I�m the average hunting-oriented gun nut, fascinated by a wide variety of new and old hunting rifles.

One of the best �old� rifles I�ve ever tried is the Savage 99. Has there ever been a more classic hunting rifle? Its hammerless lever-action design was revolutionary, its original rotating magazine ingenious and its style and handling unprecedented. For nearly 100 years the Savage 99 was as synonymous with serious hunting as wool plaid shirts and buck poles.



Today, collectors horde all of the various classic Savage 99 models. And a new group of hunters � like me - is discovering just how special and woods-wise the old 99s really were.



The problem for many of us, though, has been in locating a classic Savage 99 at a fair price that�s worn just enough to look �classic� and yet still shoots factory ammunition well enough to drill the right ventricle of a buck�s heart at 100-plus yards. In order words, we want a classic Savage 99 that�s a proven, accurate shooter. And we want it to hunt with it right now.

If that�s your problem, and if you�ve always wanted to try a genuine, vintage Savage 99 in the woods, I have a solution for you.

I have a vintage 1949 Savage 99 EG in .300 Savage that I�d like to now sell. I'm posting it on this forum first as a tribute to all the help I received here as I learned about the 99s.



This is not a perfect, prissy collector gun to be handled gently and hid away in a gun safe. This is a working Savage 99EG originally out of Wyoming and lovingly marked by decades of sagebrush hunts for mule deer, antelope, whitetails and elk. Its finish has been polished by rough hands, its occasional dings engraved by special events (the buck in the valley, the bull elk on the high ridge above the river, an antelope from the flats, etc.).



This is also a gun that can teach you � as it taught me - what you need to know about the classic Savage 99. I�ve owned it for about three years, and its taught me just how effective, how special and how versatile a vintage Savage 99 can be. I�ve hunted mule deer and antelope with this particular rifle and I�ve enjoyed every minute of those experiences. Partly that�s because this rifle shoots so well. It�s a proven game-getter. Just last summer, in preparation for several hunts, I set it up with Weaver mounts and a new Leupold fixed 6-power scope. In that configuration it routinely delivered just under 2-inch groups at 100 yards with factory Federal 150-grain Soft Point ammunition. It also shot factory 150-grain Remington Core-Lokts into 2.1-inch groups at the same distance.



The handling in the field of a vintage Savage 99 with a period-correct scope like an old Weaver K4, a newer rifle scope or even a classic receiver peep sight is something to behold. In fact, part of my thought process in originally acquiring this particular Savage 99 was to try it out on hunts in all three of those configurations � old scope, new scope and receiver peep sight. Versatility, I found, is a Savage 99 virtue.

So let�s get down to it. What I have for sale is a proven, accurate vintage 1949 Savage 99 EG �package.� This complete ready-to-hunt package includes the rifle shown, two sets of scope-mounting bases and rings, one classic Weaver K4 scope and a Williams receiver peep sight. I wish someone would have offered me such a proven, versatile package when I first jumped into the world of the Savage 99s. Here are the details of this package.

� One 1949 Savage EG rifle (serial number 591189) chambered in classic .300 Savage. Barrel length is 24 inches. The front sight is a blade with brass rib and bead. Metalwork is hunter-worn in place. So is the stock. See the photos. Its rotating brass magazine is bright and perfect, with its cartridge-counting numbers clearly legible.



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Some case coloring still exists on the rifle�s slick-as-butter lever. This rifle weighs exactly 7 pounds and 4.8 ounces.

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� One set of like-new Weaver scope-mounting bases and rings. The rifle is drilled and tapped for these bases as well as for vintage Buehler bases and rings. I will include both base-and-ring sets with this rifle.

� One period-correct Weaver K4 scope with fine-crosshairs-and-dot reticle (it�s perfectly centered in the scope - my photography just makes it seem off-center). This classic scope came on the rifle when I bought it, and even with that vintage optics setup this rifle shot two-inch groups or better and adjusted right to the center of the target with no problem. Amazing.

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See Part II below...

Part II




� One -like-new Williams Receiver Peep Sight. This fine-adjust peep sight was designed to mount perfectly to the factory drilled and tapped holes on the receiver of a vintage Savage 99. This sight setup will allow you to try this rifle in its trimmest form.


Okay, here we go. Proven, accurate 1949 Savage EG in .300 Savage, two scope-mount base-and-rings setups, a period-correct Weaver K4 scope and a Williams Receiver Peep Sight�a complete Savage 99 hunting package! And everything, the whole shoot�n match, can be headed for your hands for just $650. The entire setup will be securely packed in a hard case, insured and shipped directly to your FFL agent. You could be shooting a vintage Savage 99 EG in just days!



I�ll be happy to answer any additional questions you may have or provide any additional photographs you�d like. The first firm �I�ll take it and am ready to send a Money Order now� will secure it.

Hunt with a true hunting classic!

Bill Krenz
Colorado Springs, CO
[email protected]

Used car salesman in a past life?


Lee

preaching to the choir here

Well, for better or for worse, you gotta admit that was about the most thorough and innovative spiel to come down the pike in a long time!

Selling the sizzle, not the steak, as they say.

Wow, that was one helluva sales pitch.....you damned near had me buying an EG!

We have 535 more like that serving in DC. Let us hope he stays the H$ll out of politics.

Joe
They do More than Grow Tomato's,They also Put meet on the Table.
There Not Bad For Tomato Stakes!
I Have several in the Garden Of Choice Myself.

Does it come with a set of Ginsu knives?

I was hoping for a ....

" LIMITED TIME OFFER!!!****!!!!"

call in the next 30 minutes and get double the ammo for free, THATS RIGHT, double the ammo absolutely free....
just pay shipping and handling *




* shipping and handling on additional ammo only $48.99

Based on the fourth pic down Id say that the 300 savage ruins alot of meat.

But It looks ready to go to the printers timberline!!

So much for the help and assistance of the elite Savage Collectors. Surely makes me want to shoot a Savage 99.

Just being picky here, but doesn't a 591189 serial number make it a later date than 1949? Love the Sham Wow pic.

the site is called "Savage Collectors" and what you have there is a Savage hunter... its a well used, fairly worn, over sanded, after market drilled and tapped for scope and sling in the most massed produced model in the most mass produced caliber...

If you want to paint a pretty picture... that's great... but don't think you are going to come in here and impress anyone with that sales pitch... we all know exactly what the gun is... you could have just posted a few pics and a price...

nobody was being mean, they could have called your gun overpriced junk... it was good natured ribbing, don't get offended.

Easy big fell, I havnt seen anything but gentle, good humored ribbing going on here. Now If you start acting offended by that its like chumming for sharks

No offense meant Timberline. This is a hard, critical crowd. You truthfully and completely described your gun and provided detailed photographs. It should sell. I had a smile on my face when reading your post. If it were me, I would paste that posting over on the 24Hr. Classifieds.

I bet a Sham Wow would make a good gun rag.

Dude, practice the 11th Commandment...Thou shalt not take thyself so [bleep] seriously.

Timberline, I enjoyed your post very much. It covered all that we here on the collectors forum have been saying for a long time. If someone here wants or needs a hunter, I'm sure you will get a PM about it.
But, you have to remember that this is a collector's forum and most of us are looking for 99's other than the model/caliber/condition combination that is the most often encountered....a 99EG in 300 Sav. Many, many of them are just like yours, a perfect setup for hunting and carrying. But as soon as extra holes are drilled in the wood and metal, collectors won't touch them.
Just my $.02.

hey i have just gotten a 99 but the barrel is shot and if you could help me find one I would really aprecate that NH Frank

Timberline, I thoroughly enjoyed the post!

For those of you who thought it was just a flashy attempt at Marketing, I think you completely missed the point.

...just sayin'

It would be a perfect world, if every 99 question to the fire was accompanied with that quality of photos and information. Then their would be no grumpy answers. Wrong!
Good natured jabs are part of the Savage forum. Comes with the turf! Probably need a disclaimer posted at the top of the forum.

Before someone reminds me, yes I am aware that the 99 seller is not a new poster, has no question, is selling. GW

We're doomed! Another NHite! (I think, unless it stands for something else?)
Pretty soon we can take over or maybe get our own subforum?
In any event---Welcome nhFrank--you've found a great site--there's a few of us here like Loggah and LongBeardKing (aka LBK)

I was a newbie here 18 months ago and everone's been a great help.
And yes, be prepared to take some good natured ribbing like Timberline has, from time to time.

PS--did you get the one from Riley's with the groove in the chamber?

500,000 was bout 1947
56868x is1950

so 50 or 51

timberline that is a good sales pitch,when i read it ,facts matching pics,it struck an honest cord, but i had to chuckle ,hence preaching to the choir

I enjoyed your post. If I didn't already have a safe full of them, I'd consider buying your rifle. Looks like a fine hunting rifle. As someone else posted, put it on the 24hourcampfire's classified section, and it'll be gone in a hurry.

Thanks all for the constructive criticism. I'll rewrite, cut down on the sizzle where advisable, focus more on the meat, correct the manufacture date (1951) and eventually post on the Classifieds.

Nah, I like it the way it is.

Yeah, don't change a thing. (except the date)

Timberline, does it come with the antelope?

I enjoyed reading timberlines post, thought it was well done.

Fixd.

If you order by midnight tonight you can have the horns from that antelope! And that only because we're out of the complete Elvis Collection bonus.

[quote=Timberline]If you order by midnight tonight you can have the horns from that antelope! And that only because we're out of the complete Elvis Collection bonus. [/quote


Can't beat em, join em. I like the way you think GW

good comeback ,thats the spirit welcome to the savage and BS shovelers forum,stick around you'll have fun

Timberline, you're an ad man, right? If not you should be, you're good. Like everybody else on this board who isn't too old to hunt, I already have a shooter 99, but you made me want the rifle anyway.

BTW zebrapub isn't a bar in Denver, is it?

As far as truth in advertising goes, I can't fault Timberline. There are a lot of EG's out in this price range - and that's a good thing. They are a fine hunting rifle and the existing supply should be enjoyed for as a long as possible. Like everything, the supply will dry up.

its posts like timberline's that keep me coming back to 24hour and Kifaru's message boards.please keep it up !
Tim

From a Campfire post of 12-13-10... just last week.

"Hey guys, I just got the news that Bill Krenz has passed on. He went by 'Timberline' on 24hr. Many here knew him as the founder and editor of Inside Archery and Bowhunt America magazines. He was always complimented on his superb writing style and photography, even on his classified ads here. Apparent heart attack. He was 58, and survived by his wife and kids+. My prayers go out to his family. I'll miss you my friend. Happy hunting on the new hunting grounds. Don"