Greetings,
I recently restocked and reblued a Savage 99 for a rancher in CO where I hunt Elk....runs cattle in the valley, knows everybody, has access to places that most mere mortals can't go....I will delivery this gun to him soon...

I want to share pictures and details for anyone interested....would someone please post some pictures for me?

The details of the job - restocked with locally grown American Walnut harvested years ago by a friend, slow rust blue, Neidner buttplate and gripcap, ebony forend tip and buttstock inlay and checkered 24 LPI...

Thanks,
Paul

You have a PM.

Here's my 1949 EG in 300 Savage for a comparison. Mine is original and in good shape, but the bluing is thin on the receiver from use.

Here is Paul's Savage 99 in 300Sav.

A couple of things to mention - 14.25 LOP, .125 cast off and .375 toe out......

I really like the details, The Schnabble, Tang, Cheek piece, etc.. Here's mine. The 308 is a tack driver.

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308 clip gun


300 takedown

Beautiful work!

Beautiful!! Both of them,,!!

VERY Nice work. Thanks for sharing. My M-99 is a .250 Sav. manuf. in 1941. My father bought it thinking he was going to be able to get my Mom interested in Deer hunting with him. Dad was a Chief in the Navy at the time. Unfortunately, that whole World War II thing got in the way...Dad spent the next 3 yrs in the So. Pacific, and Mom...( a big-city girl from Boston) never really showed any interest in Deer hunting. I've enjoyed that rifle a lot since it came to me, shooting everything from Groundhogs to Whitetail. Many times I've considered having a quality restoration such as you have displayed done to it, but I think that would somehow loosen the connection I have to my Dad through that rifle. HOWEVER...I might find one sometime in one of the classic Savage calibers for cheap money(relatively speaking...) in poor condition, and we'll talk. That is REALLY fine work. Once again, thanks for sharing.

PGS, as others have already said, beautiful rifle and outstanding workmanship.

You did a great job in laying out the stock blank for the buttstock, so the grain runs perfectly through the pistol grip area.

The ebony inlay in the buttstock behind the tang is a very nice touch. It looks terrific. Were you thinking it might also be insurance against stock cracks around the tang? I sometimes think I've seen more vintage 99s with cracks than without in this area.

Really like the great wood/metal fit, and the nice details - butt plate, grip cap, ebony inlay and forearm tip, and the excellent checkering.

Do you have a web site by any chance? I'd enjoy seeing more of your work.

PGS, very interesting background. Must have been an enjoyable time for you at CST.

"I do all these projects for free for friends and family...they pay for materials....thinking about money ruins the process for me..." I'm sure your family and friends appreciate how fortunate they are!

Hard to beat spending your days doing what you love to do, without worrying about whether it pays or not.

Your message piqued my interest more than ever. I'd like to hear more about your work on bolt actions and on pistols and shotguns.

I appreciate you're probably busy and don't have a lot of time for taking and posting photos. Your photos are very good, by the way, well lit, nice and sharp. Glad you took the time to post photos of the 99 project.

I'm one of those who admires the 99, though I currently own just two. One is an early 1950s .300 Savage EG. The other is a 1946-era 99R in .250/3000 with one of the nicest pieces of wood in the buttstock I've ever seen on a factory rifle.

Both are in 99% condition, over the years I traded off some in lesser condition and worked my way up to these two.

Best regards, I hope you post again from time to time.

Paul,

I'd love to post your photos, unfortunately I don't have a Photobucket account or any other way of posting. When I send photos to my publishers we use File Transfer Protocol (FTP) which is the best way to send multiple large files.

I hope some kind AR member will read this and be able to help Paul in posting more photos.

Fascinating history! Your dad must have been a fine man. Recently I watched the movie "A Bridge Too Far" about operation Market Garden.

In his book The Second World War, John Keegan wrote of the U.S. airborne units (82nd and 101st) at D-Day. If memory serves, he said they were the best troops in the whole U.S. order of battle at the time of the invasion, trained to a razor's edge and spoiling for a fight.

I well remember the "sporterizing" era when converting military rifles was a major business. I have a Fajen semi-inletted stock around somewhere, along with inletting and checkering tools.

All of which taught me a valuable lesson, I lack the patience, artistic taste and talent to be a stock maker! But it made me appreciate and respect all the more, the talents of those who do have those skills.

Got a few tasks to see to this morning, when I get caught up I'll send a PM. Incidentally while I don't have photos posted I do have a few videos which you might find of interest at this site: http://www.youtube.com/user/DavesGunVideos/videos

Hi Paul.

I sent you a PM with my contact information. I will post phots for you.

Dave

More photos of Paul's work are posted in the Custom Rifle forum.

Paul,
Nice work and you and I must have been in the same class at CST as D'Arcy was in my class and Jack was also my stocks instructor. I keep in contact with both of them and of course Curt Crum was a nights instructor but he came in during the day to do his own work.

Oh and I have gone full circle as I am the stocks instructor now. Come by the school sometime and say hello or drop me a note whenever you are in town.

Please do and they were wondeful times. The school is doing well and we are continually trying to make it better. The equipement is much improved since we were students. I will drop you a PM with my cell number.

That should hang on the wall in a museum.

A work of art

Very, very nice!!

Absolutely beautiful work. Some folks believe that changing from an original gun detracts from it; I say hogwash! What you have done with a plain jane 99 is a work of art.

Congratulations.

Very good job!!!

This rifle was delivered last week....He was pleased...
The man is currently hunting Mule deer with it...I will get pics posted if he scores....

Thanks for the good comments!