I have a Miroku 1885 Low Wall that's a very nice rifle. If Miroku built a 99 for Savage I would get over it. There's a ton of Miroku Browning and Winchesters out there, meaning that those guys got over it. The domestic 99s have and always woud be a different beast, but a Miroku made 99 wld not be a slouch by any measure.

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