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I scoped and worked up a load for a friends 99E in .243 in the late 70's. It was my first dealings with any 99. It had a spongey, almost "doubleaction revolver" trigger pull, but broke consistently. I finally got it shooting a speer 100sbt into about 1", it was tight enough that, off the bench, I could hit a rotten egg at 100yds ( my shooting buddy was a bachelor back then and always had out of date eggs in his fridge! ha) When I got the 99C a few years alter, I found that I MUCH preferred the tang safety.