HAPPY NEW YEARS, 2024!!!
Another year has rolled by and time to see who, old and new, is still around. So, please sign in with a posting. Tell use what's new if you wish. Nice to know what the Savage family members have been up to.
Drive safely if you're out and about and don't party too hard.
Till next year,
Rick....
Still living the dream. Happy New Year.
Got my toes plated and pinned……kinda hobbled up.
Happy New !
Yes, Happiest of New Year's Wishes to We All,
I hope to be sporting a 450 Bushmaster 99 for the 2024 squirrel season, Thanks to a couple of our Fellows!
..and I'm not the guy who bid on the gold-plated 1899..
Still on the green side of the grave. Still mining the depths of gun knowledge.
Happy New Year ! still here !
Still hanging in there.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Lee
I'm in for another revolution around the horn.
Happy New Year Y'all!!
Me and my buddy are still here.
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Still here, still having fun. Happy New Year!
Dale
Still doing rescues and customs. Just finished a wood job on a 308 E, barrel, receiver and magazine work on a 450 BM, ordered a 260 barrel for an A, nearing completion on a 7-30 TD with MO crotch walnut stocks. No rest for the wicked.
Sam
Coasting into the new year trying to purchase a solid frame 1899H in 25-35 and possibly a 32-40. Cheers everyone 🍻🍻
Hanging on by the skin of my teeth, but still hanging. Hoping for one more 99!
Still here, been hunting the last few days, trying to but a doe in front of the 25-35, I picked up last November. Saw more bucks than does this year! Not a bad thing!
Still here. Don't check in as often or post very much anymore but that might be a good thing.
Happy New Year all.
Happy New Year!
The thirst for Savage knowledge continues…
Still here. Still learning thanks to the people here. Happy New Year!
New here just a month or three ago and just beginning to learn. Who knew at my age I would be chasing rifles older than me.
I hope to be around a bunch more in '24.
Happy New Year!
Best Wishes in 2024 ! Should be a good one .
Remember to be a true sportsman at all times.
Happy New Year and best wishes for everyone to enjoy health and great happiness in their outdoor adventures.
Happy New Year from Kansas !
Hope to meet more of you in the coming year.
Happy New Year, everybody!
Still lurking in the shadows. HNY to all
Still watching and learning...
Happy New Year to all. Health and Prosperity!
Spent the year lurking and learning . Thank You all!
Was gifted a savage 99. Model? 24 inch barrel, 300 savage, bluing and rifling indicate carried a lot, shot little. period correct peep on tang, williams filler in rear dovetail, 2 piece tip off mounts of some sort on receiver,( still fighting to remove one screw). 231, xxx serial range.
Need to replace rear original stock that both receiver tabs/ears have been broken off and hastily epoxied. shotgun serrated steel butt plate,
3 inch tang slot, 5 inch attachment bolt. weinigs was kind enough to call me back over the holiday. Respectfully, the price is a bit prohibitive
for what i had planned for the gun. I may purchase a servicable Brownells.
Best Rgards to all
Jim
Oh, the savage barrel reciever Logo is on lower left side, scope mount holes up top on center clear metal. Look very similar to 2 piece weavers.
Thanks
Jim
Everyone have a Happy and Blessed New Years. Still here in the northern fringes of the Great State of Iwaaa' in the Good Ol' USA!
"The Universe gave you 1 mouth and two ears, use them proportionately"
The advice I follow here.
Happy New Year to all you Savages!
And may this be the year that Unicorn, known as the HP 22 T, finally make an appearance!
Blitz
An interesting thing about collecting is that it helps narrow and refine a mans focus. You try them all, but in the end find that only *some* do it for you. One, two, or if you're lucky a few, really stir your spirit and spur your activity and thought. I see it in all manner of collecting, from cars to real estate to women! You may have a gaggle of geese, but one goose, that one, is special.
Have been very happily shooting and hunting a Savage rifle or two for several decades. I came to the Campfire a number of years ago researching a single rifle and it snowballed to collecting Savage lever guns. My thanks to you all for encouraging the passion and helping to make finding, admiring, and using them an enjoyable hobby. You all have enriched my life and the use of Savage rifles is something that will remain in my life until hunting and shooting are no longer possible.
I have deeply explored and enjoyed the machinations of all things Savage, well, most things Savage, but ultimately l find myself just a hunter and shooter. A backwoods, and probably backwards, Oregon boy that likes to run the hills in an old truck. The thrill for me is the hunt, the drive, everything I find while I'm running the mountains. I've given myself permission to embrace what I love more and let go of the Savage collecting. I have been letting go of the accumulation of "stuff" for two years, continually redefining, and refining, what I like most and trying to get me some more a that, while simultaneously freeing up funds by paring back the collection.
What I need most at this point in time is, experiences. I'm a bit of a minimalist in some ways, but I like my rifles and my body to be comfortable. Savages have always been the comfort food of guns for me. The way they carry, the way they shoot, the way they just work, so damned well, for their intended purpose. They aren't target rifles, but hunting arms. And hunt they do.
Collecting them is such a natural outgrowth of using them it's nearly unavoidable in it's simple logic. But in the end, honestly, how many do I need? Two would probably hunt all I hunt. So, since being locked in a safe isn't much of a life for such a fine hunting rifle, I've chosen to pass them to people that want to admire and use them. Many have gone to *shooters* rather than strict collectors, and that makes me VERY happy. Many have gone to friends and acquaintances that have caught the Savage bug and have now spawned collections of their own. I encourage them at every turn and they both bless me and curse me for it. LOL
Anyways, I'm still here, albeit in a diminished capacity, with a limited shelf-life I am afraid. Just wanted to let everyone know I've appreciated the years of knowledge and encouragement, and that is has blessed and enriched my life.
May God Bless America in these troubled times and God Bless Arthur Savage for his vision and perseverance in designing and producing these wonderful firearms that we all enjoy so damn much.
Still Lurking Along! Happy New Year All !!
Happy New Year, still here.
Still here and wishing everyone a very happy and prosperous new year.
Still here. New horizons - house closes 2/2 leaving Minnafornia; moving to Council Bluffs, close there mid-Feb. No tax on social security, no tax on 401 withdrawals ... essentially no state income tax for retired folks.
Still here, hope we all find something Savage that's new and exciting as the year progresses, unfortunately, for awhile at least, I will still be paying off some of the things I got last year.....
Still here and lurking from California. Happy and Prosperous New Year to all.
Steve
A Happy New Year to all.
Still out here looking for 3 or 4 Model 1920s in the neighbourhood of # 5575-5747.
And still shooting 250s & BSA or CZ 22LRs to keep a hand in the game.
All good!
Still looking and learning. Happy New Year!
Pushing 81 years, but still upright and above ground, albeit with a cane. Wishing a great new year to all.
John
Still just a fng, but I've learned a LOT about my Savages in my time here.
Probably won't add much more to the collection, other than resuming the scour for a rat/shooter 32-40 to hunt once I've finished getting the finances back where I want them.
Happy 2024 Everyone! Still playing with all things Savage, albeit at a slower pace. Still need that "K"...
Still here checking in most every morning. 😎
Still learning.......never say never.
Onelost!
Greetings and Happy New Year!
Still here, finally got signed back in after a couple of years. I turned eighty last year, still read the forum daily, trying to learn more about 99's. I know I will never know as much as most of you on this forum. Happy New Year to those I know and to all I hope to meet.
Still taking oxygen.
Took a buck with my 99-375 in deer season, that gun has dropped a lot of deer for me.
Hi from Florida.
Wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year.
Happy New Year to all the 99ers.
Joe
Still like to get schooled here!
Always interesting! Hope everyone is well this New Year
Still checking in now and then...
Wishing all of you a Happy New Year.
Doug
Happy New Year all you Savages!
Happy new year ! Stay savage and tight chains to y'all from Missouri !
I'm still alive and happy to be here.