Sidewinder99
01-30-2014, 02:23 AM
Hi all just wanted to introduce myself. Name is Sidewinder99, AKA Tom Smith. A little about my Savage history. When I passed my hunters safety at 13 my first deer rifle was a 99 in 308 win. I never took a deer with that rifle and after 3 season of hunting with it something broke in the action. The ejector would pop out after the last round was ejected. Needless to say it was sold and I moved on to a 760 remington 30-06. I was not happy with the 760 so I traded it for a 742 in 30-06, that was sold after I missed 2 deer with it. Next was a very nice Rem 721 in 30-06 that I swor I would never sell. Will last Chrisrmass money was tight and I sold it to a coworker so the kids would have something under the tree. Before selling the 721 I talked to my dad to see if he had a loner rifle I could barrow for next hunting season. Dad told me I not to wory about it that he would have something for me to use. Will two weeks ago dad invited me to go shooting with him. When we met up at the range dad told me that my B-day present was in the back of his truck. A mid 50's Savage 99R in 300 Savage that is factory drilled and taped for a scope. I had no idea that he was going to give me a gun let alone a Savage 99. I did not even know that he had one for that mater. When I asked him about it. He told me he picked it up last spring form a friend at church who's dad bought it new in the 50's. "I thought you might like it sense your first hunting rifle was a Savage 99" was his reply. Will like it I love it. It took me 30 years to get another one, but I'm back in the Savage 99 again!
Sidewinder99
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