Just wanted to drop line to all the kind folks here that provided me with all the helpful information regarding 99's. Got my first one today, a shooter .300 EG SER.# 579288. Wood and metal are both 90 - 95% with only normal handling marks for hunting gun this age. Action is tight and lever functions smoothly from shoulder. Bore is nice and bright w/ no signs of pitting. She wears Weaver mounts & Rings (no scope), leather sling on factory swivels, and came w/ a hard case and box of 150 gr. factory ammo. I paid $330.00 for all, which I thought was a pretty good price.
I had a member on another board that I visit answer one of my posts, and he mentioned that he had the gun for sale, came to find out he only lived 1 1/2 hrs. from me. We met at a halfway point after work this eve, he showed me the gun and the rest was history, well I did have to spend a few minutes wiping my slobber off the gun before the ride home <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> .
I've got some pics of the gun on my email but I'm ashamed to say I'm not computer literate enough to figure out how to get them into this post. I'm open for some Puter lessons if anyone cares to see them.
Thanks again for all the helpful info y'all provided. YB
