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The gun shop should have a record of who they sold it to in their log.

Unfortunately they went out of business a year or two after that.

No luck yet, I stumbled upon a 99G in .300 today though which was a nice surprise.

Another gun auction at Reddings in Gettysburg, Pa on 29 Jan..
A lot of older 99's and quite a few pre-64 Mod 70's going off.
If you have a serial, they post them with the pics on their site.

Thanks, I did see that and looked at all of them but didn’t see the one I’m looking for.

I hope you find it. I think I've told this story here, but I usually only read, rather than post. I was able to reunite an EG in .300 Savage to a family friend of mine. My dad had bought it from his dad for timber elk hunting back in the late 80s or early 90s. The father (my dad's friend) passed away and his son (my friend by default) inquired about it. I let him have it for a bottle of whiskey. Honestly didn't even care about the whiskey; I was just happy to get it back to an heir.

Fate smiled on me because when my brother found out I did that, he gifted me the Winchester 88 in .243 that our dad had passed down to him.

And then I found an EG in .308 that I rehabbed, and now all is right in the world.

Keep searching, you may come up with it--stranger things have happened.

Almost a great ending, but true.

Bought a 99F out of NY that had a private bill of sale in the butt stock from 1961. Both buyer and seller were from Michigan. After some research, the buyer was dead and so was his son, but not his grandson. I contacted the grandson and asked if he wanted to buy back his late grandfather’s 99F for same money. He was appreciative but passed. I would have bought it in a second.

Thanks for the stories guys, still hoping someone on this forum sees this thread and reaches back to me.