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There's none left.....anywhere. What the Fug!

I took pics of the Martini based Savage #1 at the March 2013 Julia auction. I didn't know Doug at the time and didn't know he bought it. I just found that out in this post. Three pics appear on page 9 of my book, appropriately enough they are figures 1-1, 1-2 and 1-3. I don't see the number one in those pics. I also remember that was the only marking on the rifle. Paragraph 3 on p. 9 talks a little about his motivation for building the rifle. There is a little bit more about the rifle in the first paragraph on p.10.

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Work hard work long buy the best and live to be old

I want the foremost rifle to the right.

Details?

I would like the last few at the end of this rack.

And carry LOTS of money. I'm too stupid not to work. I could live to be 127 years old and not find that many rifles.

That's not even the tip of the iceberg.

Like the Bible sells, there's a time for everything. A time to buy, and a time to sell. A time to build, and a time to tear down.

And a time to call it quits and explore the rest of the wide world of firearms!

Selling is not in my genes. Tearing down is left to tinkerbell Money is worthless unless you spend it.

Gnoahh, A could not agree more! I shifted over to Ansley Fox and LC Smith shotguns about 6 years ago. I upland hunt 10X's the amount of time I spend deer hunting and I wanted to use what I was buying as much as possible. I'm have tons of fun hunting a lot with these guns.I'll still buy Savages if I stumble into them. I just don't chase them so much anymore.

LC Smith Crown Grade 16.



12 & 16 gauge Fox XE's



Doug Turnbull restored Fox Sterlingworth's in 20 & 16 gauge.

Oh, my. You do know how to get my undivided attention, Roger!

OK, a few more pics then. Matching, consecutively serial numbered 16 gauge Brownings' with with custom DGS5 engraving.



Fox, Late style BE's in 12 and 16 gauge.

Wow! Some beautiful shotguns you have. Think I would miss a few birds just because I was looking at them, instead of the dog.

As I age I find myself deer hunting less too. The tools of the trade still fascinate me but the shooting thereof is less and less. Stuff that lends itself well to a day at the range bench shooting gets my attention now. Savage 99's to me remain fascinating but I was never a collector in the strictest sense of the word- I enjoyed shooting guns as much as acquiring them- and since there are a ton of makes/models out there that surpass the 99 in that regard, that is the direction my "acquiring" shall take. Don't get me wrong, the 99 still holds a top spot on my radar, but it'll take a special one to cause my wallet to come out of my pocket anymore. A .32-40 1899H (if ever one was made) would be one such beast. Single shots, vintage Winchester bolt guns, and Springfields are the devil on my right shoulder whilst Savages are the angel on my left shoulder.

That said, it does warm my soul to see such extensive collections as what are being shown on this thread. Such collections show the results of much determination and the owners deserve all accolades. I would love to be ushered into those sanctum sanctorums and stand, hat in hand, in the presence of greatness.

Thought this was about Savage's but if you want other maybe Logger can help or

let's see??????????????????????

Yup, did not mean to hijack this thread.

All I'll say is my collecting history had had 3 distinct phases: Milsurp to Savages to Classic American Shotguns. I sold a good bit of my Milsurp to fund Savages and then the rest to get started with Shotguns. If I'm shooting a rifle, its going to be a 99 but I do most of my deer hunting in a shotgun only zone now.

We should start another thread about additional interests. I'm sure we all have something else that we could share.

Okay, work is done bothering me for a bit I think. I've got a couple of new photos to put up especially for Loggah.. well, me too.

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This one didn't display earlier due to a typo.

Oh, I love 1895's...

The best ammo is up high..