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How ill advised would it be to add sling points to my savages original stock? It’s already in fair condition, with lots of finish wear, and the receiver had been tapped to mount a scope sometime in the 70+ years before I bought it. Has it already been lowered in value enough that drilling a couple holes into the stock and forend aren’t dumb ideas?
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I sell a set of studs with a machine threaded forearm stud to replace the original screw. Saves drilling the forearm which is not very thick to start with.
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Use the Lightfoot front swivel and drill the butt. Then keep the sling off until you need it- a rifle belongs in a hunter's hands not on his shoulder. If a gun is so heavy/bothersome that it isn't comfy to carry in one's mitts, one should maybe re-think one's approach. Unless one sits all day then it doesn't matter much either way.
Yeah I'm in curmudgeonly mood today. It's cold wet and gray outside and I can't shoot.😖
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Dang Gary, you should have met us for lunch at the Columbia Ale House. I had to pick Chase up at BWI. Would have knocked the curmudge right out of ya.
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Where can I buy the forearm stud, I’d love to save me time drilling.
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I like slings on rifles because it’s fun to carry them that way. I recently got into leather work too and wanted to make one that fit my new favorite rifle. Not offended by the curmudgeonly tone, but that’s why I want one
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Where can I buy the forearm stud, I’d love to save me time drilling. I sent you a private message. Look for a flashing envelope at top right of screen. I can save you the ebay fees and sales tax.
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Use the Lightfoot front swivel and drill the butt. Then keep the sling off until you need it- a rifle belongs in a hunter's hands not on his shoulder. If a gun is so heavy/bothersome that it isn't comfy to carry in one's mitts, one should maybe re-think one's approach. Unless one sits all day then it doesn't matter much either way.
Yeah I'm in curmudgeonly mood today. It's cold wet and gray outside and I can't shoot.😖 I thought so (he says shaking his head intuatively).... Hey Gary, do you think G&H ever had an employee working there named Bubba....or Smendrake?
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I like slings on rifles because it’s fun to carry them that way. I recently got into leather work too and wanted to make one that fit my new favorite rifle. Not offended by the curmudgeonly tone, but that’s why I want one If you are getting into leather work, make one of the lace up boots that slide on the butt stock, and use Mikes front screw and you have an unmolested gun.
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Out west we use a sling for carrying our rifles. It's made by Honda.
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Out west we use a sling for carrying our rifles. It's made by Honda. I always thought that was a scabbard. But what do I know....
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Working on the pattern right now. I made a forend wrap and it turned out pretty nice, albeit simples because it’s basicaly a trapezoid with lace holes punched in. Excited for my forend screw, maybe I’ll post the entire project when finished.
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I picked up a sling that attaches without studs for just this reason. I’ve had it on several 99’s when I go hunting.
“ 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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A lot of the examples I’ve seen don’t cover the entire butt stock, and I’d like to have the whole buttplate protected. Guess it’s on me to figure out 🤔
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Out west we use a sling for carrying our rifles. It's made by Honda. I've got a variant of that, called a Massey 135. But the kanibblin Pin on mine broke, so it won't work now.
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Out west we use a sling for carrying our rifles. It's made by Honda. We got em here too. A little rough on the shoulder though.
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Out here in the sagebrush we see the elk or antelope a long way off and usually have a long walk to get to them. Walking along with the rifle at the ready is much less comfortable than having it slung across your shoulder. In defense of you guys who hunt in the thick woods I didn't have a sling or swivels on the EG I hunted with in Florida.
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Don’t quite hunt yet, but if I started Id probably be out in the sparse brush of Texas where a sling could be pretty handy during a trek. I can understand the drawbacks in some places but yeah I don’t live in them.
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