Probably told this here before on a similar thread...

My first rifle was a savage 99 in 308 I bought used for 100 bucks with my summer ranching money in high school in '74. I killed all my animals with it until the early 90s. I had that, my old model 15 22 and 870 wingmaster I also bought in high school new. That was my battery for around 17 years, killed a ton of stuff.

Decided I needed a 3006 for elk hunting in colorado, bought a new rem 700 with leupold scope.

My daughter's birthday she wanted a special present and I was short money. Figured I didn't need that 99 anymore so put it in the paper for 175.00, even in '91 I guess that was cheap, phone rang off the hook.

That rem has killed a chitload of elk and deer but I always regretted getting rid of my first rifle. Bought one much like it from a member here, went out and killed an elk with that same daughter.

My battery had been restored to as close to original as possible.

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