is in Fine condition.īore Condition: The bore is mostly bright and the rifling is well-defined. The buttpad has a few minor stains and is a bit dry. The LOP is 13 1/2” from the front of the trigger to the back of the buttpad. The wood has just a few light nicks and scuffs scattered about, but nothing seriously disrupts the quality of the stock. There are sling swivels on the belly of the buttstock and the underside of the forend. Stock Configuration and Condition: The stock is a one-piece checkered wood with pistol grip, fluted Monte Carlo comb with cheek piece, and orange rubber ventilated recoil pad. The scope body has light nicks throughout, a bit of thinning on the edges, the glass is fairly clear, and overall, the scope rates in Very Good condition. The receiver is drilled, tapped, and filled with two-piece weaver rails that have attached Weaver K4 scope with a crosshair reticle. The rear sight is a flip-up u-notch dovetailed into the barrel boss. Sights/Optics: The front sight is a brass beaded blade dovetailed into a ramped base that is integral to the barrel. The buttpad is marked with the Winchester logo.
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The left side of the receiver is marked “WINCHESTER / -TRADE MARK-” and the right side is marked with the serial number, “107402”. OF AMERICA / -WINCHESTER PROOF STEEL-”, “WINCHESTER / -TRADE MARK-”, “-MODEL 70-”, “250-3000 SAV” and a “PW” in an oval. Markings: The left side of the barrel is marked with “MADE IN NEW HAVEN CONN, CONN. This provides a velocity improvement of more than 250 ft/s (76.2 m/s) over standard factory loads.Arrow_back Returns To All Sold Items arrow_back Return To Sold WinchestersĪction Type: Bolt Action Rifle with Internal Magazine 250 Ackley is the same basic cartridge with a steeper shoulder and with the sides blown-out or straightened to increase powder space. 250 Ackley Improved as a dual-purpose intermediate-range cartridge. Some varmint hunters use the improved version of this cartridge, known as the. It is an excellent cartridge with moderate recoil for hunting small game on up to deer-sized game. Ĭurrently there are very few new firearms being made in. 257 Roberts and flatter-shooting 6mm cartridges such as the. 30-30, but in recent years has lost ground to the. Arguably it is a better overall cartridge for hunting than the more popular. 25-06 Remington but provides less noise and less recoil. The cartridge has a pressure limit of 45,000 CUP set by SAAMI. Newton questioned if the publicity advantages of velocity compensated for reduced penetration of the lighter bullet in larger game animals. Achieving that velocity may have been the reason for the choice of the light-for-caliber 87 grain (5.6 g) bullet. Newton recommended loading 100 grain (6.5 g) bullets at 2800 ft/s (850 m/s) but Savage Arms reduced bullet weight to obtain a velocity of 3,000 ft/s (910 m/s), making it the first American cartridge capable of that velocity. To facilitate handloading, casing geometry was based on. Ĭharles Newton designed the 250-3000 Savage case to fit the popular Savage Model 99 lever-action rifle. The name comes from its original manufacturer, Savage Arms, and the fact that the original load achieved a 3,000 ft/s (910 m/s) velocity with an 87 grain (5.6 g) bullet. It was designed to be used in the Savage Model 99 hammerless lever action rifle. 250 Savage) is a rifle cartridge created by Charles Newton in 1915.