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Interesting thread to the see the fondness for the old 99.. I have had several.. Now I have one a 250 that belonged to my FIL... 4 or 5 years ago, I had a couple of them out to hunt antelope and deer.. The low combs, and safety position were just a pain after a life time of bolt actions.. So I sold all but the .250.. Never missed them a bit.. All with what you learn to use I guess.. My family in general used lots of 99's, but my grandfather was a bolt action man, and I learned from him.. Nice to see all the 99's appreciated by others..

The first rifle I bought when I turned 18 was a Brush Gun in 358. Still have it, nearly 40 years later. I had started hunting with a Win 94 (32 Spl, not that piddly little 30-30 ) but Dad and nearly all the guys at camp had 99's. In fact, of the regulars, only 1 guy used a bolt gun, one a used a 94 and the rest had 99's. That was in Northcentral Pa. in the 70's. Just me and Dad left, maybe one other guy but I haven't seen him in years. Bummer.

I also was one who thought the 99 was homely and ungainly looking compared to a Winchester 94 . But then I became interested in them because of the rotary magazine and unique design. I started watching to buy one.

Had an uncle who hunted all his adult life with a 300 Savage 99 EG. He loved that rifle.

I bought an old half worn out 1930's 99 that looked like a EG, but it was too rough and I sold it. A couple of years ago I bought a fairly clean 1950 99 R in 300 here on the fire and it happened to be in my hands when I got the largest Whitetail I've taken.

Beautiful old buck! Nice job!

That's a nice one roundoak.

303 Savage:


35-30/30 Savage::

great bucks! I can see a palmetto in the last swamp buck pic.

Thanks Fireball2!
I never tire of looking at pics of those beautiful trophy blacktails you've taken.

Dale, I thought I made you a very fair offer when I said I'd take that gun off your hands for $100.00. 'Still torqued that you didn't accept! All joking aside, that's a really nice rifle buddy. Congrats to you sir.

Everybody views things with their own eyes. As for me, I always thought the 99 was a much better looking gun than the 94. It doesn't have that tube magazine under the barrel, and it doesn't rattle like a can of nuts and bolts when you open the lever. Then there's the issue of getting a scope on top of the older 94's. No such issue with the 99. The choice of available rounds on the 99 is different too, without the necessity of RN or flat tipped bullets. I'd be remiss not to mention our member, MILES58 who worked up a very accurate load for my 99 based on the 130 gr. Barnes TTSX. The gun is much more accurate than I can possibly shoot it with this load. It would be interesting to see what a different scope and a trigger job would do to this old warhorse, but it'll wear a Weaver K-4 for as long as I carry it. What my son does with it after that remains to be seen.

I scoped and worked up a load for a friends 99E in .243 in the late 70's. It was my first dealings with any 99. It had a spongey, almost "doubleaction revolver" trigger pull, but broke consistently. I finally got it shooting a speer 100sbt into about 1", it was tight enough that, off the bench, I could hit a rotten egg at 100yds ( my shooting buddy was a bachelor back then and always had out of date eggs in his fridge! ha) When I got the 99C a few years alter, I found that I MUCH preferred the tang safety.

Y'all gotta stop this.. nobody want's 99's. Horrible gun. Stay away from them at any cost. If you run into a nice one at a gun store, let me know and I'll make sure nobody else accidentally buys one of these horrible rifles. Heck, I've sold all mine off......

Buy a Remington.



1902, used hard but still very, very cool:



Couple from the 1920's



1935




1945



1952

C, what calibers???

303, 303, 300, 303, 300, 300.

Darn.. bit too narrow.

1903 - 32/40




1910's - 22HP




1940 - 250-3000




1950's - 308




Post-1960 - 284

Calhoun, very nice collection!
That's also a Hell of a buck there!

There's a pic of mine on here from years ago, a 1927 99F TD - 300 Savage.
Was given to my grandpa from grandma that same year as a Christmas gift from money she saved while.working in a logging camp.
It's killed a ton, or more, of deer.

Friend gave me an older 1899 EG takedown in 300 Savage a few years ago.
It had been a real education in both the caliber, and the rifle, as great hunting tools for a woods hunter.
Bonus is it's pleasant to carry, pleasant to shoot, and flat out effective.
Gotta be the most underestimated package ever.

YES Indeed, that's a great buck. Now y'all know he didn't have to shoot it, don't ya ?

When the buck saw that Classic 99 he knew the gig was up and he killed (keeled) over.


Jerry

Note the smile on the deer's face!

He died happy.

Heck, they love that gun so much I shot a forkhorn in self defense a few years earlier when it charged me. I think it was a "What do you mean you won't shoot me? I'll MAKE you shoot me with that beautiful old gun!!!" moment.