|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,453
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,453 |
My 1937 checkered F in 30-30 is one of mine. Joe
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 7,290
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 7,290 |
My prewar non-checkered EG (thanks to Roy) in 300! can't get much more honest that that.
"The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle." John Stapp - "Stapp's Law" "Klaatu barada nikto"
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 9,306
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 9,306 |
I don't have as many as most of you guys but the ones I have now I love. Like choosing a favorite child.
"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~
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 3,995
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 3,995 |
The Centennial Rifle. Early M1920 250-3000. Still the one:
"Rhetoric is no substitute for reality." -Thomas Sowell
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,453
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,453 |
Here is a better pic.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 56,255
Campfire Kahuna
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 56,255 |
I have favorites for different things. Some for display, some for handling, some for performance in different conditions, some to look at.
_______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack
LOL
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 1,549
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 1,549 |
The one that started this illness! A 1927 or so take down 99 30-30 that my Grandpa bought brand new at Sears Roebuck in Chicago with his sisters employee discount. I cant remember exactly what year or price he paid, But I have the original bill of sale in my file! I also have a mounted 6 point buck he shot with it the first time he took it hunting in Wisconsin. A pretty special rifle to me........ I had to go look it up! Bought from Sears Roebuck 10/15/28 $79.50 Serial number shows 1921! Doesnt seem like his sister got him too much or any of a discount! Especially for old stock!
Last edited by 06hunter59; 01/21/20.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 9,306
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 9,306 |
The one that started this illness! A 1927 or so take down 99 30-30 that my Grandpa bought brand new at Sears Roebuck in Chicago with his sisters employee discount. I cant remember exactly what year or price he paid, But I have the original bill of sale in my file! I also have a mounted 6 point buck he shot with it the first time he took it hunting in Wisconsin. A pretty special rifle to me........ If I owned a 99 with that story: it would be my favorite as well.
"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~
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 3,153
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 3,153 |
I like my very late model 23B best--light, simple, accurate, quiet, effective, plain dark wood w/schnable. Only one boo-boo--a Redfield 2 3/4X w/fine crosshairs. And I didn't even have to put it there.
Was Mike Armstrong. Got logged off; couldn't log back on. RE-registered my old call sign, Mesa. FNG. Again. Mike Armstrong
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 7,290
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 7,290 |
I like my very late model 23B best--light, simple, accurate, quiet, effective, plain dark wood w/schnable. Only one boo-boo--a Redfield 2 3/4X w/fine crosshairs. And I didn't even have to put it there. 23B. Interesting choice. I have a 23C that's a nice little package.
"The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle." John Stapp - "Stapp's Law" "Klaatu barada nikto"
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 106
Campfire Member
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 106 |
My dad's 22 high power, sieth mount with an old, foggy 2.5 scope. I pestered him for months to let me go deer hunting with him and my older brothers when i was 11, to young to legally hunt in california at that time. My brothers both used savage 99s one 250-3000 and the other a 243 winchester. I never did get a deer with that gun but was on top of the world to be able to hunt with my dad and brothers with our 99s.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 13,004
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 13,004 |
Tough question.
If I was forced at gunpoint to only keep one, I would probably pick the 1899 Deluxe 250–3000. It has the deep belly stock and exemplifies everything that made Savage a great firearm company back then.
"...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.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 843
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 843 |
The Centennial Rifle. Early M1920 250-3000. Still the one:
Bert! You teaser!
An armed society is a polite society.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 8,900
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 8,900 |
Grandpas EG in 300. Probably an early 50's rifle, my brother has it rusting in a closet, I'm sure...Jaeger side mount, Unertl Hawk 4x, Redfield peep. He had the stock shortened, as it was originally a gift for a friend. He had given the guy and his wife, each a 99, shortened the stock for the wife. Apparently, she decided not to hunt, and the guy gave it back. My brother got it when he died. No collector value. Don't care.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 9,100
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 9,100 |
I like them all, but being a old logger im a wood kinda guy,so i guess this one is my favorite of the moment !!!! 1899B in 32-40 with a 28" barrel.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 23,063
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 23,063 |
If push came to shove, I suppose my favorite Savage would be my M1899 Deluxe .250-3000, 2nd variation.
My favorite of all time isn't a Savage though. Don't laugh, but it's a Mossberg .22 autoloader. Christmas, 1965, was a bitter cold morning made exciting by the brand new .22 poking out from under the tree. It isn't so much the gun (even though it was a constant companion on my adolescent forays into the wilds)- yea, it is a veritable POS- but more so the family warmth and love of my Dad that it represents. It would be my "cold dead hands" gun.
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 5,166
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 5,166 |
Last edited by JoeMartin; 01/22/20.
I'm not greedy, I just want one of each.
Remember Ira Hayes
JoeMartin
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2019
Posts: 2,081
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2019
Posts: 2,081 |
That's easy, since I only have one. The Tinkerbell Spl. 52EG. Maybe sometime this year another will fall in my lap that I can afford to make this a harder decision. Favorite rifle, all time, Ruger #1 7x57 mauser, I've had since the late 70's. It's been around and the last rifle I would get rid of. It has great memories.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 2,219
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 2,219 |
If push came to shove, I suppose my favorite Savage would be my M1899 Deluxe .250-3000, 2nd variation.
My favorite of all time isn't a Savage though. Don't laugh, but it's a Mossberg .22 autoloader. Christmas, 1965, was a bitter cold morning made exciting by the brand new .22 poking out from under the tree. It isn't so much the gun (even though it was a constant companion on my adolescent forays into the wilds)- yea, it is a veritable POS- but more so the family warmth and love of my Dad that it represents. It would be my "cold dead hands" gun. Gary, I think a lot of us are in possession of firearms with great sentimental value. I have several from my dad and granddad. Two occupy the biggest space in my heart. The first is a Marlin .22 my dad gave me in '62 for my First Holy Communion. My mom almost schitt! The second is Ol' Reliable, a Rem 742 that he gave me on Christmas 1971. It's the memories and experiences I've had with that rifle that make me wonder about the stories in each of these 99's that I handle.
Last edited by eaglemountainman; 01/22/20.
My heart's in the mountains, my heart is not here. My heart's in the mountains, chasing the deer.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,589
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,589 |
This probably will always be my favorite. It now has a matching Savage era 16 gauge Sterlingworth, though not original wood, they sure look cool together.
"Somehow, the sound of a shotgun tends to cheer one up" -- Robert Ruark
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 6,508
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 6,508 |
Impossible to answer the question
wyo1895 With Savage never say never. For a copy of my book on engraved Savage lever actions rifles send a check for $80 to; David Royal, p.o. box 1271, Pinedale, Wy., 82941. I will sign and inscribe the book for you. [email protected]
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 3,490
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 3,490 |
They're all good. Some are just better (to look at). First year production 1899H 22HP, deluxe wood, B engraved w/owner name on belly, Lyman leaf sight, Lyman 29 1/2 tang sight.
"Every day above ground is a good day."
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 934
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 934 |
My early 1899 SRC .303. Belonged to my paternal grandfather’s brother, a Scots mining engineer hired to work the steam engines in a coal mine in the Colorado/New Mexico area. He was shot during a bar discussion by a co-worker. My grandad’s Appalachian Scots family took up a collection to send the next eldest brother out to avenge the murder. The victim’s wife (6 kids!) gave him the rifle, but the perp was tried and went to the pen (was a Rough Rider with Teddy R, paroled shortly thereafter). Anyway, my grandad ended up with the rifle, the first high powered rifle I and my 3 cousins ever shot, and it went to his eldest son, then his son, then to me. It shoots pretty well still, but now hangs in my library in a place of honor. PS: On New Years Eve every year the people in Lonaconing, MD would fire their weapons up onto nearby Jackson Mountain at midnight. The people who lived on the mountain did, I suppose, evacuate or go the the root cellar.
Endure Fortis Marte Suo Tutus
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2019
Posts: 2,081
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2019
Posts: 2,081 |
SWS, that's a beautiful Rifle, no doubt about it.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 194
Campfire Member
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 194 |
After years and years of searching my 99T in 22 HP
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 23,063
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 23,063 |
They're all good. Some are just better (to look at). First year production 1899H 22HP, deluxe wood, B engraved w/owner name on belly, Lyman leaf sight, Lyman 29 1/2 tang sight. Superb. That one checks off all the boxes for me.
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 6,572
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 6,572 |
Yes, very nice! Where's that one been hiding!
"...One Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for All"
JeffG
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 9,306
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 9,306 |
They're all good. Some are just better (to look at). First year production 1899H 22HP, deluxe wood, B engraved w/owner name on belly, Lyman leaf sight, Lyman 29 1/2 tang sight. Shooooe weeeee Look at the wood on that thing.
"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~
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 6,572
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 6,572 |
Guess, I'll throw another log on the 'Fire, Here's My 250-3000 first model, with mannlicher forearm. If it's snows this weekend I might take it out for the squirrel biathlon (sling eyes already installed)!
"...One Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for All"
JeffG
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 2,927
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 2,927 |
Last edited by GeneB; 01/22/20.
Gene
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,453
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,453 |
They're all good. Some are just better (to look at). First year production 1899H 22HP, deluxe wood, B engraved w/owner name on belly, Lyman leaf sight, Lyman 29 1/2 tang sight. Wowser!! That would be a definite favorite of mine. All very nice guns. Joe
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 9,100
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 9,100 |
Definately some "WICKED WALNUT" in that one ,its a beauty!!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 12,706
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 12,706 |
My Granddad's 1899 B that got me into all of this. This is on the farm he settled in northern Minnesota in 1901. I was born and raised there.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 9,306
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 9,306 |
My Granddad's 1899 B that got me into all of this. This is on the farm he settled in northern Minnesota in 1901. I was born and raised there. Is that a picture of him with the gun?
"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~
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 6,572
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 6,572 |
My Granddad's 1899 B that got me into all of this. This is on the farm he settled in northern Minnesota in 1901. I was born and raised there. Winner! And All-Time Champeen!!
"...One Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for All"
JeffG
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 23,063
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 23,063 |
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 9,100
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 9,100 |
Got the original wheel barrel to ! Great photo.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 8,263
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 8,263 |
my very 1st Savage 99 22-hi-power takedown to look at ,but my back-up deer rifle is a Savage 99 284 " the only reason its a back - up rifle i don`t wanna get any marks on it since i refinshed the stock "
LIFE NRA , we vote Red up here, Norseman
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 1,549
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 1,549 |
My Granddad's 1899 B that got me into all of this. This is on the farm he settled in northern Minnesota in 1901. I was born and raised there.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 1,549
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 1,549 |
I would pay to print an 8X10 of that amazing photo! Tell how and how much! I'd frame that and put it in my den. If you saw my den, you would understand! Ed
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 12,610
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 12,610 |
I don't know if I am a rule breaker again, but I just can't pick ONE rifle as a favorite. I have a bad case of Savageitis. If I pick up a gun and have no immediate admiration for it I simply put it back where it came from. I I do get THAT feeling I start shelling out for it cause it's coming home. I actually have 3 that keep me feeling warm and fuzzy all the time. my 30-30 T one of my 1899 250-3000's And my 1st K that once I started looking they were coming out of the woodwork. But in the end, I got the best one. When I got it it was unfired. It isn't now.
NRA Endowment Life Member (and proud of it)
Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. - Plato
Deuteronomy 22:5
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,453
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,453 |
[quote=Longbeardking]I don't know if I am a rule breaker again, but I just can't pick ONE rifle as a favorite. I have a bad case of Savageitis.
It doesnt say what IS your favorite, it says whats ONE of your favorites. And you listed 3 dandy’s LBK.
Joe
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 1,549
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 1,549 |
I don't know if I am a rule breaker again, but I just can't pick ONE rifle as a favorite. I have a bad case of Savageitis. If I pick up a gun and have no immediate admiration for it I simply put it back where it came from. I I do get THAT feeling I start shelling out for it cause it's coming home. I actually have 3 that keep me feeling warm and fuzzy all the time. my 30-30 T one of my 1899 250-3000's And my 1st K that once I started looking they were coming out of the woodwork. But in the end, I got the best one. When I got it it was unfired. It isn't now. You know............You are not a ton of help. I have a dandy K Model 250-3000 with a Stith and a very nice and clear K4 Weaver, I was about to remove the Stith and scope and put back to original. Now, I think I'll use it this fall!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 1,549
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 1,549 |
They're all good. Some are just better (to look at). First year production 1899H 22HP, deluxe wood, B engraved w/owner name on belly, Lyman leaf sight, Lyman 29 1/2 tang sight. If this rifle was for sale, I'd hurt myself reaching for my wallet! WOW! NICE! I'm in Northern Illinois, where abouts are you? I'm near Crystal Lake, Il
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 12,706
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 12,706 |
I would pay to print an 8X10 of that amazing photo! Tell how and how much! I'd frame that and put it in my den. If you saw my den, you would understand! Ed I sent you an email with it.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 12,610
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 12,610 |
[quote=Longbeardking]I don't know if I am a rule breaker again, but I just can't pick ONE rifle as a favorite. I have a bad case of Savageitis.
It doesnt say what IS your favorite, it says whats ONE of your favorites. And you listed 3 dandy’s LBK.
Joe Thanks, Joe. I appreciate it.
NRA Endowment Life Member (and proud of it)
Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. - Plato
Deuteronomy 22:5
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 364
Campfire Member
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 364 |
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 43,731
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 43,731 |
“ 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
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 1,549
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2019
Posts: 1,549 |
Lightfoot, You are the best! Thanks Pal. I owe you one......Ed Some very cool rifles on this thread!
Last edited by 06hunter59; 01/22/20.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 3,490
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 3,490 |
Ya don't see a lot of those two floating around. I've seen the folding rifle at Savage Fest. Looking forward to seeing the other.
"Every day above ground is a good day."
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 56,255
Campfire Kahuna
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 56,255 |
_______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack
LOL
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 106
Campfire Member
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 106 |
I'm drooling all over the keyboard
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 12,610
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 12,610 |
I don't know if I am a rule breaker again, but I just can't pick ONE rifle as a favorite. I have a bad case of Savageitis. If I pick up a gun and have no immediate admiration for it I simply put it back where it came from. I I do get THAT feeling I start shelling out for it cause it's coming home. I actually have 3 that keep me feeling warm and fuzzy all the time. my 30-30 T one of my 1899 250-3000's And my 1st K that once I started looking they were coming out of the woodwork. But in the end, I got the best one. When I got it it was unfired. It isn't now. You know............You are not a ton of help. I have a dandy K Model 250-3000 with a Stith and a very nice and clear K4 Weaver, I was about to remove the Stith and scope and put back to original. Now, I think I'll use it this fall! There ya go. I took that K two years in a row before I saw I buck I wanted to kill. I have to admit though. I was happy to get it home and back in the safe "If" I had damaged it I would have nobody to blame but myself.
NRA Endowment Life Member (and proud of it)
Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. - Plato
Deuteronomy 22:5
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,187
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,187 |
My favorite I guess was also my first, Savage 1914 250 Sav. Bought 56 years ago. The one under it is a recent purchase, its only 168 numbers off from the one on top. Made same month maybe??
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 97
Campfire Greenhorn
|
Campfire Greenhorn
Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 97 |
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 7,336
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 7,336 |
LOTS of exceptional guns.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Hunter S. Thompson
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 37
Campfire Greenhorn
|
Campfire Greenhorn
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 37 |
My favorite is not a Savage it is a JC Higgins (Marlin ) that my folks got me for Christmas 1962. My first gun! The next favorite is a Savage 24MDL in 22 mag over 20 gauge that they got me the following birthday. Those will stay in the family.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,453
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,453 |
The 1899 250-3000’s are one of my favorites also. Joe
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 9,306
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 9,306 |
All this porn Rick Bin may have to close the thread.
"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~
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2019
Posts: 2,081
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2019
Posts: 2,081 |
I've said it before and I'll probably say it again. You gentleman have some of the finest 99', I've ever seen. I can't imagine what a Savage Fest must be like. Hard to find any rifles that compare locally. Ok, I could drive down to Fireball2's place, not to far guess. Thanks for posting them.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 56,255
Campfire Kahuna
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 56,255 |
I've said it before and I'll probably say it again. You gentleman have some of the finest 99', I've ever seen. I can't imagine what a Savage Fest must be like. Hard to find any rifles that compare locally. Ok, I could drive down to Fireball2's place, not to far guess. Thanks for posting them. Come on down brother. We'll go to lunch.
_______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack
LOL
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 2,219
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 2,219 |
This thread is full of beautiful Savages, but this is the one I would love to see when I open my safe door. Just gorgeous, 513JAKE.! Just curious, is that original finish?
My heart's in the mountains, my heart is not here. My heart's in the mountains, chasing the deer.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 2,040
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 2,040 |
Tough choice. Sold a couple really nice ones last year. I really like the 1916 Model 1899 250-3000, but my nod goes to this 1938 checkered EG 30-30.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 97
Campfire Greenhorn
|
Campfire Greenhorn
Joined: Jul 2017
Posts: 97 |
Eaglemountain, I am fairly certain that the wood has not been sanded or stained. But I do think that one of her former lovers put light layer of clear on to protect the finish. Fine by me.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 1,699
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 1,699 |
My two favorite savages. First year 1899 .250-3000, I found the/a original rear sight in the butt stock but haven't put it on yet. This is how I bought it. Not as nice as others have posted but one of my favorites and my first 1899. The second is s M24 410/.22. the first gun my dad bought when he was a young teen, and passed to me last year.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 5,610
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 5,610 |
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2019
Posts: 2,081
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2019
Posts: 2,081 |
"Come on down brother. We'll go to lunch" I'd like that Fireball, I'll buy. Maybe when the rain slows down. Thanks.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 56,255
Campfire Kahuna
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 56,255 |
_______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack
LOL
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 43,731
Campfire 'Bwana
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 43,731 |
“ 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
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 254
Campfire Member
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 254 |
Tough choice, but from an aesthetic point of view it would be the 250-3000 with the fancy wood that was broken and I had repaired But from a "cold dead hands" criteria it would be my Grandmother's 1914
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 12,706
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 12,706 |
Great pic! So nice to have them isn't it?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 254
Campfire Member
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 254 |
Indeed, I think I was more excited finding the picture than the rifle
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 7,336
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 7,336 |
Posted pics of my favorite, a Rentzke Engraved 1960 99F 243 Win. in the Image Gallery if someone would be kind enough to move them over.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Hunter S. Thompson
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 2,040
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 2,040 |
Last edited by KeithNyst; 01/23/20.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 1,699
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 1,699 |
Wow, looks like I need to start buying nicer rifles. The guns you guys have, make most of mine look like a pile of puke.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,453
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,453 |
We drooled all over that at the Rendezvous.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 1,699
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 1,699 |
The engraving on Poconojack's rifle looks like the old 99 engraving. How long did Savage use the same engraving styles, did they just not change at all, or do they just look similar enough that my untrained eye can't tell the difference?
Last edited by damnesia; 01/23/20.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 3,490
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 3,490 |
The engraving on Poconojack's rifle looks like the old 99 engraving. How long did Savage use the same engraving styles, did they just not change at all, or do they just look similar enough that my untrained eye can't tell the difference?
It is similar to Savage's early "A" style engraving pattern in the early 1900's. The engraver then was Enoch Tue. This rifle was engraved in the mid to late 1950's and the engraver was Siefried Rentzschke. Rentzschke also engraved Colt, S&W and Winchesters as well either as an independent or while he was at A.A. White & Co.
"Every day above ground is a good day."
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 7,680
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 7,680 |
hard to deside , most used right now is an early 50s 250 EG but i have a first model, a G an F, another EG and 2 A's
norm s
There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle----Robert Alden . If it wern't entertaining, I wouldn't keep coming back.------the BigSky
|
|
|
|
613 members (007FJ, 01Foreman400, 160user, 2500HD, 204guy, 257 roberts, 59 invisible),
2,291
guests, and
1,181
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,190,640
Posts18,455,347
Members73,908
|
Most Online11,491 Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|