21 September 2017

Same Yet Different


Ten years separate them.  The top 99EG was made in 1941, the bottom in 1951.

The older gun has a bronze magazine follower, the newer; steel.
Posted by Angus McThag at 19:03
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2 comments:

  1. Counter Jockey21 September, 2017 19:47

    *Drool* You know, Charlie Askins was quite the fan of the Model 99 in
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  2. taminator01322 September, 2017 08:35

    I grew up using my dad's M99 takedown in .300 Savage that was made in 1937. I always wanted one, but couldn't afford it back in my young married days. Then I was in a gun shop in the early eighties and found a M1899 takedown in .303 Savage for $125. Pretty beat and the original buttplate was missing, but it seemed fairly tight and the bore was clean and not pitted. Looked like a great project gun for restoration to original condition. I grabbed it and took it home and then hit a big glitch. What I didn't notice in my haste was that it had at one time been drilled and tapped for a scope. There goes any collector value right there. No way to fill the holes with the same alloy steel and match the bluing. Too bad because this would have been quite the find. According to the serial number the rifle was made in 1908 and the takedown wasn't available until 1909 as a special order. This would have made it one of the first ever available. At least I found the correct buttplate for the period. That was another restoration glitch. The buttplates had the serial number stamped on them so it doesn't match the receiver and stock. I ended up putting brass screws into the scope holes, snipping them off, peening and polishing them to make little gold dots on top of the receiver. While I was disappointed that I didn't have a valuable collector piece like I originally thought, I still have a great shooter. That's why I bought it in the first place.............

    BTW: I love the .300 Savage cartridge. Back in 1989 a friend at work had a son who was going to gunsmith school and needed someone to back his final project, which was a bolt action rifle on whatever action and caliber that you wanted. At cost. I had seen examples of his stock making skills and bluing work, so I backed his project gun. Mark X Mauser action, deluxe Claro stock blank and you guessed it, .300 Savage. A custom made rifle that cost me $400. That thing is a work of art and shoots like a dream. The most difficult thing was picking a load for it. I cobbled together a bunch of loads using a few powders that I had on hand and bullets ranging from 150 - 180 gr. Almost everything shot sub MOA. It was hard to pick just one or two loads to go with. Every time Mark would want to upgrade jobs he would ask to borrow the rifle to show off his work. One year he took it to the Grand American and was hired on the spot by Krieghoff............

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