I like my 336's and my 99,...but the 336's are lever guns. The 99 shoots as accurately as a bolt rifle, so I think of it differently.
I more or less consider it a bolt rifle that operates from the bottom.
Yep. Except, like an Enfield, the bolt locks at the back, so when pressures get up there, you lose some safety & accuracy compared to a mauser-type bolt action. But I run my 99's well within SAAMI guidelines, and they do just fine.
I got flamed big time on another site some years back when I posted that my .308 M99 regularly shot sub-MOA groups. Posted a pic of a five-shot .60" group, but since the bastidges wasn't there to witness me shoot it, they refused to believe.
Whatever. There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.
