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LBK are you headed back to Anticosti this year? Yes. Nancy and I leave Sunday after next. November 16th. I am worse than a little kid. I struggle with "which" caliber gun I should bring. Right now I have packed a .308 EG. A proven gun that I made a 225 yard shot on a deer. And an 1899 250-3000. An oldtimer I have never hunted with but shoots paper great. My dilemma is I really want to take an octagon barrel .303 Savage instead of the .308. The .303 also shoots great. HELP me................  I look forward to your hunt report. Your Anticosti pictures and stories are one of the highlights of the hunting season for me. I would probably take the .303
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LBK are you headed back to Anticosti this year? Yes. Nancy and I leave Sunday after next. November 16th. I am worse than a little kid. I struggle with "which" caliber gun I should bring. Right now I have packed a .308 EG. A proven gun that I made a 225 yard shot on a deer. And an 1899 250-3000. An oldtimer I have never hunted with but shoots paper great. My dilemma is I really want to take an octagon barrel .303 Savage instead of the .308. The .303 also shoots great. HELP me................ I look forward to your hunt report. Your Anticosti pictures and stories are one of the highlights of the hunting season for me. I would probably take the .303 The change has been made. .308 EG exchanged for 1899B. 26" barrel, .303 Savage, Stith repro mounted Lyman 3X with post/no crosshair. Thanks guys for the encouragement to making the change. The 1899 250-3000 is still my second rifle.
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Man oh man, it is nice to have that kind of a problem. "Eenie, meenie, miney, moe, which 99s get to go." Best wishes for the hunt.
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Thank you. I realize I've had some luck making a collection. I wasn't "showing off". I'm old so I like old stuff.
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I love the 99s although I no longer own any. My first deer rifle was a 99E in 308 that I sold to my brother when I bought my first left hand rifle. I couldn't afford two deer rifles at the time. Last year I looked at a .300 Savage in a 99, but it wasn't to be at the time. Maybe down the road.
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Good luck. If you're a lefty you might want to give thought to a tang safety model. While I prefer the lever safety offerings, the post one million models are fine hunting rifles.
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LBK are you headed back to Anticosti this year? Yes. Nancy and I leave Sunday after next. November 16th. I am worse than a little kid. I struggle with "which" caliber gun I should bring. Right now I have packed a .308 EG. A proven gun that I made a 225 yard shot on a deer. And an 1899 250-3000. An oldtimer I have never hunted with but shoots paper great. My dilemma is I really want to take an octagon barrel .303 Savage instead of the .308. The .303 also shoots great. HELP me................ I look forward to your hunt report. Your Anticosti pictures and stories are one of the highlights of the hunting season for me. I would probably take the .303 The change has been made. .308 EG exchanged for 1899B. 26" barrel, .303 Savage, Stith repro mounted Lyman 3X with post/no crosshair. Thanks guys for the encouragement to making the change. The 1899 250-3000 is still my second rifle. Outstanding LBK! I'm already looking forward to the pics of the game you take take with those fine calibers.
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Good luck. If you're a lefty you might want to give thought to a tang safety model. While I prefer the lever safety offerings, the post one million models are fine hunting rifles. The safety location on the 99E was the main reason it went down the road. I have inquired on a couple of tang safety 99s, but nobody is turning loose right now, at least not at a price I am willing to pay. I really like the older traditional 99s, but the tang safety is reason enough to buy a newer rifle.
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I'd not worry about safety location. Chamber a round and shoot.
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I have owned both. 99's are cool looking, but when using scopes I much prefer a good fitting bolt action rifle for actually shooting.
I tried to buy a full stocked Ruger in .250 from Drew here at the campfire,but was too slow. I currently have a Cooper in .243. I got a very good deal on it so I bought it. I am happy with it so far. My biggest buck was taken with a .243, but only at 100 yards or so.
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I'd not worry about safety location. Chamber a round and shoot. Steelie, I finally got around to reloading the load you gave me last year using the Hornady 117 gr. round nose in my 250/3000. Using your suggested powder H-4831sc with the 117 RN bullet The rifle printed 3 shots into 3/4 of an inch. Works for me. Now I just hope the Hornady 117 gr. opens up at 250 savage velocity's after reading some of these posts. Thanks Scott Doc
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Not to worry about the performance/velocity, I can't find any RN's for my 250 but will someday. My Robts is modestly charged and works like a charm on game so I see no reason not to go that route with a 250/3000. Paper is easy to kill and a chronographs makes poor steaks
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