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Gotten a few, most with a 1945 99EG in 300 but also blooded a 99T in 300 and a old rebarreled 1899 in 250-3000.

Taking out a 1899 made in 1901 chambered in 303 for doe season next weekend, also dragging along another in 250-3000. Putting a Weaver K4 on the 303 right now.

Bottom one is the 303 I'm scoping.




Couple of my EG..

I've got a nice EG in 308 but don't use it because of the terrible trigger pull. Probably should get rid of it.

VernAK, I volunteer to remove that burden.

Calhoun,

Stop by with check for $750.....I'm not at home dawn nor dusk as I'm trying to shoot a few birds to put in the freezer with my dall sheep and moose.

You have a PM................

All we have around here is whitetails, but they're so thick they're practically a nuisance. I hunt them with a 1956 pre-mil 99F in .300 Savage. It was factory d&t'd so I went modern and scoped it with a Leopold VXIII 1.5-5x in Leupold rings. The whole rig weighs around 7 lb., so toting it up and down the ridges is not difficult.

When I was a kid I sometimes hunted with my uncle's M99 300 Savage. It was set up with a 4x Bushnell Scope Chief. It was a cool scope that had a retractable heavy post, the broad post reticle went up and down by turning a dial on the scope. It also had a red rubber recoil pad and leather sling. It wasn't much to look at as he had bought it in "very used" condition in 1948, but it had a real good feeling trigger and it was accurate enough to hit beer cans at 200 yards from a rest. He used Remington or Peters 150 bronze point ammo.

I hunt with 3 99's, all .300's, handloads. I have 2 EG's, one a '50, the other a '54, first with open sights second with Redfield peep. These i use for whitetail in the big woods.

I call coyotes and use my '53 model R with a Lyman peep. It's an accurate gun with the peep. This year i mounted a scope (getting serious about more 'yotes) but haven't hunted it yet. Now that i put it on, i'm leaning towards the idea that i don't need the scope - i haven't yet. I don't think i've ever shot anything further than 100 yards, and the peeps work just fine for this range. I find scopes cumbersome in the woods and my personal feeling is they totally ruin the aesthetic of a .99 - they look like a sore thumb on these guns, although i realize many don't care about this, (but on the other hand, i doubt if anyone who has a 99 isn't interested in the aesthetics - otherwise there are plastic guns that will do the job as well or better I'm a still hunter anyway (except for coyotes.) I sight my deer rifles in at 50 yards. 100 yards is a long way in the woods, and i've yet to spot a deer that wasn't inside 50 - often closer - you certainly don't need a scope for that.

An old 1949 article reprint in Sports Afield (current issue)Whelen considers the .300 Savage "entirely satisfactory for all game up to about 150 or 200 yards." (The game he's considering is "grizzly and black bear, moose, elk, caribou, mule deer, sheep, goat and wolves.")

99 in .308 with a 2X7 Redfield scope and a lace on pad so my eye actually lines up w/ the scope. Has yet to be blooded but accurate and cool. I was stopped by a game warden 4 years ago who did not know what it was. WTF?

250-3000 for me, I believe it is the R model. It wears a Burris 1.5 x 6?. It has been along time since I had it out of the safe.

Why the hell did Savage ever discontinue the Model 99?????

Way too expensive to produce with all that hand fitting. Rumors say Savage is thinking of reintroducing an improved model with CAD/CAM design, but I doubt it would sell if it didn't look and act like the old model. Remember what happened to the Winchester Model 70 in 1964 when Winchester tried to "modernize" it?

I think Savage discontinued the 99 in two steps. They first messed up badly when they switched to the last version with tang safety and lower quality parts/cheaper looking wood.
Those who loved the older models didn't buy the newer version in sufficient numbers.
At the same time newer shooters/hunters were convinced they neeeded a bolt action magnum to take deer at 400 yards.
Sales dropped below profit point for the 99 and it was a business decision to drop it entirely.
Production/machining costs would make the return of a quality 99 prohibitive so enjoy the ones you own.
BillR

Grand dads 99

spike buff...Saddle Ring Carbine in 38-55

Nice pics, I have a 1924' vintage 250-3000 with a williams peep sight that may just get the nod here this season.

I really wish Barnes would start loading their 130 TTSX at 2850-2900 for the .300 S.

Expat

LOVE that pict!!!!!!!!!!!

I be dragging the 250-3000 EG around starting next Saturday for blacktail. Have to say I'm looking forward to it.