Right, it's all about what you want it to do and what you can afford. Regarding the latter I was hoping the price of fugly 99s might reflect their desirabilty, you know kind of like the 1964 Winchester 70 vs the vaunted pre-64s we were talking about in another thread. A buddy of mine has a pristine 1964 Model 70 and the barrel channel is so wide you could throw a cat in it. It is so fugly that a local gunsmith wasn't even interested in it on a trade for a nice early Remington 760, but it still shoots and can kill a deer.

PS - that early 99E is actually pretty cool.

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