Butch.

I've had this Savage a bit over 20 years. It was unfired when I got it.....

My best friend was one of the owners of a gunshop. A older lady brought the Savage 99 and a Winchester Model 12 in saying that they had belonged to her late husband, who had purchased them for hunting and then promptly put them in the closet and never fired them (My friend payed her a good price for the two guns... He was always fair...). That man had extremely good taste in firearms.

I bought both of the guns from the shop. As nice as this 99 is, the real treasure is the Winchester Model 12. It is a new condition 12 ga. Special Field, with a 26 inch full choke barrel and a solid rib. It was a special order and I've never seen another like it. I have 8 Model 12's and love them. They fit me perfectly and I shoot them well. This Special Field is a thing of beauty and just about the perfect late season pheasant gun. Give me a nice fall day, my German Shorthair Pointer, and the Model 12, and I'm in heaven!!!!!!!!!!!

On the model 99, I found a new in the box Lyman 30 1/2 tang sight and put that on the 99, took it out and fired 30 rounds, cleaned it and put it away in the safe where it has stayed since then (I was more into rifle match shooting back then...). I'm more into bird hunting these days, and it's the only 300 that I have, so I'm trying to make room in the safe and at the same time simplify the number of calibers that I have, so it is best if it goes to someone else who would appreciate it.....

JD

back in '01 just up east of Oak Harbor, or perhaps it was on the island itself, I came across a very similar one for about the same money, if memory serves me. The idea of a 99 has been gnawing at the back of my brain for a while - not that I need another levergun in the cache, but they have a certain allure...