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The "ole 300"
My Dad's Model 99 Savage.
Summer of 1927 my Dad told Mom that he'd just seen a beautiful rifle at the Mill Store. It, along with three cartridges, showed up under the Christmas tree that year. "They came sighted in back then," I was told. Three deer provided our family with meet that winter.
It was my Dad's only big game rifle. At age 87, November 1987, he shot it his last time. Took a nice 8 pointer. Black bear, elk, and dozens of Whitetail deer fell to it. Our family was never in need of meet over the 60 years he carried it.
I'd be in the woods with Dad and I could tell the sound of that "ole 99's" voice up to half mile away. When it spoke I'd hang my gun on my shoulder, head towards the sound, and get ready to drag. As Dad aged I remember looking at the ole 300 hanging in the rack and wonder if I'd hunt with it or hang it up in retirement some honored place in our home after I had inherited it. After he passed I took it off the rack, opened the action and there rolled up was a business card. On the back of the card, in his handwriting, were these words, "Give This Gun To _ _ _ _ . Our son, his grandson.
The "ole 300" continued to harvest Whitetail in his hands and now it resides in Alaska with the blessed man who inherited it.
Dad 8/26,1900 - 10/5/87
300 Savage 99 1927 (May be 1926) and still working.
I'm that man, the grandson, who was blessed to inherit that meat getter. 
"I'd rather have an Army of Asses led by a Lion, than an Army of Lions led by an Ass." (George Washington)
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The "ole 300"
My Dad's Model 99 Savage.
Summer of 1927 my Dad told Mom that he'd just seen a beautiful rifle at the Mill Store. It, along with three cartridges, showed up under the Christmas tree that year. "They came sighted in back then," I was told. Three deer provided our family with meet that winter.
It was my Dad's only big game rifle. At age 87, November 1987, he shot it his last time. Took a nice 8 pointer. Black bear, elk, and dozens of Whitetail deer fell to it. Our family was never in need of meet over the 60 years he carried it.
I'd be in the woods with Dad and I could tell the sound of that "ole 99's" voice up to half mile away. When it spoke I'd hang my gun on my shoulder, head towards the sound, and get ready to drag. As Dad aged I remember looking at the ole 300 hanging in the rack and wonder if I'd hunt with it or hang it up in retirement some honored place in our home after I had inherited it. After he passed I took it off the rack, opened the action and there rolled up was a business card. On the back of the card, in his handwriting, were these words, "Give This Gun To _ _ _ _ . Our son, his grandson.
The "ole 300" continued to harvest Whitetail in his hands and now it resides in Alaska with the blessed man who inherited it.
Dad 8/26,1900 - 10/5/87
300 Savage 99 1927 (May be 1926) and still working. I'm that man, the grandson, who was blessed to inherit that meat getter. You're a lucky man... Now you owe us some pictures of it. 
“ 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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Calhoun, do you use 150s or 180s? My dad was partial to the 150s for deer.
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I prefer the 150's, lot more energy and effective at distance with them. You lose powder capacity quickly in the 300 Savage case with heavy bullets while keeping the COAL short, the 150 is in my mind the ideal weight for it. But, that being said.. My lucky 99EG absolutely loves 180gr Partitions. A 75 year old lever gun that will shoot 1" groups consistently with 180's, but will shoot over 2" groups with most 150's.. I finally found a 165gr Partition load it'll do well on, but since I shoot shorter distances I've used the 180gr quite a bit in it. I've got other 99's in 300 that do great with 150's. But have to hunt the lucky EG or I don't see bucks (I've tried and tried..) ![[Linked Image from savagefest.net]](https://www.savagefest.net/my_99s/2010_Hunt/Buck1.JPG)
“ 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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I like 150s too, flat base and the shorter the better. I've loaded round noses in the past. Shoot flat enough and I tbink they hit harder. Thanks for the picture!
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They are getting as rare as toilet paper! ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/LvBZQEll.jpg)
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I've always wanted one in 300 Savage I have one, but It is a Kimber Montana. Know very little about Savage 99’s. I’m Tony the fisherman, a son of de beach.
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laissez les bons temps rouler
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Anyone headed to Penn guys house to check on him .....He might have drank a corona
Work hard ... play hard
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Had a .300 which I (stupidly) sold in '01, along with 20 rounds of hand loaded 150gr Speer Mag-tips. Shot them into 1 1/4" groups at 100 yds. Four years later, I had the buyer as a patient. He had fired eight rounds at that point. Went to sight it in a month before deer season and hit center, 1 1/2" high. And that year, he shot his biggest buck ever on opening day. One shot, one kill. And reported the same for the succeeding three years. Haven't seen him since '05. Hope he had equally good luck in the following years.
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing."
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Bought one - don't know the model - in 243.
Had an old Weaver 3X9 that the coatings on the lenses were peeling off of.
Could only get 1 1/2 inch groups -
at 200 meters! I still use that rifle!
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Bought one - don't know the model - in 243.
Had an old Weaver 3X9 that the coatings on the lenses were peeling off of.
Could only get 1 1/2 inch groups -
at 200 meters! I still use that rifle! I have a 99F .243 made in 1966 that is in that category.
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Good thing I don't teach a poetry course....one of those verses could get in a person's mind. 😅 The lights went out and I ran for the door as the stranger sprang in the dark His aim was true and the sparks they flew as his donniker found its mark The poem continues: Mid might and main, and yelps of pain, two forms were found in the gloom Mid farts and foam and awful groans, the screams, they filled the room And for everyone who wonders how this ends (nobody, so far): The lights came on, the stranger rose with a satisfied look on his pan And there on the floor, with his a$$hole tore, lay poor ol' corn-holed Dan. Thank you. Thank you very much.
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing."
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Have a 99R in 300 that is one of my favorite rifles. Super accurate and just a joy to behold. Only negative is that this model is heavy so I use it mostly for stand hunting.
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Tell me about the R. Heard of them, but have never seen one.
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Have a 99R in 300 that is one of my favorite rifles. Super accurate and just a joy to behold. Only negative is that this model is heavy so I use it mostly for stand hunting. Yes the R model is too heavy.
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I had both an R and an F in .300 Savage. Both were from the mid-50s. After carrying both deer hunting, the R went down the road and the F got to stay. Still use the F as my deer rifle of choice.
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Was the R similar to the EG?
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There were two styles of 99R. A pre-WW2 version, and a 1950's version. According to the catalog, the 1950's 99R only ways 4 ounces more than the 99EG. Nobody who carries them believes it. 1950's 99R: ![[Linked Image from live.staticflickr.com]](https://live.staticflickr.com/4302/35931846301_3cbb344994_b.jpg) 99EG: ![[Linked Image from savagefest.net]](https://www.savagefest.net/my_99s/1941_99EG_250/Right_Full.JPG)
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Other than the shape of the fore end, what is the difference? Thanks
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I had both an R and an F in .300 Savage. Both were from the mid-50s. After carrying both deer hunting, the R went down the road and the F got to stay. Still use the F as my deer rifle of choice. I have an F in .243 that is a sweet shooter. It's like a 22 mag as far as recoil.
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