How much love is out there for the Savage 99?

[BlackRam]

I love the little 250 Savage...my wife and I each have a Ruger so chambered...
I have been looking for a nice 99 with the rotary magazine for several years, but have not found the one that says "take me home" yet...would be nice to have a third 250 so my daughter has one to carry when we go hunting.
Saw a nicer carbine at a local gunshow recently, but did not have his asking price at that moment.
Always thought a 358 would be great, as would the 375 Win! Just have never seen one of either.

 

[Weatherby Fan]

here's my 1918 built 250-3000, fairly nice piece of wood in it to .......

 

[nowarningshot]

I ate a lot of moose meat shot with a 99 in 308 growing up. Very much under appreciated hunting rifles. Always thought of them as odd looking, in a would John Wayne carry one sort of way. So no interest in collecting them for me.

 

[John Y Cannuck]

I had one of the later models for a time. Rotary mag, but no counter, beech stock. It worked well, but it's accuracy did not live up to it's hype unless downloaded about 5 to 10%. It was in 308Win.
Despite that, it's a rifle I would have kept, had it been one of the older pre-1960's versions. Very nice rifle to hunt with.

 

[lledwod]

I only 'discovered' the savage 99/1899 about a year ago, and since have developed a real appreciation for them. I've ended up with 3 so far, a 1926 .303, a 1914 .22HP, and a 1909 .303. I find the build quality to be very high, and the accuracy of the two .303's almost defies belief. I can pretty much count on the 1909 to put 5 (150's or 170's) into 1.5", and sometimes an 1"!! I can't even believe I can shoot open sights that well but it does it every time. It often outshoots my scoped bolt rifles. The long sight radius and the fine sights help I am sure but still. What the hell. So the old girl got picked to fill the freezer this fall.

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[MadDog]

Love the 99. I even have them in the Winchester calibers (38-55, 32-40 and 25-35), 358, 375 Win and a couple more.

Nice 8 pt I took with my 375 Win.

Couple model 1895's, the 1899 predecessor made at the Marlin factory, the top one is a nickel plated 30" octagon special order.

 

[Jim870]

That is a great picture. Really cool to see the classics still getting it done.

 

[John Y Cannuck]

Love the 99. I even have them in the Winchester calibers (38-55, 32-40 and 25-35), 358, 375 Win and a couple more.

Nice 8 pt I took with my 375 Win.

Couple model 1895's, the 1899 predecessor made at the Marlin factory, the top one is a nickel plated 30" octagon special order.

That carbine is interesting! not a fan of the band on the forearm though.
Reloading tool for?

 

[MadDog]

Savage reloading tool in 303 Savage.

The carbine is an 1895 SRC, I think I know of only ten in Canada / US combined.