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Local Cabela's got one in with a batch of 99's a year or so ago.. with a recoil pad on it. They stuck a $600 price tag on it and I think it was gone within 3 or 4 days. Folks amaze me sometimes..
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Okay fellas, Let me get this right. The 75th anniversary model 99s aren't true Savage 99s cuz they are post mil (whatever that is) pieces of junk chambered for a cartridge Savage never produced and gussied up like a pimp's pistol. So I guess that brings up the question of is it a Savage 99 in a different non Savage caliber or a Japanese repro that was contracted out to fill a niche? Also, has anyone ever shot one and how well do they shoot accuracy wise? Thanks for the info.
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It IS a Savage 99... but it's NOT a reproduction of the Savage 1895 like they advertised. Post-mil means post-1960, and resulted in some things like this. Mass produced, not hand made, and odd ideas of what the market wanted. Authentic re-creation my azz...
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I picked one up a few years ago at a fair price, without a box, in very good condition. And you know what? It's still a SAVAGE 99, and it has more than doubled what I paid.
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did you sell it? or you just feelin good?
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Flower Child,
Most here don't hate those rifles. Its more like some of the folks here despise them. Remember, you've got to respect something or someone to hate it/them. Bottom line is that it ain't a '95 and it ain't in a Savage caliber. Way too gussied up for what it is too. If all you're looking for is a shooter and you can deal with the more or less crescent butt and the bling then it ain't a bad shooter. If its NIB with all the tags and paperwork it may appreciate some day. It will fill a hole in a collection but that depends on what you consider a hole.
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Skidrow & fellas, I was contemplating looking for a Savage 99 and have been reading your forum for a while but no where did I come upon an understanding of why this particular "Savage" was so universally disliked. Now I know and if I decide to add one to my hunting rifles, I will certainly avoid the anniversary model even though they appear to be in better condition than the originals that I have seen, which around here all look like rusted old junk and are all banged up from too much abuse by the previous owner(s). Thanks for the education.
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Rusted old junk and banged up? Flower Child's been doing some bad stuff.. hope he doesn't crash too hard. Browse through the SavageFest threads at the top of the forum, FC.
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I think when he says "round here" he means round VA not the 24...
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Aaah... okay, sorry. Was afraid he was judging everybody's rifles by the ones I buy. FC, the reason the 1895 repro's are in good shape is because nobody I know of wants to hunt with a 308 with a crescent buttplate. And they were sold as a commemorative, which means folks bought them and thought the price would go through the roof. But, like a lot of the Winchester commemoratives, they didn't.
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Flower Child, remember what site you're on. These guys are true collectors and really know their stuff. Post mils are'nt even in their lexicon. That said, I guess Im not quite the collector most of them are, and I have some post mils that I not only like, but shoot great. Among them would be the anniversary model. Its all about what YOU like in the final analysis though. Nothing wrong with the gun itself and probably one of the more under rated post mils out there.
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Rusted old junk and banged up? Flower Child's been doing some bad stuff.. hope he doesn't crash too hard. Browse through the SavageFest threads at the top of the forum, FC. Here's a Few more-Junk!
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Rusted old junk and banged up? Flower Child's been doing some bad stuff.. hope he doesn't crash too hard. Browse through the SavageFest threads at the top of the forum, FC. You got the front sight taped on that barrel band carbine ? Mike
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Not me.. just a couple of nice 1895's from the midwest Fest. Those were a couple of John A's, I believe. He had orange tape around the barrels of most of his rifles.
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I think it's his tagging mechanism. Maybe model/caliber/year on it. And it's not tape, they look to be held on with rubber bands.. so probably just tags. His PE's/DE's don't have them, but he has paper labels rubber banded to the buttstock. One way to tag them, I guess. Especially when you have one of everything. Edit: Yep, found a couple pictures I could read. "K 303", "K 30/30", etc.
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We would like to deny that those so called 1895's exist, they are every bit as tainting to a once great reputation and product as coommemoratives are to winchester. taint a collector, taint a hunter, Just pain ole tain't.
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It seems to me that gun collectors don't really know what guns are for...
I bought a new model 99 75th anniversary 308 in 1975 and I'll admit, it wasn't much out of the box but with a little tweaking to make it shoot straight and to shorten the trigger pull about 90%, it's fine weapon.. I've killed about 100 deer and one bear and lots of other things that I won't mention. It has never failed.. Today it will still put 3 shots in a target at 100 yds. and make only one hole..
I shoot 130 gr. bullets at 3000 fps and have never had an animal get away..
I looked in a gun book at a store last month and it had the gun listed as being worth "new in the box" at $6000.00, used in good shape at $2500.00 and the low price was $1400.00..
However mine is not for sale at any price, I bought it to hunt with, I do other things to make money.........
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