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Daaaaayum!
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What do "I" think? I think you hit a frikken HOMERUN.................. I am extremely happy for you.
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I would immediately go buy some lottery tickets before your luck changes...
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It also came with this scabbard.
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Scabbard's not right, obviously aftermarket addon. THAT is a killer 99T. My earliest 99T is right at 350,xxx, but I see no reason to think they couldn't have started a few months earlier.
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...yea, what they said...!!!
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Nicest one I've seen. You don't see many that good. Congrats, that is a beauty.
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I'm green with envy And the scabbard is just plain Congrats!
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Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!
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Yup !! thats a winner for sure, not a lot of 250 "T"s out there.
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Daaaaayum! My first thought as well. Are there any maker's marks on the scabbard?
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Glad one of the good guys got it!!
Are there any markings on the front sight?
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Are you sure Savage hasn't started making 99's again?
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Are there any markings on the front sight? No markings visible, Mike.
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Here is a pic of the lever's case coloring
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Simply gorgeous!!! You and LBK seem to have some extremely good fortune lately. I hope you fellers spread it around a lil bit.
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Good for you Keith! What a beauty! thanks for the pics, dave
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Very nice rifle. My 250T has a T stamp on the receiver as well. Rare gun and even rarer to be in as good as shape as the one you got there. Not even the dreaded sling swivels are on that one.
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Well I guess it will work until you can find one with condition. GW
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That is way too sweet for words.
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wow ..everyone is green very nice
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Well I guess it will work until you can find one with condition. GW Yeah, how could you bring that thing home? It has more condition in the lever than all of my 99's put together! That's a nice one, Joe.
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Holy Smokes that's pretty much a once in a lifetime find IMO. Consider carefully if you will use one that nice for the risk of wear or damage. Absolutely gorgeous.
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How about a top of the receiver pic.
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Obviously the T is very, very nice, but that scabbard is fantastic. Love great leather carving and that seems to have it in spades!
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...and the best part about the scabbard is that it appears the T spent little if any time inside of it.
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Obviously the T is very, very nice, but that scabbard is fantastic. Love great leather carving and that seems to have it in spades! Which begs this question to be asked. How many offers on the T vs how many offers on the scabbard?
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..you're kidding right? They're probably a matched serial numbered set. You can't break that up!!...despite Rory thinking the "scabbard's not right, aftermarket", looks totally right to me!
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I'd like to start the bidding at $100.
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I'd like to start the bidding at $100. That would cover shipping and insurance. What would you give for the gun?
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Congratulations! That is one sweet rifle!
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I'd like to start the bidding at $100. That would cover shipping and insurance. What would you give for the gun? I would think a serious collector would go $2500 on that gun and feel really good about it, considering the odds of finding another are basically ZERO.
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That is a dandy 4 sure. If you want rid of that scabbard I would be interested in cash or trading a scope 4 it.
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Here's an outside lighted picture of it ... yes, I need to cut the grass (but the bees are happy).
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It even makes the DAMN-DEE-LIONS look good!
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I'd like to start the bidding at $100. That would cover shipping and insurance. What would you give for the gun? I would think a serious collector would go $2500 on that gun and feel really good about it, considering the odds of finding another are basically ZERO. I went to an auction about 5 years ago to buy essentially the same gun in the same condition. I never even got my number raised up. The gun landed at 2700. That was then and this is now, but nevertheless, these don't show up everyday...
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I'd like to start the bidding at $100. That would cover shipping and insurance. What would you give for the gun? I would think a serious collector would go $2500 on that gun and feel really good about it, considering the odds of finding another are basically ZERO. I went to an auction about 5 years ago to buy essentially the same gun in the same condition. I never even got my number raised up. The gun landed at 2700. That was then and this is now, but nevertheless, these don't show up everyday... Yep, and we have inflated the market since then!
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Beautiful gun! Out of curiousity, where did you pick it up from, a gun show, individual, on-line??
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Here's an outside lighted picture of it ... yes, I need to cut the grass (but the bees are happy). you got horse shoes in the right place , that is about as new in the box as a guy can get with no box, does my heart good to see sleepers like that show up, norm
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A Savage 99 with a 20 inch barrel is about a perfect lever action. The 99T is the best of the lot.
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Did everybody see that T? Wow.
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Since it is such a nice condition T, I went ahead and lettered it, so I would have the papers with it. It lettered as a 99-T, originally made in caliber 250-3000 Savage. It was shipped from the Savage factory in Utica, N.Y. on May 8, 1935. The original consignee is entered as the California Hardware Co. of Los Angeles, CA.
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Went to the "LEFT" coast where it was never used !!
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Went to the "LEFT" coast where it was never used !! Hey, I live, unfortunately, on the "Left" coast and I do use my M99s. I mostly use them for hunting in Wisconsin though.
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Oh my! I don't know how I missed this the last go around. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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For the second time...... my drool cup overflowith!
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That is still a top-ten 99! absolutely perfect rifle!!
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Thanks for reposting Keith, it's been fun looking at these again, some beauties for sure.
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Nice. I'd say your T just reset the "historical" rule for serial numbers - not broke it. Very nice rifle!
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That's a beauty. Congratulations on finding it. David
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I have a 250 T just like this. I mounted a stith and Alaskan on it. It shoots great though I don't know how much hunting time it will get.
Great rare rifle Keith.
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