I already have mine. A Marlin 336C .30-30 that shoots nice, tidy, 3/4" triangles over and over at 100 yds.. It's been my most used and trusted meat maker for the past 20 years.
Mine would probably be a stainless pistol grip Browning BLR in 35 Whelen which they don't make. Of what they do make the same gun in 450 Marlin looks quite interesting. The little BLR 358 Win is pretty neat as well.
I'm not much of a lever guy but about 15 years ago I picked up a Model 64 Winchester in 219 Zipper. Apparently they are pretty rare.
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Mine is a Winchester 71 in .348. Someday I intend to have one too.
This one! It currently resides in one of my safes!
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
There are certainly some high end collectible Winchesters and Savages that I'd cheerfully kill for, but thinking realistically, I wish I'd bought one of the Marlin 338 MX's when they were making them. Would also love to find a cherry Savage 99 .22-250.
I really like my Marlin 1895 that Wild West Gun did a lot of work to. It was a guide gun BEFORE their were guide guns. I would still like to have a Marlin 1894 in 44 Mag With the Pistol Grip. I've got the straight grip, but the pistol grip appeals to me.
Although a Winchester mod 64 would be a close second. 30 WCF would work for me.
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1979 Savage 99e in .308. It has a Weaver Classic K4 on it now in Weaver Top Mount rings. Was planning on restocking it in Walnut, but decided against it. It's fairly accurate, and has nice balance. 22" barrel is handy enough for crawling through the brush and the birch press checker stock is PERFECT for crawling through that same nasty brush(I mean go head and scratch it, doesn't bother you in the least!!!).
Wanted a 99 the first time I saw one in person(1994, not very many of them in my area) when I was 19, THAT was a 99c...but this one is MINE and that makes all the difference.
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Marlin Cowboy in 38-55 that I could actually afford
I'd go with this. I had one for a while, killed one deer with it. I got rid of it because it wouldn't feed 250-ish grain cast bullets.
Those with a shoulder or cheek out near the meplat wouldn't go into the chamber with one stroke of the action, I'd have to part-way chamber them, then partially open the action further to let them jiggle into line, then close the action.
It fed handloads with the Hornady 220 grain flat point just fine, though, and as a hunting rifle, those are pretty darn fine.
I'd take the same rifle in .30-30 if I could find one ... again at a price I was comfortable with.
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Tuff call I had a 94 30-30 with a rifle length octagon barrel that had a great hang to it and was probably the easiest rifle to shoot off hand I ever had. I also had a model 64A that was very nice but I believe I like the octagon barrel best. Both are gone now as my eyes just can't handle the open sights very well any more. I tried a marlin Zane Grey commemorative that had a octagon rifl length barrel that was nice though I liked the model94 better. It did lend itself to a scope but I just don't like a scope on a lever as to me they become top heavy and the handling characteristics are ruined. Ymmv.
A lot of great guns being mentioned here! Some of them I've had and more than a few I've foolishly passed on at one time or another. One that still smarts was an 1895 Winchester in .30-40 for $500. To be fair it was rough though.
1979 Savage 99e in .308. It has a Weaver Classic K4 on it now in Weaver Top Mount rings. Was planning on restocking it in Walnut, but decided against it. It's fairly accurate, and has nice balance. 22" barrel is handy enough for crawling through the brush and the birch press checker stock is PERFECT for crawling through that same nasty brush(I mean go head and scratch it, doesn't bother you in the least!!!).
Wanted a 99 the first time I saw one in person(1994, not very many of them in my area) when I was 19, THAT was a 99c...but this one is MINE and that makes all the difference.
I am not sure of the model number without looking, but i have a 99 lighweight in .308, looks unfired. It dates to that vintage. I bought it off an old guy in a retirement community. I think it sat in a closet for all those years. I keep thinking about putting a scope and sling swivels on it. Then i take it out and go, naw.
I'm really fond of this rig too!! .30 US Army mfg in 1915.
(Colt Army Spl in 32/20 mfg in 1923).
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
I guess I'm "livin' the dream". My first rifle was a Marlin 336 in 30-30, I still have it and I like to take it out every year. My other favorite lever gun is a Marlin SS Guide Gun in 45-70. This gun is unbelievably accurate and a joy to carry. Both of these were gifted to me. Last on my list is my uncle's Winchester 94 30-30. It was my grandfather's gun and someday I hope to call it my own. (No hurry though as my uncle still hunts with it.)
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After a decade of begging now and again, I finally got my uncle to part with this one last weekend "1894 Winchester 25-35"
Dates to 1908 and it's been in my family since day one, from what I'm told.
Overall pretty decent shape, action is tight and the bore is clean. Believe it started out life up near Lutsen, MN
Very nice! I do like the 25/35 ctg!!! That rifle of your is a dandy!
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
My late Grandfather's Win94 32 WinSp. Not worth much to anyone but me. And I goofed and gave away my Win94 30-30 to my brother for free. Made in 1941. He doesn't shoot it. Never has. What a waste.
I have owned several. This Model 64 .30wcf early 1940's vintage is one of my favorites. Came to me many years ago after completing it's apprenticeship in the Minnesota woods.
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I think that the Finnwolf was the apogee of lever action rifle development. So similar to the Winchester 88, but with superior ergs, too bad the market didn't embrace them.
My favorite lever action that I own is a Savage 1899CD in 25-35 with a 1/2R-1/2O barrel and a Lyman tang peep.
Owning a piece of history like Teddy Roosevelt's Winchester 1876 in 45-75 would be a nice place to start.
Ah, the .45-75. It was developed as a shorter, bottlenecked version of the .45-70 because Winchester could not get the 1876 rifle to work with the .45-70's length. But the .45-70 was so popular that Winchester had to get it into a lever gun which led to the great 1886 Winchester. Which was maybe the best levergun ever. Winchester gave the illusion that the .45-75 was more powerful than the .45-70 but it was not.
Savage 99, tang safety, rotary brass mag. Great trigger and minute of angle. 284Win, just to be able to shoot anything a 270 will.
They work.
That's an awesome pic!! Nice rifle and beautiful Mulie.....
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Had mine for several years now. Marlin Guide Gun in 45/70 with the nicest wood I've seen on a factory Marlin. Killed several deer and pigs. Always the first one out at beginning of season. Improved it this year with a leupy 1X4. Gould hollowpoint or a fp 405 are my fave bullets. 1600fps has devastated everything I've pointed it at.
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Another I could enjoy would be a stainless BLR, pistol grip, take down, in .223 with a 1/8 or 1/7 twist and a 2.5" oal mag.
Yes, that one.........in .45lc!
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The Sako Finwolf in 243, I had one and broke it into pieces. A Savage 99 in 250-3000 because it was the favorite of Alaska's Wolfman. My GG in 45-70 is pretty sweet.
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A new savage 99 take down with swap barrels in 7.62x39 and 221 fireball, if bolt face is a problem then we will swap out the 221 f.b. for 22 PPC. Forgot, Savage need to build on an action similar but modernized for the short case similar to the prototype 32-20.
Since I have or have had Marlin's and brownings and savages, up through 356/358....Probably a finnwolf or 88 with a mannlicher in 358. You can keep the 99s.
Think a Savage 1895 musket is probably near or at the top. But since we only know of 2 that exist, that's not extremely likely.
A true Savage 1899D musket would be slick also, but since we only know of one existing that's probably not gonna happen either. Dang it.
Bottom musket here is the 1895, one above it is the 1899, top musket is a Montreal Home Guard Savage 1899 musket, about 800 made.
“The Savage 99 Pocket Reference”. All models and variations of 1895’s, 1899’s and 99’s covered. Also dates, checkering, engraving.. Find at www.savagelevers.com
Have had a few Marlins and Winchesters and shot a few more. Non seems to hang around very long except the Marlin 1894 in 357 which is an exeptionally capable little toy.....
Got to borrow this Savage 99 in 300 Savage equipped with a Lyman tang sight last Autumn and must name it my dream leveraction! Realy nice to handle, well balanced, well made and lucky (got to shot a whitetail with it). It's out of reach unfortunately and it's ilk are very rare around here so a dream it stays.
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Well I just got one of them, A Marlin 375. Funny how certain rifles fit people. I have a Savage 99C in .243 and do not enjoy it at all. Seems really heavy compared to my Marlins.
Almost any of the older lever guns in any of the old levergun calibers. I would not trade my 99 in .303 (and .410) for every BLR ever made. I could never warm up to the Win 88's either, but there is one (in .308) I'd like to get just because of whose it is, how long he's had it and I'd like to ensure that it stays in the family.
Winchester 1892, in 38-40, along with 11 boxes of the older Winchester Super-X ammo back when the boxes were yellow. Open sights are getting to be more of a challenge every year, but I can still put every bullet in the bottom of a coke can at 75-80 yards. I hunt with it on doe days every year. No tellin how many deer it's killed over the years.
A family friend, who died in a tractor accident 25+ years ago, had a pair of 1873's. One in 38-40, the other in 44-40. They had consecutive serial numbers. My dad and uncle managed to hide them until his sons were old enough to get them.
I use many leverguns for many purposes and find advantages over my bolt action rifles. The BLR takedown is very good and I use one as my elk/sheep rifle and it is well used. I shortened it to 39" with a 19" barrel (reduced length of pull to) put a Burris 2x7 scout scope on it . As a takedown it holds its poi and can even bore sight it.It carries like a model 94 and shoots like an average turn bolt rifle.Slides in a scabbard easily and in a rainstorm I can put it away in a dry pack easily. The trigger is the flaw but improves with use. I Hope Henry follows up by chambering the new "Longranger" in some new/old rounds like the 30/06 and gives us a takedown /synthetic option ,with an adjustable trigger(must be a way of doing this,imo)...Tony
Got to borrow this Savage 99 in 300 Savage equipped with a Lyman tang sight last Autumn and must name it my dream leveraction! Realy nice to handle, well balanced, well made and lucky (got to shot a whitetail with it). It's out of reach unfortunately and it's ilk are very rare around here so a dream it stays.
Somebody loaned you a really nice early 30's 99RS for a deer hunt? Holy....
Hunt to remember.
“The Savage 99 Pocket Reference”. All models and variations of 1895’s, 1899’s and 99’s covered. Also dates, checkering, engraving.. Find at www.savagelevers.com
Can imagine a few "dream" levers. Some have gotten to try, some I never will.
Hard to beat one of these, pointability-wise, in the end. Nor is 300SAV often "wrong".
This 1893 in 30WCF trumps it in nostalgia, but for functioning dream rifle, the model 99 is it for me. Ditto the Win 1873 - would love to have one to shoot around, but carry and chambering-wise... model 99.
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It took me a while but I found my dream leaver action and before I knew it, it was on the way to my dealer. Love the way it shoots and handles. It is chambered for the 308 Winchester, which is my all time favorite cartridge and it is short enough to be very handy in the places I hunt. The fact that is was made in Belgium, kicks it to the top of my list of lever actions. This BLR is as close as I will get to the BLR I sold years ago, like an idiot, and will be one that ends up in my estate.
I am impressed with the number of people that like Savage 99's and there are some nice ones being posted. They weren't very popular in the 60's in SE Georgia when I was growing up and I never saw one until I went to a gun show in Atlanta. If I ever knew that Savage made a 99 Musket, I forgot it. That is a cool looking rifle.
I never have been all that excited about the Savage 99, even though I know they are fine rifles. I am not really sure how I ended up with 4 of them. One of my 99's I kind of like, but I think it is because it is in 308 Win and that is my favorite cartridge. The 30/30, 22HP and 300 Sav, just don't do anything for me at all. I'm probably going to hang on to the 308 and let the others slide on down the road one of these days to make room for something else.
I love Savage 99's but only in the Savage cartridges. I'm anal like that. My son called me from NC a month or so ago and told me he got me an unmolested EG in .300 for only $350. Said there was a D&T'd .250 at the same pawn shop wearing a Leupold for $550. I told him to get his butt back there and snag that .250. He couldn't get back for a couple days and of course that .250 was gone. Damn!
I never thought of a dream rifle as such. There have been a few that I wanted but most of my rifles I just ran across at a time that I could afford one. I was lucky enough to purchase a Winchester model 71 Deluxe in excellent plus condition. I almost wish it was worn a little, so I would feel a little more comfortable with it in the woods. I do use it when the weather promises to be good and the going not too rough. I got a real nice 8 point a few years ago with it and that has been one of my more memorable hunts. I love hunting with vintage firearms.
I don't know if it's my dream lever rifle or not, but it's close and I probably should have bought it. I passed a mint condition, original pre-64 Winchester M88 carbine in 308 at a local gun show a couple weeks back. Price was in the ballpark given condition. I still have his card......
How about a winchester model 95 in the .33 hi power.The reason I have been looking is I would like to replicate a goat hunt that was written about in 1905.The hunters in "Campfires in the Rockies"used this round for this purpose.In 1905 it was state of the art.I hunt the same unroaded basins these days and have killed goats there with my scope sighted .270. It would be great to try to replicate one of the old pictures...it is doable,there are lots of goats
I'll bet that if John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Chuck Connors, and all the other silver screen and TV screen heroes had toted Savage lever guns instead of (mainly) Winchesters, there would be an exact reversal in order of the guns mentioned in this thread.
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I'll bet that if John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Chuck Connors, and all the other silver screen and TV screen heroes had toted Savage lever guns instead of (mainly) Winchesters, there would be an exact reversal in order of the guns mentioned in this thread.
How about that fancy Savage Robert Duvall had in Joe Kidd?
Looking at your muskets I always thought one of the model94 NRA muskets would be a fun cast bullet silhouette rifle.
Not my Savage muskets, I was just lucky enough to see them and snap a couple of pics. My house is probably worth less than that musket.
The 2nd 1895 musket is in the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody. Not mine either, unfortunately.
“The Savage 99 Pocket Reference”. All models and variations of 1895’s, 1899’s and 99’s covered. Also dates, checkering, engraving.. Find at www.savagelevers.com
I have my pre-64 Model 94 Win. in 30-30. Now I want a BLR or that new Henry in 308 Win.
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When I started deer hunting in PA about 1955,I would have given anything to carry my mother's 1936 Winchester 94, 30-30.No such luck.I was doomed to carry what ever rifle was left. Mostly an old Remington pump in 32-20 or a H&R 20 gauge single shot break open using round balls.
To dream of carrying my fathers Marlin Octagon barreled 94 in 38-40 was pure fantasy
When I moved to NM in 64,the first gun I bought was a Winchester 88 in .308 thought I had it good.I never liked the looks of the Savage 99's.
My folks have passed on and I have that 94,30-30. My brother got the 38-40, but I found one that I refurbished and I still have the 88. To save face as my brother knew I wanted the 38-30,he GAVE me a 1906 Colt SAA in 38-40.Only because he had one of those special run Buckeye Rugers in the same chambering.
I can't think of any other lever gun I want
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I've always wanted a nice original Win 71. Not a showpiece but a nice unmolested shooter. A Browning repro might work also.
"after the bullet leaves the barrel it doesn't care what headstamp was on the case" "The 221 Fireball is what the Hornet could have been had it stayed in school"
Another one I am enjoying, a Browning M53. Beautifully made as is my M71. I am thinking the 115 gr FN's that I use in my 32 H&R Ruger's for next years hog hunt.
I have been fortunate enough to find most of my dream levers.. If I had to choose one to take every where it would be the 88 in 284 The 71 is just too heave and too big for som situations The 1895 just too heavy.. The Marlins and win 92-94 just not versital enough.
For quite a few years,I wanted a Winchester 1886 in 45-70. Finally bought one of the Browning reproductions. I killed two elk with it and sold it. Darn thing was 13 pounds fully loaded
If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles
The two best levers I've owned were 22s. A Browning and a Mossberg palamino. The palamino had a two finger trigger, but could shoot. A Sears 54 with a stubbed magazine and a peep was mighty slick too.
First .22 I ever had was a Monkey Wards rendition of a Mossberg Palamino! 😁
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
Marlin 1893 .38-55, Winchester 1876 short rifle with pistol grip in .45-60, and an 1873 Winchester in any chambering, preferably .44-40 or .38-40.. If a repro, then .357.
You could add a '92 in there somewhere too... Had a takedown in .25-20 and sold it. Don't regret selling it, but do miss having it around sometimes. If I get another I would probably like it in .357 and it would be a bunny bustin' s.o.b...
I'll bet that if John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Chuck Connors, and all the other silver screen and TV screen heroes had toted Savage lever guns instead of (mainly) Winchesters, there would be an exact reversal in order of the guns mentioned in this thread.
How about that fancy Savage Robert Duvall had in Joe Kidd?
I can think of several Savage or Winchester dream configurations, and none of them would be in 6.5 or have Creedmor or Creedmoor or Creedmore stamped on them!!
My first levergun was an Ithaca Model 49, a single-shot drop-block rifle chamgered for .22LR, They had a retail frice of about $22 when they were introduced in 1962. Big Brother and I got one both found one under the Christmas tree that year. Little Brother got one the next year.
Mine got away from me after high school and I spent several years in the last decade looking for another. I finallly found one in near perfect condition an paid $105 for it after a bit of dickering. Asking price was $125.
The Ithaca is my most-shot rifle these days. It usually foes to the range with its bigger cousins, where I use it to shoot clay pigeons at 100 yards while the other barrels cool. My eyes don't care for irons but on a good day I can hit about 35% and misses aren't by much. It is one accurate little rifle.
Here's some of the Ithaca's grown-up cousins. Top to bottom:
My hunting buddy, who has a Marlin .30-30 as well, and I have a saying that pretty well describes our feelings toward such rifles - we call it "Lever action satisfaction". No bolt gun will ever be as much fun.
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No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
I already have my dream lever - a 50's era Mod 94 in 32 SPCL. I got it back in the 70's. A guy owed me $100 and paid me with the rifle. Unfortunately, someone had borrowed the rifle (before I got it) and put it into a plastic case while still wet with rain. The receiver and areas of the barrel were rust pitted but the bore was (and still is) bright & shiny. It is my favorite "carry" rifle and has accounted for numerous critter - coyotes, raccoons, squirrels, rabbits and a few pick-up truck beds full of whitetail - including a 10 pt. 17" buck that is hanging on the wall above me.
I already have my dream lever - a 50's era Mod 94 in 32 SPCL. I got it back in the 70's. A guy owed me $100 and paid me with the rifle. Unfortunately, someone had borrowed the rifle (before I got it) and put it into a plastic case while still wet with rain. The receiver and areas of the barrel were rust pitted but the bore was (and still is) bright & shiny. It is my favorite "carry" rifle and has accounted for numerous critter - coyotes, raccoons, squirrels, rabbits and a few pick-up truck beds full of whitetail - including a 10 pt. 17" buck that is hanging on the wall above me.
The .32 Special was very popular and common here in PA a few decades ago.
Mine is a Winchester 71 in .348. Someday I intend to have one too.
I kinda regret selling my .325 WSM BLR. It was accurate and handy. My main issue was the comb of the stock: a little high for the irons, but worse, a little low for the scope even in extra-lows.
I always wanted an M92 Winchester carbine, but could not afford it...sooo, bought a Rossi .357 and rebarrelled it to .256 Win Mag. Real hard to beat with either Hornady 60gr flat points or Lyman 65gr cast gas-checks. I really liked a .25/35 M94(actually, an M64 would be better, but...) so bought an M94 .32Spl. made in 1941 and rebarrelled IT to .25/35 Improved. Sure works well with the before-mentioned Lyman 65gr cast. Sure makes a nice deer rifle with it's 21" barrel and 1/2 magazine when using Hornady 117gr round nose. When I left Alaska (southeast) I brought "Baby" with me. She was the first levergun I carried for any length of time. She jumped into my arms whenever I went for a "walk in the woods." She is the fastest-mounting rifle I've EVER carried. She started life as a Browning M71, with a new 20" .375/348 Improved barrel. With 300gr Roundnose soft points on board, she isn't much less than a .375 H&H! With 285gr or 300gr cast with a hat-full of pistol powder, she does well for deer (or moose). I've got all my wishes, so why look for more? Have fun, Gene
Had both mine, both went down the road. Had a savage 99c in 358, and just sent out a browning 71 348. Tore my rotator cuff last year and since recoil is my enemy. I go through phases with what I love in rifles, levers I'm kind of over for now, though there are still a few 99's in my cabinet thT will never leave lord willing. I went through a phase though where levers were definitely my favorite, and that is what I hunted with solely for years.
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Mine is a Winchester 71 in .348. Someday I intend to have one too.
This. I have one already, but I sure would like another in the De Luxe versiuon. Also an 1895 in 405 Winchester. A real one. I own to of the jap Winchesters and they are beautiful, well-made rifles, but I just want an original, although I do have one in 303 Brit, with a gloriously long barrel!
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Mine is a Winchester 71 in .348. Someday I intend to have one too.
This one! It currently resides in one of my safes!
I like that '95 kaywoodie! I've forgotten what caliber that rifle is. Is it a 30-40 or a 35 Winchester?
That one is .35 WCF.
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
I'll bet that if John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Chuck Connors, and all the other silver screen and TV screen heroes had toted Savage lever guns instead of (mainly) Winchesters, there would be an exact reversal in order of the guns mentioned in this thread.
How about that fancy Savage Robert Duvall had in Joe Kidd?
Villain rifle!
That was probably a Fajen stock on Duvall's 99, and left-handed to boot, although Duvall shoots it right-handed.
Other than that, they did a good job on the period firearms in Joe Kidd.
I enjoy what I have. The Model 81 at the top has about 45 big game kills. My short list includes another model 81 in .308 or .30-06, a model 71, a model 94, a 9410, and one of the Browning octagonal barrel 45-70's (passed one up and still kick myself).
I already own it. Its a classic and over 7.5+ million of them were made from 1894 to today. Mine wears the Sears M200 designation but is all Winchester. I paid $250 for her and she was in bad shape (blueing and stock). Sent her to Fords Metal Finishes out of Florida because of the metallurgy used at the time I couldn't just re-blue her.
For around $360 she came back looking beautiful. So much so, I've never shot her. The gun on the open market is worth maybe $300 but she was on my bucket list and that's all that counts for me.
Wonder if Savage will ever bring back the 99? ;-)
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