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Mad Trapper rifle #12592109 01/29/18
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,737 Eastern Nebraska Calhoun OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP Calhoun Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,737 Eastern Nebraska	Finally found somebody that visited the museum and posted up pictures. Social media isn't ALL bad. The Mad Trapper of Rat River by Hugh Peden, on Flickr “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

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Re: Mad Trapper rifle Calhoun #12592112 01/29/18
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,737 Eastern Nebraska Calhoun OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP Calhoun Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,737 Eastern Nebraska	This was posted up in a thread in the main forum as well. Looks like they use a ratty 1899A for the trappers gun in this. “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

Re: Mad Trapper rifle Calhoun #12592219 01/29/18
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 9,100 new hampshire L Loggah Campfire Outfitter
Loggah Campfire Outfitter L Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 9,100 new hampshire	I have read a few different books on the "Mad Trapper" and they really are not sure of who he really was,whoever he was one tough S.O.B. !!. Im suprised the model "E" that he used was in 30-30,probably easier ammo to get everywhere compared to 303 savage.That sawed off shotgun would be a killer up to about 15'.easy to keep in a pack that way.Don Last edited by Loggah; 01/29/18.

Re: Mad Trapper rifle Calhoun #12592404 01/29/18
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,737 Eastern Nebraska Calhoun OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP Calhoun Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,737 Eastern Nebraska	It's a takedown, Don. 99F. For having been in a dynamited cabin, that thing has a lot of condition left to it. “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

Re: Mad Trapper rifle Calhoun #12592438 01/29/18
Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 9,100 new hampshire L Loggah Campfire Outfitter
Loggah Campfire Outfitter L Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 9,100 new hampshire	Ya,Rory i spaced it was indead a "F" ,In Dick Norths book it shows a pretty good picture and discription of everything he had on him when he was killed. Was he really Albert Johnson,or was he Arthur Nelson ? Don

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Re: Mad Trapper rifle Calhoun #12592455 01/29/18
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,737 Eastern Nebraska Calhoun OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP Calhoun Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,737 Eastern Nebraska	I think the DNA testing has shot down every guess as to who he was. “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

Re: Mad Trapper rifle Calhoun #12592533 01/29/18
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 456 Arizona D Dobegrant Campfire Member
Dobegrant Campfire Member D Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 456 Arizona	It sure made a great storyline for the movie whoever he was Benefactor Life Member NRA, Arizona Hunter Education Instructor

Re: Mad Trapper rifle Calhoun #12592985 01/29/18
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 7,290 Northern California S S99VG Campfire Tracker
S99VG Campfire Tracker S Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 7,290 Northern California	There's nothing wrong with social media at all just so long as you don't allow it to play you for a fool. But that rule pretty much goes for many things in life. Thanks for the post! "The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle." John Stapp - "Stapp's Law" "Klaatu barada nikto"

Re: Mad Trapper rifle Calhoun #14459222 01/12/20
Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 78 British Columbia Slinky_Pickle Campfire Greenhorn
Slinky_Pickle Campfire Greenhorn Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 78 British Columbia	Sorry to re-inflate on old thread but I stumbled across this little bit of info today and thought others might be interested. It looks like someone applied for a letter from Savage for the Mad Trapper's 1899. https://books.google.ca/books?id=Ym7TCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA297#v=onepage&q&f=false

Re: Mad Trapper rifle Calhoun #14460019 01/12/20
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 9,321 Va 9 99guy Campfire Outfitter
99guy Campfire Outfitter 9 Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 9,321 Va	Originally Posted by Calhoun I think the DNA testing has shot down every guess as to who he was. If I remember correctly the DNA suggested he came from the mid west via Scandinavia. Don't quite know how they figured that out? "You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass" ~Admiral Yamamoto~ When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. ~Thomas Jefferson~

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