|
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 54,842
Campfire Kahuna
|
OP
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 54,842 |
195 pounds , 12 point , 5 1/2 years old .Shot at 110 yards with peep sight . Model 1899-A in 32-40 Win. Very Nice Deer, and that rifle is such a Classic. Les By the way it's up. Les ![[Linked Image]](http://savagela.org/Bob347/32-40.JPG)
Back in the heartland, Thank God!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 9,709
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 9,709 |
Nice job! Nice looking rifle and buck! I am just dying here. One day I might actually get out and hunt! I am living vicariously through you guys!  Thanks!
Official member of "The Clan of Turd-like People" ![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/050xcBLB/Abbyand-Rum.jpg)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 43,766
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 43,766 |
Awesome!! Congrats on a great deer! That body don't look 195 pounds tho..
“ The Savage 99 Pocket Reference”. All models and variations of 1895’s, 1899’s and 99’s covered. Also dates, checkering, engraving.. Find at www.savagelevers.com
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 54,842
Campfire Kahuna
|
|
OP
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 54,842 |
Looks like he was trying to make a Deerman cape.
Back in the heartland, Thank God!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 2,726
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 2,726 |
Bob,
Nice deer and a very nice gun! Hey those are Ont plates and that is one of the 3 calibers that I am still looking for!
Blair
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 12,627
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 12,627 |
Thanks for sharing and starting my day off right. You couldn't have done very much better than that!!!!! Great job. You should be proud!!!!!!
NRA Endowment Life Member (and proud of it)
Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. - Plato
Deuteronomy 22:5
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 9,102
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 9,102 |
Nice deer,nice rifle,nice job cant get much better than that.Don
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,340
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,340 |
Holy crap, maybe I need a peepsight!
Nice buck
Ryan
Last edited by 78CJ; 11/30/07.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 3,611
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 3,611 |
Well, I can't think of anything that would top that! Very nice buck and classic rifle in a truly classic caliber. Did I mention that is one fine buck?
I would sure be intrested in the load he used, factory or handload?
Last edited by Joe; 11/30/07.
Shew me thy ways, O LORD: teach me thy paths.
"there are few better cartridges on Earth than the 7 x 57mm Mauser"
"the .30 Springfield is light, accurate, penetrating, and has surprising stopping power"
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 4,002
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 4,002 |
Good job, Bob! Nice buck! So does this mean your coming out of hiding?  I'll call ya this weekend...
"Rhetoric is no substitute for reality." -Thomas Sowell
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 6,790
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 6,790 |
This forum and it's hunters produce the best hunts I know of.Quality deer,rifles and people.Savage...it's not just for collectors anymore. 
Jeff
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 6,790
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 6,790 |
" Model 1899-A in 32-40 Win"
//////////////
I'm curious to know the bullet and performance,as I've never seen a .32-40 Win in action.
Jeff
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 69
Campfire Greenhorn
|
|
Campfire Greenhorn
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 69 |
Who says you can't teach an old rifle new tricks. I finished the rifle hunt in style, and let me tell you that I am tickled pink about this old rifle and it's performance. Serial# 110### should put it about 1908. I was using factory 170 gr. copper jacket soft points.These just reached out and touched him in the right spot.Thanks for the help with pics Les.Bert, I haven't been hiding, just a bit of health problems ,but back on track now. Thanks to all the members for the great comments.I'll let you know how he tastes very shortly. Bob
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 54,842
Campfire Kahuna
|
|
OP
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 54,842 |
Bob, I hope you don't mind, I put this up on my web site too. It is under Hunting photos. Les
Back in the heartland, Thank God!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 43,766
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 43,766 |
Serial# 110### should put it about 1908. Bob Close, but more probably 1910.. in 1909 (right around SN 90.000) they switched the cocking indicator from the top of the bolt to be a pin on the receiver, and you got the perchbelly stocks. Hunting with a 97 year old rifle is awesome..
“ The Savage 99 Pocket Reference”. All models and variations of 1895’s, 1899’s and 99’s covered. Also dates, checkering, engraving.. Find at www.savagelevers.com
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,189
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,189 |
WOW... Congratulation on a great hunt!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike...
All said, the Savage 99 is a genius of a rifle. Although no longer produced, it remains highly revered, as it was the foundation from which Arthur Savage built one of America's great gun companies. >> (Jon Y. Wolfe) <<
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 407
Campfire Member
|
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 407 |
Very nice deer, very nice rifle! congratulations, bob.
Mike
Does it come in Red and Black plaid? Is it wool?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 301
Campfire Member
|
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 301 |
I was using factory 170 gr. copper jacket soft points.These just reached out and touched him in the right spot. Bob where would a fella find factory rounds like that?I have a 1899B in 32-40 and wouldn't mind something to shoot while I find time to work up loads. tia
A shootin iron is a tool used for shootin
much like
a branding iron is a tool used for branding
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 17,726
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 17,726 |
Great deer! nice rifle, cant get much better than this! John
Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,590
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,590 |
I got a 32-40 also in a non Savage. Neat round. Try Buffalo Bore, I found some for about $35 a box. ![[Linked Image]](http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj304/romac2/Winchester/IMG_2003.jpg)
"Somehow, the sound of a shotgun tends to cheer one up" -- Robert Ruark
|
|
|
|
|
586 members (007FJ, 10Glocks, 22250rem, 160user, 1936M71, 1beaver_shooter, 67 invisible),
2,474
guests, and
1,297
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,192,478
Posts18,490,004
Members73,972
| |
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
