I had both a 99R and a 99F, each in .300 Savage and both dating to the early 1950s. Both were/are honest 95% condition rifles. I prefer the F for deer hunting (upstate Pennsylvania in heavy woods). Put the R up on Gunbroker. It brought less than $500. I'd guessed it would go in the $575 range, but sometimes GB can be fickle.
There's a real lack of interest in classic rifles of any kind these days. If it isn't black, plastic, and/or semi-auto, it's not likely to sell. And with the advent of the legion of decent big game bolt actions with plastic stocks and CNC manufactured metal work that retail for well under $500 new, that's unlikely to change in the future. Collectors seem to be getting steadily older and they don't seem to be reproducing as they age out and die off.
That being said, my F will be making its annual trip to upstate PA for opening day.
