all right then...
first, thanks to all who answered... i am considering a kimber montana primarily because it is all stainless...
as to the nula, i'd never really taken much notice of them, and, to this day, have not seen one...
then, in 2003, i bought my 99 savage, and sometime later bought a williams foolproof for it from another campfire regular on the savage forum... Jed1899 is probably as knowledgeable a guy as you'll find, concerning model 99s...
his enthusiasm for them is contagious... and he owns quite a collection... posts pictures to make a guy drool....
i do not recall, now, whether it was a telephone call, or a campfire thread, but i asked jed what the last rifle that he would ever part with would be...
and my question was clearly oriented, in my mind, towards savage 99s, the only rifles that i'd ever associated him with...
i was a bit floored when he named his nula .308 by way of an answer...
he left an impression....
as i mentioned, the stainless kimber is an attractive option... and easily achieved...
the nula can be had with a stainless barrel... but it'd be a piggy bank buster, for me...
reckon i'll save a while and reconsider....
