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# 2. Tell me about this one. 303 #14761029 04/08/20 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,004 In the woods... RAS OP Campfire Outfitter OP RAS Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,004 In the woods... Same scenario as #1. All I have is pics. What is it? "...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.

Re: # 2. Tell me about this one. 303 RAS #14761033 04/08/20 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,004 In the woods... RAS OP Campfire Outfitter OP RAS Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,004 In the woods... "...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.

Re: # 2. Tell me about this one. 303 RAS #14761072 04/08/20 Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,995 ON & NB olgrouser Campfire Tracker olgrouser Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,995 ON & NB Looks like it could be a first generation 99 F, post 1926 with high gloss bluing and a 24" barrel. Last edited by olgrouser; 04/08/20. Reason: CORRECTION "Rhetoric is no substitute for reality." -Thomas Sowell

Re: # 2. Tell me about this one. 303 RAS #14761097 04/08/20 Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,257 Oregon Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,257 Oregon Buy buy buy! _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: # 2. Tell me about this one. 303 RAS #14761102 04/08/20 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,004 In the woods... RAS OP Campfire Outfitter OP RAS Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,004 In the woods... OG, What is the gun in this thread? This one is different than the other thread I did. All the pics in this thread and from the same gun. The gun on the other thread has a crescent buttplate. "...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.

Re: # 2. Tell me about this one. 303 Fireball2 #14761106 04/08/20 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,004 In the woods... RAS OP Campfire Outfitter OP RAS Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,004 In the woods... Originally Posted by Fireball2 Buy buy buy! Both are $600 a piece. Can probably get them cheaper. "...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.

Re: # 2. Tell me about this one. 303 RAS #14761309 04/08/20 Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,257 Oregon Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,257 Oregon Originally Posted by RAS Originally Posted by Fireball2 Buy buy buy! Both are $600 a piece. Can probably get them cheaper. What are you waiting for???? _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: # 2. Tell me about this one. 303 RAS #14761349 04/08/20 Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,995 ON & NB olgrouser Campfire Tracker olgrouser Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 3,995 ON & NB This F definitely has curb appeal!! "Rhetoric is no substitute for reality." -Thomas Sowell

Re: # 2. Tell me about this one. 303 olgrouser #14761361 04/08/20 Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,257 Oregon Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,257 Oregon Looks like a D. Sheit I can't keep the old ones straight. _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: # 2. Tell me about this one. 303 RAS #14761364 04/08/20 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,040 N.E. Minn. KeithNyst Campfire Regular KeithNyst Campfire Regular Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 2,040 N.E. Minn. I'm thinking a 1899A Short rifle takedown.

Re: # 2. Tell me about this one. 303 RAS #14761648 04/09/20 Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 4,918 C ctw Campfire Tracker ctw Campfire Tracker C Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 4,918 So a tell tale is the forend steel and the thru screw side to side, should help date it and give away what it is. What you have done is not nearly as important as how you have done it!!! The Old Fart 2008 A.D.

Re: # 2. Tell me about this one. 303 KeithNyst #14761656 04/09/20 Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 9,306 Va 9 99guy Campfire Outfitter 99guy Campfire Outfitter 9 Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 9,306 Va Originally Posted by KeithNyst I'm thinking a 1899A Short rifle takedown. Same "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~

Re: # 2. Tell me about this one. 303 99guy #14761657 04/09/20 Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 12,610 Lyndeborough New Hampshire Longbeardking Campfire Outfitter Longbeardking Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 12,610 Lyndeborough New Hampshire Originally Posted by 99guy Originally Posted by KeithNyst I'm thinking a 1899A Short rifle takedown. Same Me as well. 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

Re: # 2. Tell me about this one. 303 RAS #14761838 04/09/20 Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,157 F FUG1899 Campfire Regular FUG1899 Campfire Regular F Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,157 D 24"

Re: # 2. Tell me about this one. 303 RAS #14761987 04/09/20 Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 14,577 N E Kansas Rick99 Campfire Outfitter Rick99 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 14,577 N E Kansas The forearm indicates pre-20x,xxx range so 1899-A Short Rifle, TD. The forearm wood is about the same length as the barrel past the wood so 22" barrel. Savage...never say "never". Rick... Join the NRA...together we stand, divided we fall!

Re: # 2. Tell me about this one. 303 RAS #14762066 04/09/20 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,004 In the woods... RAS OP Campfire Outfitter OP RAS Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,004 In the woods... Here is two texts I just got from the current owner concerning both rifles. Not saying he is correct, just what he is saying. He doesn’t know Savages that well. “1899a, 22 inch barrel, take down, made 1920” ”1899h, 26 in barrel, take down, made 1912” "...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.

Re: # 2. Tell me about this one. 303 RAS #14762129 04/09/20 Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 2,081 Willamette Valley S SS336 Campfire Regular SS336 Campfire Regular S Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 2,081 Willamette Valley Don't know witch model it is, but #2 seems to be a no brainer at $600 or less. Hard to find a 303 TD in that condition around here. Looks well cared for.

Re: # 2. Tell me about this one. 303 RAS #14762331 04/09/20 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,004 In the woods... RAS OP Campfire Outfitter OP RAS Campfire Outfitter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 13,004 In the woods... This rifle is 2146xx "...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.

Re: # 2. Tell me about this one. 303 RAS #14762385 04/09/20 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,731 Eastern Nebraska Calhoun Campfire 'Bwana Calhoun Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,731 Eastern Nebraska That serial would make it an 1899A Short Rifle, or Saddle Gun as it was catalogued. I'd have guessed it to be earlier. “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

Re: # 2. Tell me about this one. 303 RAS #14762589 04/09/20 Joined: Nov 2019 Posts: 610 North Central Iowa S Savage94C Campfire Regular Savage94C Campfire Regular S Joined: Nov 2019 Posts: 610 North Central Iowa What's the skinny on the bore condition on both rifles?