When I was a kid and spent lots of time scanning the catalogs for hunting guns, and I fell in love with the looks of the 99 Savage. The slim forend model with the schnabel tip was in my view the best looking rifle ever made. Later in life I bought one, a takedown Model 99G in .300 Savage. In original condition with its open sights, I can still outshoot most modern scope sighted shooters from the offhand position. A handloaded 150gr. bullet at 2,800 fps chronographs right along with most .308 loads and even beats some tested .30-06 factory loads. As a woods or semi-open forested area rifle it can't be beaten. The ole 99 will never be equaled.
