My 99F went to the gunsmith to see if that trigger could be improved a little and honestly, only “a little” was the end result. I suspect that he cleaned and lubed it and it is good enough for a walking around deer rifle. I have relegated it into a back up rifle role behind a custom bolt action with a way better trigger. Oh, that 99F with a 1.5-5x20 heavy duplex really points well, but for a stand sitting rifle, I don’t see a lot of an advantage in using a 99. A lever action might be just a hair faster for a follow up shot than a bolt action, though in my experience a second shot doesn’t need to be that much faster even in the woods.


My other auto is a .45

The bitterness of poor quality is remembered long after the sweetness of low price has faded from memory