Well, it's finally coming together. My project 1999 is nearing the beginning of the second stage. Before I send it back out for that, I thought I'd spend a bit of quality time with it first.



So it's a Montana 1999, 20" bbl, Brockman stock. Stage 1 was to send it off to Jim Brockman for a Trigger Job, Bed the Stock, clean up the bolt and smooth up the feeding. I got it back, topped it with a set of Talley 30mm rings and a Burris Euro Diamond 1-4x24 3p#4 E-Dot scope.



So it looks good. Handles great with the short barrel. It's a tad on the heavier side but I can live with that.



I loaded up some 300 gr. Sierra SGK's blems over 80gr. of H4350 - CCI LR primers. Chrono showed 2,557, 2,561, 2,559 fps...Here's the 100 yard target.



I'm thinking this might be a keeper! I also found that 4x was more than enough power out to 200 yards on paper.

Stage 2 coming up: Add irons and give the whole gun a black teflon finish. And that's the one thing I keep re-considering at the irons. I will do the whole gun in Black...but I'm just a bit concerned that the Iron front sights might take up too much of the sight picture.

Thoughts?

Based on the similar rifle/scope combinations I have had, I would not worry about the iron sights blocking your sight picture with the scope. I would go with a good banded front sight with fiber-optic bead and a good fixed standing-leaf rear sight like that sold by New England Custom Gun.

I'm thinking of this combo for sights:


(I'd prefer a green dot though - or a white dot if I can't get that.)





Alternative on the rear would be:

I only want to tell you that the rifle is beautiful and I want you so enjoy much.

A greeting

Oscar.

I like it !
And a set of sights and a black finish will make it a great and extremly versital rifle.
I would not think you have much to wory about with the front sight blocking your target.
I have a 1X4 leupold in tally rings on my marlin , and I can see the front sight up to about 2 power but at 3 and 4 it dissapears compleatly.
Of couse if i put it on 4 power I end up with another entry into the half moon club anyway. ...tj3006
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Oscar, thank you for the kind words. I do hope to enjoy the rifle for many, many years.

TJ - I'm HUGELY greatful that at 4x from the bench I don't feel even remotely threatened by the "half-moon" club. I do NOT want to get tatooed by this rifle...

As an owner of a 1999 myself, I am gratified to see yours come out looking so good. Mine was one of the first long magnums to come from the charter offering. Some may poo-poo the MRC, but I don't care. Being a lefty, we are not presented with too many choices in a stainless CRF action. I look at mine as a dream come true. Yours is a dream to look at, too. Live long and prosper-- with that rifle...

Novi,
I bet my 1X4 would be fine on your rifle,
and it's good on mine too, But my marlin is prety light and I put somr prety tough loads through her.
It jumps prety hard. I like shooting it on about 2.5 power.
Pump about 4 through it quickly and it gives a prety good adrenalin rush !
...tj3006

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Originally posted by Thomas Jones:

Pump about 4 through it quickly and it gives a prety good adrenalin rush !
...tj3006

So, the closest range to my home is actually an indoor shooting range. 45 foot range. I remember the day clearly when they told me that they rebuilt their backstop...with a 50 BMG rating.

Yeppers, had to bring the .375 over there. We have been doing practice runs: put the target out at 45 feet. On the first shot someone starts the target back (motorized). The goal is to get three more shots off before it covers the 45 feet.

I should point out that it takes about 5 seconds for the target to get back. Done right that 4th shot goes off with the target at about 5 feet from the muzzle...

The winner is the guy with the most "X"'s on the target...and it really IS a RUSH! You are soooo right there.

(PS: yeah, firing a .375 H&H in an enclosed 6 lane shooting range...the concusion is flippin' awesome!)

Nice rifle! I wish Brockman was still selling that stock I'd have one on my M1999.

I did one 1999 in 300 WM and one in 416 Rem. I put Accuracy Innovations stock with the fishscale checkering and had Birdsong teflon both of them. They are great rifles and shoot well.