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All right, all right - so how does it shoot?  
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Hope you didn't have to give too much for it, lots of deep scratches and discolored metal on frame and lever.
Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.
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All i can say is WOW!! It couldnt be in better hands!! Congrats David.
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The holy grail in my book of 99's is there in that picture!
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Thanks for all the comments. He gave it to me. I'm just the custodian until it goes on to the Cody museum.
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Thanks for all the comments. He gave it to me. I'm just the custodian until it goes on to the Cody museum. Noble gesture.
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Well as a responsible custodian don't forget to wipe it down after hunting it. You need to use it atleast twice with a picture of it over a nice buck antelope and another over s nice mule deer buck. That way part of it stays with you when it goes to Cody. And only quality libation after use. If you would what is the chambering?
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I wouldn't hunt with that gun, as has been suggested, and subject it to possible damage. There are plenty of other 99s to hunt with but you have an artifact of Savage history. That 99 is unique. There isn't another one like it. With that rifle you are a steward of history and, if you ask me, history isn't worth a damn if it isn't preserved for the future. You certainly do have a museum piece in that 99. Nice rifle!
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I am very fond of the checkering mixed with carving. Is there anyone that still does this type of work?
What you have done is not nearly as important as how you have done it!!!
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Sling swivel studs, so it can't be original. That's what you guys keep telling me about my '57 99F.
Seriously, a rather nice piece you have there.
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The rifle is a piece of art and I wouldn't consider shooting it or hunting with it. Things can happen. Here is an example below. 99DL, 284. I tripped over a rock covered in snow and landed on the rock with the rifle between me and it. I can't run the risk of doing damage to something as important as this rifle. I wouldn't be keeping the trust Ron Coburn extended to me. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/149486.jpg) The lever has some really great case coloring. Now it's damaged. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/gallery/80/full/149487.jpg)
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I'd hunt that rifle. Hell yeah I would.
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The rifle is a piece of art and I wouldn't consider shooting it or hunting with it. Things can happen. Here is an example below. 99DL, 284. I tripped over a rock covered in snow and landed on the rock with the rifle between me and it. I can't run the risk of doing damage to something as important as this rifle. I wouldn't be keeping the trust Ron Coburn extended to me. The lever has some really great case coloring. Now it's damaged. So that fact that you dropped the 284 is the bad news. The good news is now you can hunt the piss out of it. Got to look at the glass as half full.
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Whew whee ain't she purdy!
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I'll still hunt with the DL. Been using the 99K this season. It's probably time to take the 30-30 SRC hunting. The DL is kind of modern for my taste and I have trouble getting used to the tang safety even though I shoot left handed.
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What scope are you going to put on it? Something that classy needs a 4-16x50mm in some Weaver see-thru mounts at least. Seriously nice gun and gesture
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That should draw some attension at the next show! Very nice.
Savage...never say "never".
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