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congrats Bman!

Good job!!!

I'd say your event would be pretty tough to beat for any other chapter! Congrats B-man!!!!

I think most anything would be sweet there.

Yep!!

woohoo! I won my bet with the mrs.! yaya for not doing siches for a week!

I just had a chance to catch-up on the best thread on the web.

Some bad news and prayers to you & yours.

Some good news and congrats on those accomplishments.

I will say this retired life (40 so not retired) is BUSY! I'm glad to not be punching a timeclock anymore.

How do you feel about that ND????

Fishing has been slow by LOW standards but it's good to hang out with great friends up there.

Jerky in the smoker and projects cooking in the shop so I have to go but I'm glad to have all of you internet friends. As was said earlier, this is the best thread on the internet. Thanks ND and all of the posters.
Take care!!!

Got to stay busy WB. I know you will. This weekend we went to a fish fry, spent a great morning early afternoon on the ice, and hung out sunday morning then headed to a SB party.

I started remodeling the dinning room which is fun, but it's been awhile so I've had to scratch my head and try to remember some of this stuff. And taping, mudding, sanding sheetrock...still isn't my favorite!

Tom-if you get stuck on anything just give me a call I'd be happy to come up and supervise. I'm real good at drinking your beer, pointing my finger, telling you what to do and watching intently. Jeez, I kinda sound like a union guy. We need to talk about a raise or I'm going on strike, dadgummit!

Swish, I scratched that 99 itch today; 1954 .300 Savage EG.

Sweet!

Where the heck is that 'Swish anyway? He hasn't been around in a long time!

Nice !!!

99's are da bomb.

Tom, note the cartridge...... perfection!!

Well the caliber is anyway.

I'd like to get a 300 Savage in any bolt configuration. 788 Rem. would be sweet.

Enlighten me boys. Why the love affair with 99s? This is the only place I hear a lot about them. Never fondled one. Same with the 300 savage. Why the cult following?

Joking?


Very simple.

If you are fascinated or even slightly interested in fine mechanical craftsmanship.

If you are even somewhat intrigued by nastalgia.

Then you might like to have a savage 99.

He likes Beretta's...he doesn't know what you speak of.

B-man, they're made in the day when the craftsman and labor type folks took pride in what they built. As the evidence show's that they're still around to this day, many over 100 years old. If they were even taken care of a little bit, they're typically in fine working order and the bluing is wore like it should be, with that perfect patina, the brass rotary magazine shows wear but not enough to function poorly. The hardwood stock has a few dings and maybe even the famous crack on the tang...probably repaired 53 years ago.

When you grab one with a few nicks in the wood, and bluing wore off the barrel and receiver in certain areas you wonder of the stories it tells, and the shoulders the worn leather sling has been on.

The campfires it's been by...the deer it's shot and more interestingly, the one's it's missed.

Has it been in the CO mountains on a frosty October morning listening to the herd bull bugle up his harem?

Has it seen a snowy November morning in the Adirondacks with a fat forked-horn buck sneaking through the spruce with his nose to the ground?

Would it tell you about the chik-a-dee that landed on its front site while it was held perfectly still at sunrise on the PA deer opener because leaves crunched on the hillside below?

What could it tell us about when it was in the rack of a MN deer camp with the cigar filled room with the smell of whiskey and Birch wood smoke?

Amen!!

Make mine an EG in .300