99trix, looks like you got one gorgeous collection of Savages. Too bad you live about 3,000 kilometers to the west of my house; otherwise, I might be looking for an invitation for coffee and a gander at your beautiful Savages.
Oldbadger, I was once, in my younger days, only interested in the latest hyper-mag-stainless-etc-etc. Then I bought my first 100-year plus Winchester in 38-55. I could feel the winds of the Old Days blowing through my mind as I hefted that fine old octagon-barreled rifle. I could smell wood-smoke and horses and while I held it, I was in a Canada as it was back in the late 1800's, with more freedoms, more game, fewer people. I was bitten bad. I started getting more old Winchesters and started shooting and hunting with them. I enjoyed hunting before, but with a century-old levergun in my hand, hunting enjoyment increased by an entire magnitude and shooting as well. I sold off all my modern guns just to get more vintage Winchesters and an antique sixgun or two. My boys say, "Dad, why don't you get one of those 4,000 fps guns, so you can shoot groundhogs down in the alfalfa field right from the comfort of your own deck?" My response is that that would take all the fun of trying to sneak up on a groundhog on foot to within 50 yards and taking him with an old 32-20 with an offhand shot.
We need more Marlin photos on this thread.
