Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors Two tomato stakes for me.

I got a line on a guy with a Savage 99 he picked up in a trade and asked if he'd sell me the scope and the mounts but he wanted to sell the whole thing as one cause he didn't wanna bother to figure out how to take the mounts and scope off so I ended up buying the whole gun. Then I get the pics of it and it's an EG in 300 and the friggan condition blew me away. Except for the damn swivels it's a damn nice EG. The case colors from what I can see are immaculate and there ain't a scratch in the stock. I'm gonna sell it for the same price I got it for on CGN as soon as I get it here less the scope and mounts. The seller even sent me the original sights that were with it. The other tomato stake I lucked into was a 99EG in 243 but it's gonna be awhile gettin here. You guys know how I love my EG's but who's gonna turn down an EG in 243, gonna actually take it hunting to.

Nice pickup Joe, how much did you get it for if I might ask, you can PM me. Les

I'll p.m. you, don't cry uncontrolably when you find out.

Well now that I finally have a set of 1" mounts, the 7/8's will most likely be finding their way to Ebay soon.

Not totally uncontrollably.

Joe, Its to bad someone who appreciates "EG"s didn't end up with the one in 243!!! i hope it goes to the head of your Tomato row!! Don

Naw, most of the guns I get from this long time forum member have turned out to be the best shooting guns I've got in my safe so I'm gonna take that 243 out to the bush with me this year. Maybe even a little pre-season coyote hunting with it.

Still gotta find a $100 EG to take the funny pics with though.

Joe, do you want the 1.5-4.5 steel tube weaver to go with the stith mount--I think its long enough. That is a really nice looking EG--I have a similar condition 300, 250 and .358--you are undercutting the market if you sell it too cheap though.

LawMan

Stith's are the one thing I never see around here. I've been a day late and a dollar short on the few that I have seen on the internet that interest me. That is a nice looking rig.

Very nice! I'd love to run across an affordable EG in 243... someday maybe.

Well fellas Mad Dog has finally come out of the closet He can no longer hold in his feelings! Now don't you just feel better

I don't have anything against EG's but I don't have one in my safe. Not too sure how that happened, I seem to have a little of everything! I have had 2 - 250-3000 EG's but they went on to new loving homes.

Blair

Jim, I'm o.k. for the scope. Gonna put a Savage 1.5-4X in it. It's just taking up space in one of the safes right now. It's gonna go for the same price I paid for it but I won't ask for any more than that. After I take the scope and mounts off it I'd feel like I was screwing over someone. I don't think I'll have a problem gettin $450 + shipping for the gun.

Very funny Blair, after that gun gets here it'll be losing the mounts and up on CGN before you can blink. I like 300's but the EG's don't float my boat unless they're a hard one to find. Would you turn over a 243 EG or a 22H.P. EG? Didn't think so. You don't have any in your safe for the same reason I don't. For me it's the slender forearm, just don't feel right in my hands.

I have an eg too, not my favorite gun, but, sometimes sh** happens, mine's got special sights, and like new.

What kind of special sights?

I guess this brings me back to the ape comment from another site

When your rigged like me a little weight is nothing.

Joe, I like the schnabel forearms ,that way i can get my little hands around them! Don

Ya, I think your "little hands" could skid red pine out of the bush.

Apparently this is the time to get mounts up on Ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290292121258

I just happen to have a picture on Don with his little hands wrapped around and "EG"

Mike...

Ain't photoshop awesome!