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Making meat with 99's...... #11521485 10/21/16
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 11,685 Nebraska D diamondjim OP Campfire Outfitter
OP diamondjim Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 11,685 Nebraska	Don't know how many recall, but these two 99's just kind of walked into my life. My ffl guy had a customer who had this 99F in 300 Sav, all original with NO swivels and a 99EG in 358 Win, which had swivel studs. The F is in a bit better shape, but I sure like the EG. The F is topped with a Leupold M8 6x36. I have taken 3 deer with it so far. It is a great shooter and this was the first kill with 358 and hopefully not the last. I was using open sights. By next year it will have a Leupold big bore 3X with a german # 4 on it. These deer were taken in our early October anterless rifle season. Pic one is the 99F deer. Shot at 40 yards. DRT. Pic two is the EG deer. Shot at 100, open sights, she made it 20 yards. I should have taken exit wound pic of the 358 deer as it was about 10" in long and 4" wide. Bone damage mostly to make it that kind of opening. Have to thank Jeff(RAS) for the 358 ammo. That 250 soft point ammo sure opened things up..... Last edited by diamondjim; 10/21/16. ____________________________________________________________ Dying gets closer every day Lloyd McCarter and the Honky Tonk Revival

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Re: Making meat with 99's...... diamondjim #11521566 10/21/16
Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 778 Iron County Wisconsin S Savageupnorth Campfire Regular
Savageupnorth Campfire Regular S Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 778 Iron County Wisconsin	Nice way to start the fall! Congrats. Bruce

Re: Making meat with 99's...... diamondjim #11521591 10/21/16
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wyo1895 Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 6,513 Wyoming	cool! wyo1895 With Savage never say never. For a copy of my book on engraved Savage lever actions rifles send a check for $80 to; David Royal, p.o. box 1271, Pinedale, Wy., 82941. I will sign and inscribe the book for you. [email protected]

Re: Making meat with 99's...... diamondjim #11521618 10/21/16
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 2,868 Illinois I ilikemilitaria Campfire Regular
ilikemilitaria Campfire Regular I Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 2,868 Illinois	awesome Jim! Glad your hunting year is starting out bloody and Savage-like! dave

Re: Making meat with 99's...... diamondjim #11521651 10/21/16
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 12,712 So. Kaleefornya L Lightfoot Campfire Outfitter
Lightfoot Campfire Outfitter L Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 12,712 So. Kaleefornya	Good job! I'm glad it's you and not me that had to field dress that second one

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Re: Making meat with 99's...... Lightfoot #11521765 10/22/16
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 11,685 Nebraska D diamondjim OP Campfire Outfitter
OP diamondjim Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 11,685 Nebraska	Originally Posted by Lightfoot Good job! I'm glad it's you and not me that had to field dress that second one No kidding!!! Even my brother, who has hunted for 45 years, turned away.....ha ha, but dead is dead. ____________________________________________________________ Dying gets closer every day Lloyd McCarter and the Honky Tonk Revival

Re: Making meat with 99's...... diamondjim #11521829 10/22/16
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 12,712 So. Kaleefornya L Lightfoot Campfire Outfitter
Lightfoot Campfire Outfitter L Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 12,712 So. Kaleefornya	Yah, seen some bad ones hunting the brush in Minnesota. You shot at whatever was brown and hoped for the best. Ya gotta lead 'em sometimes

Re: Making meat with 99's...... diamondjim #11521874 10/22/16
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 23,077 Annapolis, Md. G gnoahhh Campfire Ranger
gnoahhh Campfire Ranger G Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 23,077 Annapolis, Md.	Mmmm boy! "You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty

Re: Making meat with 99's...... Lightfoot #11521939 10/22/16
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 16,076 G gregintenn Campfire Ranger
gregintenn Campfire Ranger G Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 16,076	Originally Posted by Lightfoot Good job! I'm glad it's you and not me that had to field dress that second one Sounds and looks like the bullet almost field dressed it.

Re: Making meat with 99's...... gregintenn #11521948 10/22/16
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 11,685 Nebraska D diamondjim OP Campfire Outfitter
OP diamondjim Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 11,685 Nebraska	Damned near did.....I guess my eyes and open sights at 100 yareds aren't as good as they used to be...... ____________________________________________________________ Dying gets closer every day Lloyd McCarter and the Honky Tonk Revival

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Re: Making meat with 99's...... diamondjim #11522017 10/22/16
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Sbrown Campfire Regular Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 1,722 In my Stomping Grounds	Good deal Jim, looks like venison for the winter!! Steve “Alive in JESUS!” NRA LIFE MEMBER

Re: Making meat with 99's...... diamondjim #11522048 10/22/16
Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 17,773 Wyoming W WyoCoyoteHunter Campfire Ranger
WyoCoyoteHunter Campfire Ranger W Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 17,773 Wyoming	Nice work.. Sold my 99's in .300 and 358, kind of miss them at times.. Nice rifles.. Molon Labe

Re: Making meat with 99's...... diamondjim #11522366 10/22/16
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 5,167 Mt Airy, MD J JoeMartin Campfire Tracker
JoeMartin Campfire Tracker J Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 5,167 Mt Airy, MD	What you do, scare the first one to death? I don't see any blood. Good hunting, nice start to the season, Joe. I'm not greedy, I just want one of each. Remember Ira Hayes JoeMartin

Re: Making meat with 99's...... diamondjim #11522413 10/22/16
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 6,574 upstate NY J JeffG Campfire Tracker
JeffG Campfire Tracker J Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 6,574 upstate NY	I'm jealous! I went out and all I got was cold and wet. "...One Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for All" JeffG

Re: Making meat with 99's...... JoeMartin #11522508 10/22/16
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 11,685 Nebraska D diamondjim OP Campfire Outfitter
OP diamondjim Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 11,685 Nebraska	Originally Posted by JoeMartin What you do, scare the first one to death? I don't see any blood. Good hunting, nice start to the season, Joe. 40 yard neck shot, Joe ____________________________________________________________ Dying gets closer every day Lloyd McCarter and the Honky Tonk Revival

Re: Making meat with 99's...... diamondjim #11522688 10/22/16
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,022 In the woods... RAS Campfire Outfitter
RAS Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,022 In the woods...	Cool!!! I bless all my ammo before departure sans the reason for the deer you harvested. I killed a buck with my 358EG last year and that round is DEVASTING!!! I would love to take this gun out west one day to chase elk in the timber. Great job Jim. Taking game with 99s, is as good as it gets. "...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.

Re: Making meat with 99's...... diamondjim #11522697 10/22/16
Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,022 In the woods... RAS Campfire Outfitter
RAS Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,022 In the woods...	Jim, BTW, I might have an extra box of 358 Silvertips if you really need it. Cost $0 Jeff "...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.

Re: Making meat with 99's...... RAS #11522721 10/22/16
Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 11,685 Nebraska D diamondjim OP Campfire Outfitter
OP diamondjim Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 11,685 Nebraska	Pm is incoming. ____________________________________________________________ Dying gets closer every day Lloyd McCarter and the Honky Tonk Revival

Re: Making meat with 99's...... diamondjim #11522838 10/22/16
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oldtimer303 Campfire Tracker O Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 5,194 missouri	Jim Can't beat a 300 Savage 99F for taking meat. The blood from the 358 kill looks more like it was hit by an 18 wheeler. Nice way to start the season out. GW If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared. MACHIAVELLI

Re: Making meat with 99's...... diamondjim #11522881 10/22/16
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 8,546 G Gringo Loco Campfire Outfitter
Gringo Loco Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 8,546	Originally Posted by diamondjim Pic two is the EG deer. Shot at 100, open sights, she made it 20 yards. I should have taken exit wound pic of the 358 deer as it was about 10" in long and 4" wide. Bone damage mostly to make it that kind of opening. Have to thank Jeff(RAS) for the 358 ammo. That 250 soft point ammo sure opened things up..... 250 soft point made by whom? Was that factory ammo or handloaded? Was the bone damage from a shoulder exit? Just curious. I've got a BLR (can I say that in a savage 99 thread ) in .358 W and I've thought about loading 250's in it. I've been running 200 gr Hornady Interlocks, both spire point and round nose bullets. They get the job done, but I had a 200 grain spire point lodge in the off side shoulder ball joint on a quartering away shot. His lungs were toast though and he didn't run far. But I would have preferred an exit and I'm sure a 250 would have.

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