I just picked up a 1951 99 EG in 300 Savage in pretty good shape with 3 boxes of Remington ammo. I am wondering about the collectability of these. It appears to of had the stock shortened and it had an ancient recoil pad on it that was hard and brittle with age. I removed it and put a slip on limbsaver pad for the time being. I've read these were common rifles and of not too significant collector's value.
I'm thinking of having it drilled and tapped for weaver scope bases and am wondering which bases will fit it.
It has the tapped holes for the peep sight but with my old nearsighted eyes I need a scope to able to hit anything much past 50-75 yards and also like the early morning and late evening light gathering ability of a scope. Iron sights get pretty useless in first and last 30 minutes of shooting time. Anyways I like my levers and want to hunt with them and currently have 3 Marlins and 2 Henry's and a pre-64 Winchester 94 32Spl. My Marlin 308MX is my go to deer killer and this Savage had about the same performance.
Anyways am I committing a mortal sin by tapping this Savage for scope bases?
PS I gave $400 for the rifle and ammo.