Thank you, Mad Dog! Since I see you are from Ontario, you might be interested to know this is an Ontario 99. The family member who purchased it new was a Scottish emigre to Kingston who later moved down to the States, but always kept his cottage and boathouse on Dog Lake (near Seeley's Bay) and hunted with it there, too (the cottage is still in our family, and not for sale).
1961 Savage 99f .308 with Fajen furniture. I picked it up at a Montana farm auction. Looked like it had never been fired.
And the new Savage 110 Ultralite with Proof Research carbon barrel in 30-06
Interestingly they weigh almost exactly the same as they are currently setup.
new to the site, not to savage99. took my first deer with my pap's ol' 99 and had a soft spot for them ever since. did a wood furniture restoration on a series A chambered in 300sav (rough dated to late'60s early 70s) i found a few years back at a local gun shop. looked like someone left some cleaning solvent on the stock/forearm before they put it in the safe and the finish/stain was rough. it was factory drilled/tapped so i put a simons 2x7 on it even though its a new scope i think it doesn't look out of place.
took the restored series A out for a walk in the big woods of the pa allegheny national forest this past deer season and we got the job done.
A few years back I seen an ad for a 99 in 30/30 Winchester. I grew up in PA and saw a lot of 99s in 300 Sav. A few less in 250-3000, 243, 308, and 284. I knew there were 22 HP, 303 Savage, and 30-30 but I never had my hands on them. I was playing with 30/30s at the time because I was shooting cast bullets, had a good load for our 340 and I wanted to get a lever gun to play with. This 1899 made in 1901 was about ideal because it was in good shape, not altered and had good sights. I took that load that shot well out of the 340 and tried it out of the 1899 at 50 yards. I really like this ole girl.
New member but not new to Savages...
Here is my "minty" Prewar 99RS in .300
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