About ten years ago one of my uncles called and asked if I would stop over to his house, but didn't say why. After a bit of small talk he left the room and when he returned, "I think its time you should have this".



Its a 99B 303 he bought in the early '30s, it was his deer rifle up until the early '60s when he acquired a sporterized 17 Enfield. It was made either in 1902/03. ( S/N 29.XXX)

Unk passed away two years ago at the age of 92. I got to thinking maybe its time the old warhorse revisited the mountains where it spent the majority of it's life in Unk's hands chasing the elusive whitetails.

I disassembled and gave it a good cleaning inside and out, probably the first in it lifetime then made a few minor repairs. The ivory post on the combo front sight was broken so I turned a new one out of brass, drilled and glued in a hickory dowel in small crack in the "ear" of the stock on the left side where it meets the action. Overall its as solid as the day it was made, not bad for a 100 year old rifle!

At this point I've only fired a few test load with 150s, but I have eight boxes of the old Winchester 190 Silver Tips to sight it in with.

Hopefully I'll get the chance to put one more whitetail to it's credit in a few weeks....for old time's sake!

Bill