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Odd choice to engrave, but a darned good job.
“ 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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The owner's story...
" When I was a boy in the early 60s, you would have found me with my face pressed against the display case at the local Big Five gun counter as I gazed at the new Savage 101s. In my mind I was a cowboy and that was the pistol I needed more than anything. Back then I measured money in terms of how many lawns I would have to mow to save up the $19.50 to purchase one. This Savage is just one of several dream guns of my boyhood that I have engraved just to thrill the ten-year-old that still lives in me."
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Can't think of a better reason to choose 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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I would pay $19.50 for that ,,just about any day.. Smile
There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle----Robert Alden . If it wern't entertaining, I wouldn't keep coming back.------the BigSky
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That is really nice work from where I set!
thanks for sharing!
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Model 101 would be good gun too practice on. And I'd say the practice session went well! Nice.
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That 101 is cool!!! One of a kind.
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The owner's story...
" When I was a boy in the early 60s, you would have found me with my face pressed against the display case at the local Big Five gun counter as I gazed at the new Savage 101s. In my mind I was a cowboy and that was the pistol I needed more than anything. Back then I measured money in terms of how many lawns I would have to mow to save up the $19.50 to purchase one. This Savage is just one of several dream guns of my boyhood that I have engraved just to thrill the ten-year-old that still lives in me." don't get better then that!
the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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Absolutely stunning engraving job !!
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I like that 101! Now I want one...
Savage...never say "never". Rick...
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Its not like the one i have for dummys !!!
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I like that 101! Now I want one... It'll be at the next Savage Fest.
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That 101 is cool!!! One of a kind. It is.
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Nice engraving, thanks for the photos. Let's slide sideways a bit. Do you know anything about the knife in the first two pictures? I have one that looks very similar, been carrying it to the deer woods for nearly 50 years. And I think my Dad carried it before that.
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Nice engraving, thanks for the photos. Let's slide sideways a bit. Do you know anything about the knife in the first two pictures? I have one that looks very similar, been carrying it to the deer woods for nearly 50 years. And I think my Dad carried it before that.
Dale What little of it I can see favors a Marble’s Woodcraft.
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I started thinking about the bizarre notion of engraving a 101, until I read the backstory. Yay for him, and excellent work!
I think I would've replaced the awful fake wood grips with something more elegant to frame the wonderful engraving.
Is the engraver someone who's currently practicing his craft?
Thanks for showing this, Rick.
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Is the engraver someone who's currently practicing his craft? reigel gun engraving
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It's great to fulfill a childhood dream. I filled one of mine with the '34 Ford I got last fall.
wyo1895 With Savage never say never. For a copy of my book on engraved Savage lever actions rifles send a check for $80 to; David Royal, p.o. box 1271, Pinedale, Wy., 82941. I will sign and inscribe the book for you. [email protected]
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