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There's been a fair bit of talk of the 99 Savage so I figured I'd put up this pic from last weekend here in AZ. Rifle's about as old as me - 60. It's a .358 Win. I hope the 1-4X scope is not considered too much cheating - it's pretty old too if that counts. When I combine this rig with the 200 grain Barnes TTSX at 2700 FPS with 51/TAC (a little lower than Mule Deer's load), it's actually a pretty darn sophisticated elk rig, and not just for the woods. Shoots plenty flat to 400 yards, only 19" down when sighted 3" high at 100 yards, and still going over 2000 FPS. (That's at 7200' elevation where this hunt happened.)

Cheers,
Rex