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Monday Morning Lewis.. #16169663 06/14/21
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska Calhoun OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP Calhoun Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska	Nice video, good coverage of the history. “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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Re: Monday Morning Lewis.. Calhoun #16169664 06/14/21
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska Calhoun OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP Calhoun Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska	I'll add in a magazine ad that Savage ran during WWI. “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: Monday Morning Lewis.. Calhoun #16169754 06/14/21
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska Calhoun OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP Calhoun Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska	The aircraft version. “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: Monday Morning Lewis.. Calhoun #16169778 06/14/21
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska Calhoun OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP Calhoun Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska	Few photos of one from a SavageFest.. “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: Monday Morning Lewis.. Calhoun #16169885 06/14/21
Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 6,522 Likes: 1 Wyoming wyo1895 Campfire Tracker
wyo1895 Campfire Tracker Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 6,522 Likes: 1 Wyoming	cool! 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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Re: Monday Morning Lewis.. Calhoun #16169956 06/14/21
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 12,727 So. Kaleefornya L Lightfoot Campfire Outfitter
Lightfoot Campfire Outfitter L Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 12,727 So. Kaleefornya	Were the Savage Lewis guns all made in .30-06?

Re: Monday Morning Lewis.. Calhoun #16169967 06/14/21
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 661 Kaintuckee Shortgrub Campfire Regular
Shortgrub Campfire Regular Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 661 Kaintuckee	Years ago when Knob Creek rifle range in Ky. held its 1st. of many annual machine gun shoots. I was helping a gent that had a Quad 50 antiaircraft on a WWII half track. Had the opportunity to shoot various weapons and the Lewis was nothing but a grin. But 4 M2's firing together was the party gal. He would take it out ever so often and cut trees down at 400 yds. for the range. Another fun one was a full auto Uzi in 22 LR. Like a swarm of hornets in hand.

Re: Monday Morning Lewis.. Lightfoot #16169985 06/14/21
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska Calhoun OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP Calhoun Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska	Originally Posted by Lightfoot Were the Savage Lewis guns all made in .30-06? Oh no. Savage started out making Lewis guns for the Brits, and all of those were in 303 British. Canadians bought a bunch as well. The US 30-06 were a modification of the machinegun after it'd been in production for a while. “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: Monday Morning Lewis.. Calhoun #16170499 06/14/21
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 7,304 Northern California S S99VG Campfire Tracker
S99VG Campfire Tracker S Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 7,304 Northern California	I always thought the British SE5A was pretty cool looking with a Lewis strapped to the top wing "The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle." John Stapp - "Stapp's Law" "Klaatu barada nikto"

Re: Monday Morning Lewis.. Calhoun #16170695 06/14/21
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 23,109 Annapolis, Md. G gnoahhh Campfire Ranger
gnoahhh Campfire Ranger G Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 23,109 Annapolis, Md.	That and the Nieuport 17. "You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty

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Re: Monday Morning Lewis.. Calhoun #16170738 06/14/21
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska Calhoun OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP Calhoun Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska	Ask and ye shall receive... “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: Monday Morning Lewis.. Calhoun #16170745 06/14/21
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska Calhoun OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP Calhoun Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska	And a S.E.5A for completeness.. “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: Monday Morning Lewis.. Calhoun #16170908 06/14/21
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska Calhoun OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP Calhoun Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska	1916 film of British troops training. “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: Monday Morning Lewis.. Calhoun #16170948 06/14/21
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska Calhoun OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP Calhoun Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska	And not just for planes... “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: Monday Morning Lewis.. Calhoun #16171003 06/14/21
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska Calhoun OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP Calhoun Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska	And, yes..... It is a controlled round feed. It will fire sideways, or even upside down. I know everybody was dying to know. “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: Monday Morning Lewis.. Calhoun #16171522 06/14/21
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,326 Likes: 9 Oregon Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna
Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,326 Likes: 9 Oregon	Lions don't stand a chance. _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: Monday Morning Lewis.. Calhoun #16172127 06/14/21
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska Calhoun OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP Calhoun Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 43,776 Likes: 1 Eastern Nebraska	I'm going to have to watch Passage to Marseille if it has Peter Lorre firing a Lewis machinegun... at 1:19. “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: Monday Morning Lewis.. Calhoun #16172161 06/14/21
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S99VG Campfire Tracker S Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 7,304 Northern California	You ever notice how much the weapons portrayed in the first Star Wars movie looked at lot like broom handle Mausers and Lewis machine guns? "The universal aptitude for ineptitude makes any human accomplishment an incredible miracle." John Stapp - "Stapp's Law" "Klaatu barada nikto"

Re: Monday Morning Lewis.. Calhoun #16172675 06/15/21
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,008 CAUTION:POST COUNT=BS METER Grogel_Deluxe Campfire Tracker
Grogel_Deluxe Campfire Tracker Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,008 CAUTION:POST COUNT=BS METER	Came across this photo of actor Ramon Novarro with a Airplane Lewis I believe on the ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/154489370989?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 "We're all going to have so much [bleep] fun we'll need plastic surgery to remove our god damn smiles." - Clark Griswold Remembering The 99 http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1163424

Re: Monday Morning Lewis.. Calhoun #16172750 06/15/21
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,937 South Central Wisconsin GeneB Campfire Regular
GeneB Campfire Regular Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,937 South Central Wisconsin	At about 15 seconds into this you will see a Lewis in a rear turret in action. The way a Lewis worked would not allow it to be reliably synchronized to fire through the propellers which is why you see them mounted above the prop when used for forward fire, but the way they fed from the drum magazine made them preferable for turret use over belt fed machine guns. BSA made a lot of Lewis's - lewis-model-1914 Last edited by GeneB; 06/15/21. Reason: added link Gene

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