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Very nice.

thanks, although Im a vey poor photographer

That look great! What caliber?

.308 is the caliber, and it joys my heart to say that it was completely hand made by myself using only hand powered tools. Check that, I did use a chainsaw to saw the blank from the log.

and people thought i was nuts spending $1200 to customize a 336.

Here is levrluvr99's post about his rifle. https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbth..._custom_99_date_of_manufactu#Post3566640

Savage 99...Wow.

336...Wow.

the nice thing about this was I really wasn't out much money in making this. My dad has a bunch of walnut logs, aged about 15 years, free for the taking. I did buy the grip cap and the butt plate, good set of buck bros. chisels, emory cloth,bottle of tru-oil, and some oil hardening tool steel to make checkering tools from, otherwise it's mostly my time it cost me.

what did you start with? Looks to be a post mil E with the tang safety?

Its really a beautiful gun...very nicely done!!

Any chance your father wants to sell any of that old junk wood????

All joking aside I would be interested in buying a blank from you if you have more...PM me

it is in fact an e-model, with lever safety. the figuring in the wood comes from the crotch at the top of the log. I'm looking into getting more wood from a friend who has logged a big tract of walnut, but unfortunately it takes years for that stuff to be slabbed and properly dried

Welcome and what a beautiful looking 99. Very nice and thanks for the pic. Jim

Mercy, that's a fine looking piece of wood on that rifle. A facelift for an E.....priceless!

That is some great craftsmanship. I love how the point from the pads rolls into the checkering. And the figure on that wood is to kill for... It'd look even better on my 99DL in 284.

Good job, especially having done it yourself!

thanks, I'm glad to have something to share with fellow enthusiasts. I've fallen in love with this gun all over again. I didn't carry it last season, cause I was fitting the inlet cuts to the receiver, but I finished it in time to carry it this season, and I'm sure glad I did. My old savage 110 is so cumbersome in the woods compared to my 99

Very nice. Especially like the pattern you left in the checking.

believe it or not, the checkering looks so much better in person.the flash of the camera is very unflattering for it. I'm gonna try to get some better pics to post

thats beautiful workmanship .i like the stock cheek design .congrats nicely done.

added pics showing underbelly of forearm, and cheek piece. White stuff in checkering of forearm is stock wax that I put on before taking pics. guess I'll have to use my wife's toothbrush to brush it out.