My first was a Savage 99C in .308 Win with a Redfield 3-9 Widefield Low Profile. Shot Winchester factory Silvertip 180-grainers. Killed deer like a tri-axle coal truck on the highway. But it was a 2.5-3 MOA shooter on a good day. The action worked with all the smoothness of a set of tank tracks. It kicked like Festus' mule , Ruth. It just, plain sucked.
I traded it for a Model 70 Lightweight Carbine .308 Win somewhere in the '80's and was never happier.
