My beloved Savage 99 EG, serial number 7428xx...just checking on the age. Trigger boss letter code is woefully gone-- all that can be discerned is the slightest "C" shape of the oval and a faint numeral "1." So that doesn't seem like much help.
From its heritage as a family piece, I'd guess it's from early to mid 50's. In any case, a great gun! Folding Lyman rear sight, Lyman tang sight, and a Leupold M8-4x scope on a swing mount. (Of all these, I generally use the tang mount for these old eyes. But nice to have them all zeroed in. .300 Savage.
Seems like there's always been venison in the freezer since I took over its ownership in 1984. It once had an ancient leather sling added by my grandfather. Apparently he was better suited to keeping it quiet while drawing down on a near deer. Spooked a big buck that way years ago, and I think that sling is still out in the Northern Michigan woods to this day.
