Slow Sunday here with the wife running errands, kids quiet, mostly rainy.

I found a pre-war 99E in 250 for sale, but not enough condition to interest me. Not much going on.

CLEANING THE GUN ROOM, Here and Watching the Deer. Half tempted to Go Bang.

Snake oiled, my 22hp, went out with it the last few days, trying to shoot a yote! no luck tho!

Been in the workshop making Lightfoot mounts. I need an elf or two around here!!

Went deer hunting with my muzzleloader. Missed a nice doe right at dark. Today's the last day of muzzleloader season; tomorrow through January 1 is late doe season. I'll be out with my Encore 20 gauge. I still don't have one in the freezer this year and I'm starting to get a little nervous.

Rod

sure has been a strange fall for deer hunting here in Michigan Rod! i put a pan of corn and a few carrots, and a beet out in my yrd, 30yrds from the house. a small doe and twin Button bucks, come in most afternoons, at dark yesterday had 11 in my yard! no horns, bucks been hard to find this season!

Spent the last little while looking at buying enough land to hunt my Savages rifles on our own property out of the province. I want to hunt these 250-3000s, not just look at them.

Spent the afternoon and evening watching this auction on and off.

Thought it might fly in under the radar this close to Christmas and I could get it cheap.

New owner still got it at a reasonable price IMO.

Nice gun.

http://www.gunauction.com/buy/13163014

loading up some powder experiments for my franken99E x 22-250

Nice example, worth the price

I'd have been a player at 1000.

Don't see many in this condition.

Might regret not buying it someday...

Worked our local Holiday food outreach thru our church this morning, gave away/delivered about 4 pickup loads of groceries to families locally.

After we got home, I sorted thru some brass in the reloading room. Loaded up about 6 different loads for a 35REM rifle that I am experimenting with.

Illinois took the 2 late deer seasons away from my county this year, so I lost about 50% of my season..

50% less season, but tags still cost the same..govt for ya..

Dave

trying to figure out how to get photobucket to send photos of the elk I shot yesterday to the forum. This is the first time I tried to use it in about 2 months. Have they changed the way it works? Any help would be appreciated. David

I have been keeping an eye on this one - I originally was wondering if it even would get the starting bid of $650... 51 bids but all by just two bidders - 1903 on GB ...front sight is worth a couple bills plus, but still...

If anyone knows the losing bidder, tell him that although none of my Savage pumps were for sale a few hour ago, all could be for sale now!

Here are a couple for comparison -
1903 on GB listed as 1906
1903 on GB

That auction smells bad.

Rich guys pull all manner of unscrupulous crap, I'd be wary.

Not often, but, once in a while Photobucket failed to upload for me. PB wants files around 100k in size, 3 meger's need to be reduced. Sometimes I've renamed the file from .jpg to .bmp and then it worked too. Not sure why??

I'll probably load some .300's tonight for the 1920, and carry it deer hunting. I'm mostly off this time of year and our general season runs until Jan 4th.

Getting ready to go off to work. Gonna' put my Lightfoot mount on a 250 Sav EG and top it off with a Leupold 2.5 X 8 this coming week end. That is if I can get the original rear sight off. Might have to make a trip to the smith to get that accomplished. I'll post some pictures when the job is complete.

Merry Christmas to all!!

Steve

Pulled my Dad's M99G Deluxe out of the safe a little while ago and softly stroked it while oiling it down.

Tis the season......anything I am doing now is up to my Hoyt (bow)...or my Ruger 96 22mag. Until I get back to Idaho. Then the 250/3000 is going coyote hunting.

Finishing the fitting of a butt stock on "the Project" before heading up the road.

Loaded up a bunch of .30-30 and .300 ammo last night and heading to the range today.

I want to see how well the replacement front sight works on the .30-30, Along with finding out if the .300 likes the 165 gr. NBT's that were given to me.

Leaving in about 30 minutes to potentially get my first Savage 99...

Good luck! We want details!!!

...CAUTION! It wont be your last

dave

Well...It's a bubba. But I got it anyways. I think it will be a fine shooter and I will not worry about hunting hard with it.

Serial 6930xx with a stamp like this: E)

Bad:
1.) Drilled and tapped through "Savage 99"
2.) Looks like the bolt was partially open when drilling the rear ring and the bit hit the top of the bolt. causing a small mark.
3.) Sling swivels added
4.) Butt stock has a repaired crack and does not match the gun by markings. The forend does.
5.) Rear sight is a dovetail flip down (not correct?).
6.) Case hardening is all but gone.

Good:
1.) I traded a gun for it that I got for $300.
2.) Bluing is about 90% I'd say. No rust spots or pitting.
3.) Wood overall is pretty nice.
4.) Crown, bore, rifling seem great.

I probably won't do anything with it besides shoot it. I assume it's and EG, but since the stock is not original, could it have been something else? 24" barrel.

Thanks,
Matt

At that serial number it could have only been an 99EG or a 99R, only two models that were made right then. For $300 total, I don't see how you could have gone wrong.

Yep, can't complain. I think it was a great ice breaker to get me into 99's!

...and only the EG was not factory D&T'ed.

I picked up an 1899 today as my Christmas present to myself.

Putting together a display case for my dad's 75th Anniversary 1895(99)...he's pretty happy with the rifle and I think the case will make a great Christmas gift.

Would love to see what you did there Tim.

Browsing Model 99 auctions on Gunbroker and dreaming of finding the right .303, Does that count?

hey smokeEater . just get one of each. then you'll always have the right one.

plab

LIKE THIS?!

I put my 1899 cutaway action back together. Fixed the rotary magazine on a pre-mil 99F 300 that I had gotten real cheap at a gun show because it wouldn't feed and stripped down a pre-mil 99f 308 to have the barrel shortened. See pics below. My wife rushed me off to candle light service before I could finish this.
Would you guys believe this is my first White Christmas?
David

Yep

While searching for 99's on the web I ran across a S&W pre K22 mfg 1952. 6" barrel in excellet condition. Made arrangements to pick it up later this week. Not Savage but will put a smile on my face. Still looking for a CD. GW

I had some Savage projects that needed attention yesterday.

110 22-250 trigger and safety weren't interacting right. 99C 22-250 safety wasn't engaging. 99DL 308 stock cracked by the shipping gorillas. Had both 22-250's apart about 20 times each, trial and error. Adjust, check, adjust, check, adjust, check. Finally got both working perfectly, but the bonus is I now know each gun intimately.
Epoxied the DL stock.

All in all, it was way more satisfying than taking them to a gunsmith for repair, and then never knowing what was wrong. The 99 is not a complicated machine and I won't hesitate to work on minor things again. The 110 was a bear, but had help from a gunsmith on the forum here and he got me lined out.
*Beware- There's a spring on the 110 trigger that likes to soar across the room unless you see it beforehand.

Still refinishing wood on both 22-250's, and minor repair on the DL, missing or broken spring.