$700 shipped and insured.
Ronnie
Nice deer rifle right here.
Nice looking gun. Not a collector, but nice shooter in a great deer round. Decent price. GLWS
Better be careful regarding shipping charges. It gets spendy to Alaska or I assume Hawaii. It can be spendy to California, at least for me as the nearest FFL dealer that can ship to California is more than 100 miles round trip from here.
Have not shot it in about 3 years, shot it with Remington 100 grain corelock and it shot decent
Scope I used was a 4X leupold.
Ronnie
Is the receiver hold stripped, hence the epoxy? What's the bore/throat look like? Has it been scoped?
Bore looks ok using a light to look. If you are referring to bore scoped then no, if you are asking about a rifle scope yes, it wore a leupold 4X for a while.
Ronnie
Is the receiver hold stripped, hence the epoxy? What's the bore/throat look like? Has it been scoped?
The screw hole for the front scope base, has the threading been stripped? Is that the reason for the epoxy?
Thanks.
These shoot the 80-87 grain bullets well. My dad has one that my son has killed several deer with. It shoots inch groups with 80-87. And about 1.5 with 100 grain bullets. I love the 99’s
Any tang cracks or imperfections in the wood?
No cracks in the tang that I can see. I’ll get photos of it tomorrow and post them if you want.
As for imperfections it has some dings and scratches but it’s 72 years old.
Ronnie
I recommend getting that scope base fixed and remove any trace of epoxy. It's relatively cosmetic and a good smith can make it nonexistent. Hate to see something like a scope base hurt the value of a classic rifle. I don't think I'd drop the price anymore and it should increase when fixed
Just an aside but:
Bore and throat condition are at least 75% of a successful sale.
For only 100 bucks you can buy a good borescope on Amazon
Teslong Rigid Rifle Borescope, Gun Cleaning Visual Inspection Camera w/26-Inch-Long Rod-Fits .20 Caliber&Larger Hunting Shooting Firearms-Works with Android, Windows and MacBook(3 Mirrors Included)
Tells the food/bad/ugly.
Comon guys, this is a solid hunting rifle, in a great caliber, at a price seldom seen on 99's these days.
If I had the coin right now I'd be on this like Oprah on a ham!!!
Just shelled out for custom wheels, or I'd be all over this. A .250 99? Jeez!
Thanks guys! If it does not sell I’ll just put it back in the safe.
Ronnie