I Called The "Savage Gods" Last Night.....

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:15 pm

and asked them to bring me a toy. So............they stopped over later in the day and asked, "Is this OK?" I said, "Well, I'll let you get by with for the moment. The next time bring me the hang tags and the box." Thats because thats about the only thing this Savage needs. I don't want to talk about the price as it was about the same as filling up the Jeep's gas tank about 8 times.

The pics show imperfections but I can't see any. I need to take a photography class.

I'm gonna get her out this week and give her a workout with some Lyman 250 grainers. It came with a cheap scope and a box of W-W Silvertips but the scope went real fast. I'll slap on a Leupold 2 X 7 I got laying around.-------Sixgun

Oh! I forgot to mention the caliber

Post by **Old Savage** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:21 pm

Congrats! You don't see many of those around.

ollogger · Post by **ollogger** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:26 pm

Most jeeps dont have too big a gas tank! Sounds like you stole it! regardless of what you paid
for it, it looks great, good going & shoot the heck outta er, Ive had alot of 99s, but no 358

ollogger

jnyork · Post by **jnyork** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:37 pm

Whatever the price, money well spent. Congratulations

Rimfire McNutjob · Post by **Rimfire McNutjob** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:42 pm

Figures. It had to be 284 or 358 and then I saw the slug weight and I just knew it. How is it that Pennsylvania has all of this mint in box stuff lying around. No carry wear on the receiver bottom, all of the case still on the lever, etc, etc.

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:46 pm

I found one just like it in my gunsmiths junk pile, need to get working on it again.

pwl44m · Post by **pwl44m** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:50 pm

But it's a Savage, You fell off the wagon and bought that bottle didn't You- only explanation I can think of.

Just kiddin, My Truck takes about a hunerd bucks to fill it up from empty.
Serious though, it is a Beautiful Gun and a caliber U don't see every day. I could feel Ur energy as I read Ur post.
Perry

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:01 pm

Very nice

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:38 pm

I'd have had a hard time passing that up..
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BigSky56 · Post by **BigSky56** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:43 pm

Jack, that will make a heck of a nice woods elk rifle you better come out here and try it out. get a good scabbard wouldnt want any horse sweat to get on it.

danny

earlmck · Post by **earlmck** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:57 pm

Oh. My.

Grizz · Post by **Grizz** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 11:18 pm

a real Beaut

brings back some kodachrome memories

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 11:29 pm

Thanks guys!

Sometimes I think the only reason we buy stuff is so we can show it off on the board. This board has cost me and many others here plenty of bucks, but who cares, life is short.

I'll tell you the reason I snagged it besides the $400 price tag. Back in the eighties I had a brand spanking new 99 in 358 to which I shot maybe 20 rounds out of it. In those days, 358's were not on the "crazy list" of so many shooters so when a guy offered me an even trade for a like new Marlin 336 in .219 Zipper, I took it. And every time since then whenever I saw a .358 I cringed and slapped myself in the head. When I saw this one yesterday, I said to myself, "Now, here's one that won't break the bank".

Funny thing, the gunshop owner tod me he thinks the buttstock was shortened and a recoil pad added. I said, "yea, thats a shame" But...........I knew better. It was a real-deal Savage buttpad. Same buttpad thats in the pictures on a 60's Gun Digest. Took the pad off and the stock had the factory numbers stamped on the wood.

Well, I'm gonna play now. I'm off this week and plan on spending lots of time at the gunclub getting ready for the 12/21/12 demise of the world.

----------------------Mr. Savage

Post by **Old Savage** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 11:56 pm

Friend of mine who owns The Gun Shop has one like it ---WITH the pad. Great price.

rafter-7 · Post by **rafter-7** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:22 am

but who cares, life is short.

bravo!!!!!!

^
7

i learned a long time ago... all you get out of life is.. good friends and good food! and i have not seen a ball hitch on a hearse yet!

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:57 am

That's a fine looking Savage.

Maybe you got a bargain but the lever looks all rusted to me.

What's your recipe for those 250gr bullets?

1894c · Post by **1894c** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:18 am

Rimfire McNutjob wrote:Figures. It had to be 284 or 358 and then I saw the slug weight and I just knew it. How is it that Pennsylvania has all of this mint in box stuff lying around. No carry wear on the receiver bottom, all of the case still on the lever, etc, etc.

the old Savages were made in Utica, NY--not too far from PA... :)

6pt-sika · Post by **6pt-sika** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:40 am

Rimfire McNutjob wrote: How is it that Pennsylvania has all of this mint in box stuff lying around. No carry wear on the receiver bottom, all of the case still on the lever, etc, etc.

On the one hand there is this rifle and several others Sixgun's unearthed over the years !

But it's been my luck to run across piles of stuff in PA shops that had been handed down over several generations of hard use and these uhm toys had been bubbaized over the years hence no "collector value" . There's a place called "Dugan's Gunshop" in Hughesville that I used to stop by every so often . Hughesville is close to Williamsport . Anyway they had what could have been many fine old Winchesters and Marlin's in their racks , but just about all of them had been F'd with . Adding scopes , drilling tapping , pads etc etc . Last time I went in they had 4 or 5 Winchester 1886's and every one had been messed up in some way or other .

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:30 am

Dern nice Sixgun, thanks for sharing.

M. M. Wright · Post by **M. M. Wright** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 10:17 am

I've always had a soft spot for 99s though I never had a 358. Nice rifle. Great condition. You did good!

ollogger · Post by **ollogger** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:31 pm

400.00 bucks? I cant even find a beat up 250- 3000 for that price

ollogger

Mainehunter · Post by **Mainehunter** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:08 pm

Sweet looking gun!

and the price

One of my dad's Savages was in 358 and it was one of my favorites until my older brother got hold of it. He still has it and won't give it up

I miss having that Savage but since I purchased one in 375 Win. about a year ago it's been keeping my mind off it.

Mainehunter

Post by **Old Savage** » Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:26 pm

Tell us about the 375 - pics etc.

Mainehunter · Post by **Mainehunter** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:05 pm

Old Savage wrote:Tell us about the 375 - pics etc.

I picked her up at a gun shop near Newport, ME. The owner had quite a few Savages there but this one stood out.

I fired it a few times this year and posted a range report back in September. I'm hoping next spring I'll be spending more time at the range and test a few cast loads in her.

Mainehunter

Hombre · Post by **Hombre** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:43 pm

Sixgun, what a beautiful rifle you have there.
I must admit that I have never seen a Savage 99 lever action "live" and then of course I have not been shooting one either. I should really love to try a Savage lever action someday in the future.
Thanks for posting!

/Stefan
Sweden

Shasta · Post by **Shasta** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:14 pm

That is an exceptionally nice Savage 99 you found, Sixgun, and the 358 caliber is rarely seen, at least here in NorCal.

I have never owned a Savage, but a really old 99 with an octagon barrel would make me look twice!

SHASTA

Post by **Old Savage** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:31 pm

Very nice 375, don't know how I missed that thread. Reading it now.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:10 pm

I slapped a leupold 2 x 7 on her today. Gonna fire that baby up on Thursday. Loaded up a mess of 250 gr. cast and some 200 gr. jacketed.

BenT · Post by **BenT** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:09 am

Here we go again with another "LOOK AT ME ,LOOK AT ME" post. Your probably one of the guys who always had the COOL car. You may live in Penn's state of pristine lever guns and pumps. But in Wisconsin we can hunt on Sunday. So there! Sorry that's the best come back I got.

Keep the post coming of your levergun purchases so we live vicariously through your wallet.

The 99 in 358 was toward the top of the list at one time. Never found one in a reasonable price range. My friends Dad bought one new . Said it kicked to much and put it in away and never uses it. But he won't sell it. This reminds me to hit him up again the next time I see him.

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:20 pm

$400! Jack, you stink!! Been wanting one of those for years!

jb

Post by **Old Savage** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:24 pm

People like these until they fire real loads.

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:56 pm

I love my .450 Marlin so I'm betting I can handle it!

Recoil=Awesome!

I'm 6'2 and 265, I love it when something pushes me around!

jb

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:12 pm

I'm 5'7"
137 pounds, same as I was back then.
From 1974 to 1979 I shot .458 Winchester Magnum in a 100 yard concrete tunnel underneath the W.R.Weaver factory in El Paso, Texas.
Every saturday on overtime.
I loved every minute of it!

Mainehunter · Post by **Mainehunter** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:21 pm

I can say that firing the Savage 358 has some what more recoil comparing to my Savage 375 but then again, I haven't tried loading up anything heavier than 235 grain.

Mainehunter

Post by **Old Savage** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:45 pm

Skinny guys (like the front fork on a dirt bike) can often get along with heavy rifles better than big (fat) guys.

There is a reason these rifles didn't sell well. Six is tough though - no worries!!!

grouse · Post by **grouse** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:03 pm

Nice rifle! I always keep a eye out for a .358 99, hard one to find.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:50 pm

BenT wrote:Here we go again with another "LOOK AT ME ,LOOK AT ME" post. Your probably one of the guys who always had the COOL car.

Ha! Your right! I had a 1968 RS/SS Camaro with a LT-1 350 in it. The car had the hidaway headlights with a M-21 "Rock Crusher trans. Right after that I snagged a brand new Firebird Trans Am with the high output 400. I had the best looking girlfriend in school too. Married her and my two kids are very successful today.

Always did have cool toys, still do, always will. I don't make no excuses for being smart and knowing how to handle money.----and being responsible-a trait missing in todays generation

BTW, its not how much money you make, but how you manage what you have i.e.---responsibility

I never made more than 42K in one year. Most likely one of the board members with the lowest yearly income. If you request, I'll e-mail you a copy of my 2011 tax return.

Have a nice day!

Post by **Old Savage** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:08 pm

so --- you didn't go from the 51 Ford 6 cyl to a 56 Plymouth Savoy with the 273 --- or was it 260 V8?

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:23 pm

Old Savage wrote: so --- you didn't go from the 51 Ford 6 cyl to the Plymouth Savoy with the 273 --- or was it 260 V8?

Os,
I knew you would like that one

6 cyl.??? Whats THAT? Like my guns, I like engines that "start with 4". You know, 400, 427, 428, 454, 40 S&W, 45 auto...............358 Win.

BTW. I "hear" that Plymouth 273 was an excellent engine.-----------------Mr. Look At Me. (sounds like an Indian name)

Rimfire McNutjob · Post by **Rimfire McNutjob** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:55 pm

Good thing you weren't born in the 90's Sixgun, you would have been recruited into a boy band for sure. That Camaro cries out for a 427 BTW.