A rough 99 for my grandkids

[elkhunt58]

I swung by Cabelas gun room on Saturday and found a Savage 99E, .308, made in 1967 with a Nikon scope for… $99! The stock had been cut down for a kid and it has seen lots of use. I figured with a $150 scope the rifle was free. My grandpa born in 1899 carried one in his saddle scabbard when he worked on a ranch in the Dakotas. Said it was his favorite rifle. I will fix this one up and it will be carried by my grandkids ages 12-1, 9 of them. I'll teach my 12 year old how to reload reduced loads as a fun project together . I'll post progress along the way.

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[elkhunt58]

It's so short. Birch not walnut. Here's my 1955 .300

 

[gmerkt]

$99 for a Model 99.

 

[arakboss]

Great score.

 

[64MercurysRule]

That is great . Congratulations to you and yours . Awesome .

 

[trekkerpaul]

Great job on the wood restoration.

 

[elkhunt58]

Sanded stained. Now need to apply some finish.

 

[elkhunt58]

It turned out quite nice. Stripped, sanded, walnut stain, Watco Danish, cleaned and oiled all the metal, put on a vintage military sling, new higher mounts for the scope (bell was resting on the barrel when I got it!). I will load up some low recoil 110gr and it will be a fun gun for my grandkids to hunt with.

 

[64MercurysRule]

Very nice job in resurrecting the ole girl . Congrats .

 

[trekkerpaul]

Nicely done. Looks very nice

 

[orygun]

Boy, this looks familiar!
My wife has a near identical gun in 243. We also had her dad's 308 for a while. When elk season came, I swapped the short butt to the 308, then back to the 243 for the nest deer season.
I refinished the wood, but didn't stain it because she really liked the shade and the contrast with the "checkering" after being stripped. I added fitted a new recoil pad and the scope from her dad's 308.
Sorry for the crappy pic. It's the only one I could find with the gun solo.

 

[Tlock]

Wow that's a dam deal! Guess I better start paying closer attention when I go in the big box stores that sell used guns. Did someone make a mistake on the price?

 

[elkhunt58]

Wow that's a dam deal! Guess I better start paying closer attention when I go in the big box stores that sell used guns. Did someone make a mistake on the price?

No it was rough. I actually did the paperwork with the guy who brought it in. It came in with 20 guns and he didn't want to lose the lot for this beater. So he took it in and priced it to sell.

 

[Tlock]

No it was rough. I actually did the paperwork with the guy who brought it in. It came in with 20 guns and he didn't want to lose the lot for this beater. So he took it in and priced it to sell.

I'll give ya 150$ for it!

 

[Provincial]

The nice thing is that as the kid gets older, you can put increasingly thick recoil pads on it to keep the length of pull matched to his needs. They can always be removed to return it to the short LOP.

Nice job on the resurrection!

 

[MountainBear]

My 99 is currently with @Velzey getting redone. Can't wait for my son to shoot it! He's almost big enough for the .30-30!