gun show finds

[Opening Day]

Steve sounds like a nice find...last fall in Louisville as we were setting up on Friday night I went over to Mid South's table and was talking to Phil and under one of his gun racks sat a black case with nickel corners and I asked what was in it and there was a mint Savage 99 300 Sav. with the 410 barrel in the Savage case. Man Phil would not deal on that gun, finally got him to come down 50 bucks and figured I better grab it cause it would not have lasted an hour on Sat....

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Eric Eis

Steve sounds like a nice find...last fall in Louisville as we were setting up on Friday night I went over to Mid South's table and was talking to Phil and under one of his gun racks sat a black case with nickel corners and I asked what was in it and there was a mint Savage 99 300 Sav. with the 410 barrel in the Savage case. Man Phil would not deal on that gun, finally got him to come down 50 bucks and figured I better grab it cause it would not have lasted an hour on Sat....

My dear gun nut friend, now departed; bought a Savage 99 in 22 High power with the .410 barrel from a widow for $125. I told him he should be ashamed of himself. He thought that the .410 barrel must have had a forearm so he offered less that it was worth. Anyway, the lady took it. The rifle was in wonderful shape. Very nearly new as I recall. After he passed his widow took it to a gun shop where she got screwed too. I guess what goes around comes around.

Have you shot that .410 barrel? Of course, they never did have a forearm.

[Bill Murphy]

Where is the picture of George Lander's Parker gun case? Email it to someone and get it posted.

[Opening Day]

Originally Posted by Steve McCarty

My dear gun nut friend, now departed; bought a Savage 99 in 22 High power with the .410 barrel from a widow for $125. I told him he should be ashamed of himself. He thought that the .410 barrel must have had a forearm so he offered less that it was worth. Anyway, the lady took it. The rifle was in wonderful shape. Very nearly new as I recall. After he passed his widow took it to a gun shop where she got screwed too. I guess what goes around comes around.

Have you shot that .410 barrel? Of course, they never did have a forearm.

No I haven't shot it you us the forend from the rifle barrel and the screw down the bolt on the barrel to connect with the the forend. Luckly my 410 barrel was not used much so the tip of the forend is in good shape. I use to collect Savage 99's before Parkers alway liked them so when I saw this one I grabbed it.

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Eric Eis

No I haven't shot it you us the forend from the rifle barrel and the screw down the bolt on the barrel to connect with the the forend. Luckly my 410 barrel was not used much so the tip of the forend is in good shape. I use to collect Savage 99's before Parkers alway liked them so when I saw this one I grabbed it.

I saw an antique photo of a gent shooting his 99 with the .410 tube attached. He was not using the forearm.

[Opening Day]

I saw an antique photo of a gent shooting his 99 with the .410 tube attached. He was not using the forearm.

They were designed to be used with the forend, that is why there is a large bolt on the barrel that was meant to screw down on the rifle forend. There were some 410 barrels made by others and that might be the barrel you saw in the photo. The 308 was fairly common in the late 50's to the 70's.