My dads oldest brother had a gun store in west plains mo, when we went in to see him he would push a chair up to the gun rack so I could get up close to the guns and lookem over. all my dads brothers were big lever fans ( early 60s ) so there was always 99s in the rack. when I turned 13 my dad gave me a 336 in 30-30 ( that I still have ) but I always hunted with an uncle that was 99 fan and a horse trader, every year he had a bunch of different guns to trade. one year his 99f in 308 was in the bunch to trade , I begged him to put a price on it but he wouldent. later that yr I was given that 99f for christmas . that was the begining of my addiction ! IF only someone would have warned me !
