Any Savage 99 fans???
Ran across this on the auction side...
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A beautiful piece of art and in a very cool model. do not see them sell very often, I know that my son would have a fit if I sold any of my 99s
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Hard to believe that rifle is worth that much but obviously it is. I have owned a half dozen or so and they are very nice guns especially for a saddle gun or for a wrong handed person.
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Still have 2 in the safe, Dads 250 and my 300. Both are great guns but nowhere near as pretty or as valuable as that one. It is a shame that Savage let the machinery wear out and all the old 99 production guys have either retired or died. Back when I was selling guns the Savage rep said that bringing back the 99 was the most often asked request. Maybe they could get someone like Miroku to make a limited run like they did the Winchesters. Bob
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A 30-30 and a 250 takedown first year of 250 production. Sure not in that class though.
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My first center fire deer rifle was / is a 99 I bought second hand in 1980 . It is 308 and had a weaver k4 scope . I paid $85.00 . I can shoot it as fast as most can shoot a semiautomatic , and hit what I am aiming at . Nothing close to what is pictured here .
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I don't have one but I am a fan and that one is awfully nice.
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Sure enough a piece of art.
Only every saw one similar and it was a take down that was built, if memory serves, for the Prince of Monaco. It resided in Jackson Wyo at the time.
The one I own was purchased from the late great Capt Midnight and this purchase led to several interesting phone conversations.
This one will stay in my stable for Grandkids.
Mule
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Sure enough a piece of art.
Only every saw one similar and it was a take down that was built, if memory serves, for the Prince of Monaco. It resided in Jackson Wyo at the time.
The one I own was purchased from the late great Capt Midnight and this purchase led to several interesting phone conversations.
This one will stay in my stable for Grandkids.
Mule
Good 'ol W.D. Truitt, what a great guy....
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Got a 30-30 (ca. 1902) and a 25-35 (ca. 1910).
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Once was, Kasey sold them both for me.
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I love them 99s. I prefer Utica manufactured guns, but I do have a (gulp) Westfield in .308.
Nothin' quite as girlgeous as THAT though. Much too rich for my bank account.
If they'd gone the next step and made them a takedown, I'll wager the high bid might be double what it is.
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Talk about a really fine safe queen!! I would love to see that up close but way to pretty for me to own.
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It says "stunning" in the description and that looks about right. I have two. A 99E .308 manufactured in 1965 and Model 99 .300 Savage manufactured in 1952. Acquired both used and the 1952 model is a beauty. The E model came wearing plain, smooth, birch wood with most of the light-colored finish flaking off when I bought it in 1973 (for $75 from a LGS). To demonstrate what Savage's customer service was like in the day I wrote them a letter in 1988 asking if they could/would sell me a new stock and forearm of nicer wood. Two weeks later I received a very nice, hand checkered, walnut stock and forearm via the US mail with an invoice. Those were the days! I paid the invoice immediately and it took a little fitting but the new wood made a world of difference on the appearance my first deer rifle. Just plain fun to shoot the Savage 99.
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I have one in .308 but it sure doesn't look like that.
Wow, that thing is beautiful.
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Thanks for the article Forge.
I would like to obtain a couple, one in .300 Savage and one in .250, brass magazine counters and the safety behind the trigger.
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I want one in 7mm08 only seen one once and it was priced out of what I could afford at that time.
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i wish i could take mine out, love the straight stock
was my g-fathers, the first "big gun" i ever shot, but the demise of the .303 ammo made it a safe queen
one box left for when the grandson gets old enough
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