Fair enough.
Anyone else like takedowns?
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1st year 740 Remington '06;
Somehow this thing never got shot,throw in all the jokes here. I figured out,RN Hornady 150's designed for 30-30's fed like greased ball bearings,and were explosive on lung hit deer. With reduced enough,loads of 4895 that,the gun seems truly happy? Mounted a super clean 3X post reticle Weaver on it and would shoot it once every cpl years. To keep 5 shots in a beer can @100 is having a peachy outing.
Two of my boys are very hardcore,backpack,1/2-3/4 mountain goats when it comes to bow hunting. They put the rest of us to shame in their woodcraft. So one day I'm yappin about the 740 being a TD and the "oldest" says he'll take it.....
After explaining that it's,not really a TD but you can,take it down. He sorta understands. Dosen't make it a daily occurrence but,he's packed it in/out as a TD..... his partner,my "youngest" son,carries a Ruger M77 UL in '06,Redfield 1-4X20,and shoots the same RN 150's. Their shots are rarely over 75yds.
Somehow this thing never got shot,throw in all the jokes here. I figured out,RN Hornady 150's designed for 30-30's fed like greased ball bearings,and were explosive on lung hit deer. With reduced enough,loads of 4895 that,the gun seems truly happy? Mounted a super clean 3X post reticle Weaver on it and would shoot it once every cpl years. To keep 5 shots in a beer can @100 is having a peachy outing.
Two of my boys are very hardcore,backpack,1/2-3/4 mountain goats when it comes to bow hunting. They put the rest of us to shame in their woodcraft. So one day I'm yappin about the 740 being a TD and the "oldest" says he'll take it.....
After explaining that it's,not really a TD but you can,take it down. He sorta understands. Dosen't make it a daily occurrence but,he's packed it in/out as a TD..... his partner,my "youngest" son,carries a Ruger M77 UL in '06,Redfield 1-4X20,and shoots the same RN 150's. Their shots are rarely over 75yds.
Those are cool!
Never been much of a fan of Savage, but this is one I wish was mine. Speaking of Savage has anyone else seen the "Gun Stories With Joe Montegna" that they did on Savage??? Excellent episode well worth the watch. Lots of info....or maybe I just didn't know too much about the company......Seemed really good to me. One thing is for sure, just try and find a decent 99 takedown, they are rare these days.
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Sounds interesting. Sadly we can't have semi-auto or pump action centrefire rifles here. Blasted UK gun laws.
A Savage 99 in 358W would be a great thing and a very useful back packing gun with enough ooomph for boar and bear.
Oh very nice and I like the peep sight.
One of the things that put me off the the tang mounted peep on my 1892 clone was it doesn't seem possible to mount one without interferring with your strong hand when you shoot. That small base high up the tang looks much more convenient.
Scrummy
tmwinds
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The original barrel mounted sights didn’t work for my 75 year old eyes anymore and I couldn’t bring myself to drill and tap a original rifle for a scope.The peeps work very well.
My buddy and an old feller that lived in Morgan, UT got me into takedowns some years back. I got into collecting 93's and 97's and some of the lever guns. Ended up with several 99's too. A 250-3000 is just proper in a takedown lever gun.
My eyes too! With my readers I can see the sights but not the target. Without readers target looks fine but the sights are a blur.
No scope for me. I put a mini reflex sight on mine.
tmwinds
Gold $$ Contributor
Yeah, getting old sucks, but it’s better than the alternative .
Makes good sense. I put a cocking peep sight on my 9.3 rather than drill the action
Also did this on my 9.3x62. Just made a block that replaced rear sight in dovetail
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