[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Tom Flanigan

The early 99s were great guns. Classics for sure. I always wanted one in 300 Savage but never got around to it. Is your other 99 a 300 Savage?

My 3rd 99 is chambered for the Savage .303. It is in nearly new condition and I've only test fired it. I seem to gravitate to loads that are hard to find, and I shoot these rifles so seldom I don't see investing in reloading equipment. My older 250 has a peep sight which I really like. I grew up in Virginia deer hunting in a "poor man's" hunt club and was influenced by an old guy who shot a 99 with a peep sight. He was deadly with that gun (not sure what caliber it was). He wore climbers and would pick his tree when the conditions struck him as "right." I and another younger member went on a squirrel hunt with him one day and using his climbers (and a cut sapling with a notched limb cut in it) we got 6 squirrels and two 'coons without firing a shot. He climbed the trees with the sapling between his teeth while I or my friend held his 99 just in case a buck might wander by. Yep, we were breaking laws pulling squirrels out of den trees and nests, but it was great fun in that long ago time. I can still see that well worn, old 99 of his. They are great rifles in my book, biased as my book is...