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At my local gun show yesterday, only three 99s,. A mid 20s F in 303 with Lyman 30 1/2 peep, a 50s EG in 300, and the one with best condition was a 1961 F in 308. Looked like it just came out of the box. If I didn't have a 99 in 308 I would have been plenty tempted. Only thing, I never understood them dammmm gold triggers. Who ever came up with that idea should be drawn and quartered, or at least slapped. Prices were a wee bit high tho. Seems like most tables with 99s on em, the seller doesn't have much general Savage knowledge. Just thinks they are all retirement fund, regardless of condition.
"Its easier to fool people......Than convince them that they have been fooled." Mark Twain
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+1 on the gold triggers oldotter.
"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed-unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." James Madison
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The Gold Triggers Just dont seem to look right to me!
Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!
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The one good thing is it helps you immediately in determining a post mil.
I have a 1961 99F in 300. Nice rifle. Use it as my backup to my 99C in 284.
"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.
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Never though I would say this but:
The cut checkered post mil F's and DL's are starting to grow on me although I haven't pull the trigger on one yet (pun intended)
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When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. ~Thomas Jefferson~
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Randy, should we talk you out of it or let you dance with that shiksa? 
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Randy, should we talk you out of it or let you dance with that shiksa? I think it's cabin fever. Everything is starting to look good to me. Been a long winter. Even here is Va.
"You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass"
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at a gun show when i see a 99 i always check the price , the condition and sometimes i just gotta with tears walk away.
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