Gonna try some Old School on the next Trip

[ActionBob]

Drawing the line at the wool, makes my butt itch! Can’t hunt with an itchy butt!

Well, you might want to wear something more than your Snappy for underwear

 

[tarbe]

Well, you might want to wear something more than your Snappy for underwear

You'd think a boy from Montana would have a proper appreciation for wool.

Of course, you wouldn't expect a boy from Montana to have a Snappy, either!

 

[Bullthrower338]

You'd think a boy from Montana would have a proper appreciation for wool.

Of course, you wouldn't expect a boy from Montana to have a Snappy, either!

I do have an appreciation of wool, probably saved my life a couple times! I only bought one snappy, and we know who is the proud owner now!
As far as the wool goes I like the weight and performance of a lot of the new stuff like Sitka and kuiu. What can you expect from a guy that uses a Dillon to load pistol ammo on! Lol

 

[Shootist43]

Wait a minute there Cody. I load nothing but pistol ammo on two of my four Dillon presses. Nine mm on the Square Deal B, 45(s) on the Dillon 1050, for all other calibers I use the 550. The only Dillon that I haven't used to load pistol ammo is my 650. Or am I mistaking your post somehow?

 

[tarbe]

Well, I was going to make a wise crack about you young guys and your fancy, modern tools.

But then Art had to jump in and take that approach right out of my toolbox!!

 

[Bullthrower338]

Wait a minute there Cody. I load nothing but pistol ammo on two of my four Dillon presses. Nine mm on the Square Deal B, 45(s) on the Dillon 1050, for all other calibers I use the 550. The only Dillon that I haven't used to load pistol ammo is my 650. Or am I mistaking your post somehow?

Lol, yes. I love my Dillon! Tim doesn’t like anything progressive. I am only anti-progressive in my political beliefs! But don’t tell anyone but Tim is kinda in the closet because rumor has it he has a red progressive on his bench! Lmao

 

[tarbe]

Tim is kinda in the closet because rumor has it he has a red progressive on his bench! Lmao

I don't think so!! Just two single-stage...one from 1975!

 

[Bullthrower338]

Straight up trick photography! I love that bench! Awesome accumulation skills!

 

[Bruce]

FANTASTIC rifle..caliber is perfect for the PG here!! Wishing you a great hunt!!

 

[Hearties]

Wow - that’s an impressive bench

 

[leslie hetrick]

here,s real old school. all that other stuff is just a passing fad.

 

[tarbe]

here,s real old school. all that other stuff is just a passing fad.

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Shouldn't you be hauling that thing out on a mule or a donkey?

 

[leslie hetrick]

i should have been dragging it out like in years gone by, but if I tried that at 75 the EMT,S would be dragging me out. and as far as having a mule, I have a wife, so no thanks.

 

[Ragman]

Dad still hunts with his mid-1960's 99C. Calls it old "Meat-in-the-Pot"! He's killed whitetails, mulies, moose and elk with it. I've killed a few deer with it myself. I will inherit this awesome rifle someday, but I'm happy to say he's still going strong at 76!

 

[Newboomer]

My brother-in-law had a few 99s in .300 that had been in the family for generations. He had pics of successful moose hunts, deer and black bear. He didn't hunt anymore but I could not pry that gun out of his hands for love or money. He had an almost new 99 in 22HP that went to his son when he passed. I couldn't get that one, either.

 

[tarbe]

Well, since this thread has started I've managed to buy two M99s....you guys are just a bunch of enablers!

 

[sestoppelman]

Somewhere in this somewhat derailed thread about snappy's and woolies, I missed what the caliber of Tex's 99 was! Honestly!

My dad was a huge fan of the 99, me not so much but I did have one once, given to me by a great uncle and sadly I sold it to pay bills once when broke.

 

[leslie hetrick]

rifles i could not get in the old days and another old time deer.

 

[Major Khan]

Beautiful rifles . Several of our clients used to bring Savage Model 99 lever rifles to India for shikar quite often . Here is Kawshik's Nepalese gun bearer carrying a client's Savage Model 99 chambered in .243 Winchester .

There was also a model chambered in .22 Savage Hi Power ( which utilized a 70 grain Hornady bullet ) . This 1 , unlike the other later models had an unique rotary magazine , as opposed to the conventional box magazines on the other models . The .22 Savage Hi Power was an excellent cartridge for Kakar deer, 4 horned buck , Black Buck , Chinkara and Barasingha deer . A few of my clients also used it with great degrees of success on cheetal deer , but only in situations where a neck shot was presented .

 

[Longwalker]

I've had several M99's over the years, each one was fun, functional, and effective. An old takedown in .250-300, a 99C with detachable magazine in .243, a 99F .308 (best one of the bunch) , and a 1970's version 99A with the rotary magazine in .250-3000. While each was accurate enough for carefully aimed shots farther than I would shoot anyway, their real talent is their handling characteristics while shooting offhand at moving game in the bush. Nice to carry, quick to aim, and fast to reload. I seldom hunt deer by "pushing bush" any more, but if I did, I'd still have one.