Greeting to all. First posting.
I have a few 99's. My first was my grandad's late 40's vintage in 300 SAV. I also have a 243 win , 308 win, 30-30 win, 284 win, and a couple of 250-3000's. My 3 uncles each have 284 Win 99's.
My problem has been identifying a scope base on one of the 250's.
I stumbled across a picture of a mount in a 1947 Outdoor Life which I believe is correct. I think my 99 is D&T'd for a Weaver Q mount. The mount holes are not on the spine but come in radially. I have seen a similar mount on a couple of vintage pre 64 Win 70's and a German K98 sniper rifle. The ad stated that a mount was available for the 99.
I have been looking for 25 years to identify this and have spoken to literally hundreds of gun people at shops and shows and nobody knows anything about this mount. Up to including the people who owned the guns that I have seen the mounts on. Crazy how elusive this has been to get information. Obviously they didn't make these for long because they are not common.
Glad to be a member and expect to be posting on various projects. Wish I had one in 22-250.