Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors Relative abundance of 99s in different parts of the country and Canada and why

Here in Australia the 99 is a rare rifle to see, The ones that I have seen are a few of the older 22HP and the modern .308Win models not much else only my 99A Series A in .308 and .358. When a 99 is for sale they are not cheap and sell quickly.

Late... at night... I've heard the coyotes "singing" in the hills around the cabin... erie sound, especially at night.

99s cost a bit more than 94s or Marlins and the South was poorer than the rest of the country.

We didn't even have a deer season in Kansas till the 60's.

I know of a few 99's in Paradise, of course a pair of them came way of Alabama....

In northern Michigan where I hunt not many 99s around, more Im told in the U P 742 Rems in 30-06 are mostly seen and bolt guns now, wued to be 30-30 wins and Marlins! John

wued ?

Mike

may woo'ed? or rude? or rued?

mike

used , maybe again? john ya been visiting "the captain" Don

John, next time your travelling to the U.P. let me know and I'll give you directions to a place full of 99's.

John
Theres Plenty Of 99's in the U.P.
Ironwood for one.Peshtigo. another.

STeve

How can you say that you hunt "northern Michigan" when the whole UP is north of you? Now if'n you'd a said the northern part of the mitten I could go with that. I used to hunt northern Michigan. Arvon and Skanee. Sold our property in the '90s. Big mistake!

Loggah was right, "USED" to many hours at work and not Enough Captains! just now saw the post,and anything North of Detroit counts as Northern Mi. here, the UP. is a hole nother state! Skid would like to hunt out of a camp with ya sometime! you be going for the birds soon! good luck to ya! John

John
Ya Come Huntin This Weekend. Leaving Wensday. With 1800 Lbs Of Pumpkins.
Gonna Hunt thursday,Friday,Saturday,Sunday A.M.
A Little Cardi at Nite.
Steve

After staring this thread I attended a local gun show this weekend, and wouldnt you know it. There were about a dozen 99s there. All were way overpriced, but they were there. I guess I spoke too soon. Thanks for all the replies guys.

I think that the popularity of the Marlin 1893/36/336 and Winchester 1894/94 was due in no small part to their lower prices when compared to the Savage 1899/99. There are also a lot more Winchester 1894/94s around than there are Winchester 1886s, 1895s, 55s, 64s, and 71s, probably also due to the price difference. Remember that the average working man/woman had a lot less disposible income between 1900 and 1945 than he/she has had since the end of WW2.

Since there isn't a long tradition of deer hunting in Nebraska, at least compared to the New Hampshire of my youth, it is understandable that there are fewer pre-1960 era CF rifles around here. Calhoun and I are the only hunters who I have ever seen, or heard of, hunting deer with Savage 99s in the 17 years that I have lived here. Even during the 20 years that I hunted deer in NH, 1970 thru 1990, the number of Savage 99s that I saw in the field was pretty limited and were mostly post-WW2 99Fs and 99EGs. Post-WW2 Marlin 336s, Remington 740s, 742s, 760s, Ruger 44s, Savage 340s, and Winchester 94s were by far the most common rifles that I encountered in the field. Toward the end of that time, the Ruger 77s were becoming more common in the woods.

Jeff

Your average deer hunter is lots better off with a medium power lever action than a high power bolt gun.

What would a Manhattan lawyer who buys custom and high end Savages know about the needs of the "average" deer hunter????

Hey now! No baiting lawyers in the off season!