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I'll bet Teddy Roosevelt had one. "Bully! Bully!" For me, his would be 'it'.
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I'll bet Teddy Roosevelt had one. "Bully! Bully!" For me, his would be 'it'.
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John You’d think..but all I’m seeing is that his son owned one.
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Savage gave one to Teddy, Teddy passed it along to his son.
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Savage gave one to Teddy, Teddy passed it along to his son. I saw his son had one, it is still in the Roosevelt museum pieces. I watched a YouTube clip on the rifle but I don’t think they mentioned what the caliber was? Or I missed it.
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Maybe one of Frank Bucks rifles.
I'm not greedy, I just want one of each.
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I had read all of Corbett’s books, but have never heard of Caldwell, it seems he didn’t write that much about hunting with his 99, but I did order a paperback of “Blue Tiger”. It appears Reverend Caldwell was not a writer or a professional hunter, but a very good hunter out of necessity. Church attendance fell due to the tigers, so, ... The Great Tiger Hunter of Fujian
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(went off topic...)  Looks like both Caldwell and his partner were Savage men. The link in the previous post claims he killed 48 tigers! With a 22HP? Who da thunk? ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/Zxp98Nd.png) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/KQIvcl8.jpg)
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If I remember, Caldwell switched to a 303 Savage for some later hunts.
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You know, as much as I like HP's, I think I'd rather have used a .303 for tigers. Or a .404 Jefferey's.
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In the top picture above it looks like he is holding an H (22HP?) and in the bottom picture an A (303?)
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Roy Chapman Andrews was one of my childhhood heroes. I know he gave up Mannlicher 6.5s for Savage rifles but have forgotten if he used Model 20s or 99s. If he used a 99, I'd love to have it. Probably a .250-3000.
If not, I'd settle for an excellent condition SRC 30-30 that had documented use in the Mexican Revolution of 1910 or the "Christiada" in the 1920s.
Failing that, I'd love a .25-35 SRC in decent used condition with a nice bore. Don't want much, do I?
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Mine was a Pe in 284, then when you get you got to have a back up LOL Some really nice guns in this thread.
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I wondered when someone was going to mention Roy Chapman Andrews. For those that don't know he was the real Indiana Jones and the person the movie franchise was modeled after. I heard he advertised using a model 1920 but he had and used with great skill an 1899 in 250/3000 and claimed to have been in numerous gun fights with felons and made incredible long-range shots on game with his 1899.
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I wouldn't be too bummed out by a 303 Savage take down with a 25 - 35 barrel in pre x mirror blue finish cased.
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If I remember, Caldwell switched to a 303 Savage for some later hunts. "Father had several Savage rifles." China Coast Family
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I have a poster of Roy Chapman Andrews with a 99 T
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If it something exists, I believe there is a good chance YOU have it. 
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. - Plato
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I wouldn't be too bummed out by a 303 Savage take down with a 25 - 35 barrel in pre x mirror blue finish cased. I have that gun but no case. Started life as a 25-35 then went back to the factory to add the 303 barrel. Its a crescent grade. I've thought of getting a case made for it... or seeing If I could have one of my shotgun cases modified for it... but it wouldn't ever be original and I'm not going anywhere with it where I would use a case... so I fairly quickly talked myself out of it.
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OK ,How much is shipping ? ,or I could rendezvous at the next Pyallup gun show.....just kidding.
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