I picked up this pre war RS in .300 a few weeks ago. It's a later variation, with two point checkering, serial #407XXX. The flat bottomed sling studs were on it, but the receiver sight had been replaced with an open sight. I found the correct Redfield 70 LH sight and put a blank filler in the rear sight notch. Looks pretty spiffy now.

Rod

Doesn't get much better, regardless what might possibly be said. You should be very proud of that rifle.

They really picked out a nice chunk of wood for that one! Looks like a nice rifle.

sweet rod! I sure wish I could run across more Savage levers around my neck of the woods... I honestly have never seen one in the few local shops around me, nor at local gun shows, outside of mine.

Southern Illinois area is pretty void of Savages.. From what I have gathered here, it seems like some Northern and Eastern states are much more populated with Savage levers than around the midwest here.

Nice one Rod!

dave

I hate to tell you this Dave, but this one came from Illinois.

Rod

That's beautiful! Sling come with it?

Nice rifle Rod. Beautiful.

Rory--No, that's actually a sling from my deluxe Winchester 71. The RS swivels and the Winchester Supergrade swivels seem very similar, if not identical.

Rod

My opinion the ultimate 99. Only way it could be better would be if it had the three point checkering. Would be nice to own a T model in 250 just to compare against my R's. What say ye to the owners that have both models. GW

I'm sure it looked pretty spiffy even before you added the sight and sling.

Beautiful gun.

Look at that wood and those case colors...

Very cool.

Been there, and yes they are almost identical. Only difference I can see is on the finish, the 99RS slings have a nicer, smoother finish and the Winchester were rougher. Otherwise almost an exact match.

Very nice. If it was mine I'd probably sell it to a collector. Too nice for me to hunt it.

Nice!! Very nice! It doesn't get much better than that.
Proud for you.

Steve

Rod you found youself a very nice 99!

WOW ROD NICE GUN
Looks Fantastic.
ILLINOIS? HMMMM, Must of been the one in DAVE's BACK YARD!

Actually, this one was closer to your neck of the woods, Steve. It came from Marengo.

Rod

Great looking RS Rod. Some beautiful wood on that one.

DAVE
JUST WAIT TILL I MOVE DOWN AROUND CARBONDALE.

Boy, what a nice tool !!!!!!!

Danged ole 99 addicts,no honor, will slip right in your backyard and grab one when your not looking. GW

DAVE
JUST WAIT TILL I MOVE DOWN AROUND CARBONDALE. [/quote]

Carbondale as in PA. My daughter went to Alvernia U. just outside Reading PA. She has a bunch of friends from Carbondale. When I told one of her friends I collected Savage 99's he said, " Why would you collect those things? They're like Chevy's, every body has one. Actually, he said they throw them under their tires for traction when it snows. Lots of 99's in PA, Joe.