Check out the Savage 99, looks like a lever action, shoots like a modern longarm. It has a rotary magazine which means pointy ballistic coefficient bullets are okay, say
something in a .300 Winchester?
Best regards,
ACCCCCKKKKKK! Apparently the Savage 99 was chambered in everything EXCEPT .300 Winchester!!!!! I go now to commit
Sepeku or Hari Kari or whatever!http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_2000_Jan/ai_57886792/printExcerpt:
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Ahead Of Its Time
Incorporating a five-shot rotary magazine rather than a traditional
tubular magazine in his 99, Savage again showed his genius. He gave
the hunter the advantage of being able to shoot ballistically
superior, spitzer bullets in a svelte lever action rifle.
There were other advantages as well to the rotary magazine. Made of
brass, it was machined specifically to each caliber chambered in the
99 so that feeding cartridges was smooth, flawless and in a straight
line. By having its cartridges contained compactly in the receiver
rather than hanging out there and chugging down a tubular magazine,
the Savage maintained its excellent balance and constant point-of-impact.
The rotary magazine facilitated the trim lines of the 99's slim
receiver that measured only 1 1/2" wide and 2 1/4" deep. The Savage
was easy to tote in the eastern deer woods and proved to be an ideal
saddle gun out west.
Finally, the Savage 99 magazine system incorporated a unique and
visible cartridge counter. Through a window milled into the left side
of the receiver, one could read exactly how many shells were held in
the magazine. Only at the very end of its manufacturing life did a
detachable magazine replace the rotary magazine of the Model 99.
Changing With The Times
The 99 action was inherently strong and gas proof. Chambered
originally for the relatively mild .303 Savage, the 99 handled the
modern, compact, high-pressure and high-velocity cartridges that came
on the market over the next 100 years. Before its demise, the
adaptable 99 had been factory chambered for 15 different cartridges:
the .303 Savage, .30-30, .25-35, .32-40, .38-55, .250-3000 Savage, .22
Hi-Power, .300 Savage, .308, .243, .358, .284 Win., .22-250, .375
Win., and the 7mm/08 Remington.
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And accurate? Well, the Savage lever gun could give most bolt guns a
run for their money when it came to out-of-the-box accuracy. Part of
the secret was in the stock. The butt stock of the 99 was drawn tight
to the solid receiver with a through-bolt as opposed to the
tang-mounted stocks used in Winchesters and Marlins.
The lock time of the 99 was remarkably fast and although the Savage
bolt locked up at the rear, it locked up tightly. More subtly, the
Savage 99 readily accommodated a scope sight -- an advantage that
helped shooters extract the utmost accuracy the Model 99 had to offer.
I have owned several solid-frame Savages in .243 Win., .250-3000, .300
Savage, and .308 that truthfully could be rated minute-of-angle
rifles. Triggers weren't ever the greatest, but the 99 can shoot!
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