Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors Anybody notice a shift in the Savage Collectors Forum?

I guess I don't take too much on internet forums personal, could be a symptom of my work day where I have to deal with people with bigger issues. I know I got interested in this forum first to learn about 99s and then about other Savage models. I say bring on the discussions of the 99 and all its variants as well as all of the other small arms made by Savage. And if a picture of a scantly clad butt of the female persuasion happens to get slipped in from time to time then all the better, I think we are all guys here. By the way I think that sling she's packing is called a G-Sling!

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This thread is worthless without pictures.

And on a happier note got my 1907 Savage 380 pistol up and running! had to buy a parts lot, but now I have extra 380 stuff to keep her running! Joe might be intrested in a Rt. grip panel, I got a New wonder glue Im going to try!

Does this mean you miss BRICKTOP?

Doc

GEZZZ.. I wanted her to turn around to check the round counter.

Doc

Me too.

I wouldn't mind seeing the sights, both of them!

Talk to diamond Jim. He has got more views of the model .......99

Say the word and I'll send it out.

The only thing to remember; No matter how good looking she is somebody somewhere is already tired of her!

Don't stop posting Calhoun, I enjoy your posts and although I don't always comment it doesn't mean I'm not reading/learning, and mostly, what I have to say you already know. This goes for some others on here too. I really DO hate to see the acrimony that develops here because it is a very informative place. Biggest bunch of enablers on the web, I've probably bought 15 99's in the last 4-5 years because of you guys and I'm not exactly Donald Trump! Regards 21

^^^ What 21 said. I'm lucky, I think I'm only averaging a little over one a year. But, since I retired, my wife is getting tired of me being in the way. I told her I will not get another job, I have plenty of paying projects as soon as my knee gets better and this weather breaks. But, if I do get so bored that I get a job, every penny I make is going into the restoration of my 68 Cuda convertible, and more 99's with condition, Joe.

21, "...what I have to say you already know."

When RAM and I started answering questions about 15 ago on the old Gun&Knife board I didn't know much more than the people asking the questions. I learned a lot from digging up answers. My answers were not always correct but you learned from that, too. We have covered a lot of subjects since then and there are still a lot of subject to cover or cover better.

Now days for me it is not so much learning something new (with Savage there is always more to learn) as learning something that I have forgotten. So, post away. It's all good. The value it holds is only dependent on where the reader is on the information tree. There is always some ahead of you and some behind. Learning something new, or something you forgot, is what keeps me coming back.

I've gained a lot of knowledge from posters here, and for that I'm grateful. I've also been able to purchase some parts here that just weren't available anywhere else. I don't see what the bitching is about.

+1 on what gregintenn said. I don't post much because I don't know a lot.
I do miss jed's and boltman's posts though.

Mike

I enjoy this site as much as any on the internet. I think the guys here are swell- I respect the whole bunch. I learned a long time ago everybody brings something to the party, including this one. It is truly a Moveable Feast for the way it continues to evolve. Evolution is good. Change is good, for without it we grow stale and set in our ways- and curmudgeons are born and things get boooooring.

I tend to get excited about something, learn all I can, and then grow disinterested and move on to the next thing. I vouchsafe that would have happened with me and Savage lever actions too had it not been for y'all. You keep it interesting, and now Savages hold a firm place among the gun types that have held constant sway for me all my life. But, more importantly I have made friends with people I would have never met were it not for this forum.

Has the flavor of the forum changed? You bet, and several times at that over the 10 years I've hung out here. Do I care? Nope, for it has never changed for the worse- just sort of shifted direction a bit from time to time. Do I miss some of the guys who no longer stop by? Sure, but I suspect they had good reasons for drifting away, and anyway people change. It's what happens. (I'm Friends with Jed on Facebook, and by all accounts he is living la dolce vita down in Florida by the way.)

Most of us have talked the subject of Savages to death, and perhaps even gotten a bit jaded from over exposure. That's to be expected. The trick is to keep an open mind and an open attitude toward learning and sharing what we learned. Haven't we all, those who've been here a while, said something dumb or mis-stated a fact or pissed someone else off? I sure have, and I like to feel that I've grown from it.

Whew. I'm thirsty now. I'm gonna have two (or five) fingers of Sailor Jerry now. Y'all better still be here when I get back!

What he said!

WOW! Well said buddy.