Action strength for 99 savage ?

[Country Boy]

 Does the 99 savage have enough action strength to hanndel .308 loads listed in most reloading manuals ?
Also are thes rifles on the whole accurate shooters for deer hunting ?

[Hopalong7]

     YES and YES!!!   I've never had a M99 .308, but it handles it quite well and very accurately I might add.  I guess I've never had a .308 because I've had a .300Sav in a 99 forever and to me the two are almost interchanageable.  Opps!!! I know interchangeable is a BAD word around rifle loonies.  Please don't try to interchange them.  That's a NO-NO!!  I meant the two cartridges are quite similiar.  Actually the true answer to your question is that the original 99's(1890's-early 1950's) action wasn't quite long enough for the .308.  Of course the .308 wasn't around then either.  Not long after the .308 was introduced that problem was corrected and the 99 was chambered in .308, .243 and even some .358 and .284 Winchesters.

[Happy]

The 99 is a rear locking rifle as are the winchester and Marlin levers .If they can be safely made to handle the .284 then I would not worry about the 308 rounds . With hot loads I doubt if cases would last as long as with a front locking bolt action .

What is the maxium load listed in the load manals might be too much for any rifle how ever due to chamber tolerances Etc between all rifles . What might be safe in your rifle say a bolt action made by the same company as the one I have , may cause my rifle to lock up. That is the reason it is always advised to load at least 10% down from the max and slowly work up .
My BLR which really is a front locking bolt action operated by a lever would start to lock up with loads 10 % below max loads ,
The 99 was built a lot stronger than it needed to be and a lot of owners report MOA groups.