When I was a young and tagging along with my father in the deer woods, many old timers carried these guns. They were very, very popular and very, very reliable. You could drop them in the mud, pick them up and shoot 5 times. Never jammed unlike the whole long series of single shot Jamingtons that followed them.
My father hunted with a Model 8 32 Remington for most of his life. I shot my first buck with a Model 8 35 Remington that my Grandfather's Uncle bought brand new in 1909. 4 digit serial number. I still have that gun.
Winchester 94s also had a large following. I saw very few 99s in the woods, but I was always fascinated with them. I remember asking my Grandfather once why he and his brothers never had any 99s. He said "Only doctors and lawyers can afford 99s".
