Savage 99 ??

1988rrc · Post by **1988rrc** » Sun May 25, 2008 6:59 am

I found a Savage 99 at a local gun shop yesterday; the unusual thing about this one was the scope and mount. The rifle was very nice with original sights removed and blanked off.

The optics are a Bausch & Lomb fixed power scope with a Bausch & Lomb scope mount. The elevation and windage adjustments knobs are part of the scope mount. I have never seen anything like this before. I can not find any info about this configuration on the web. Can anyone help with this? Price was 599.00.

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Sun May 25, 2008 7:18 am

External adjustable scopes were the only kind Bausch & Lomb made, before Bushnell bought them out.

They were all very versatile, expensive, high quality optics - in both fixed and variable powers.

The versatility part came after a scope was sighted-in.

In those early days, no other mount allowed scope removal/replacement with a return to exact zero - OR replacment with a second scope w/o re-sighting !

If one's not fixated on a 6-18x50 Infared range-finding type scope with integral digital camera, etc, the B&L's are a very satisfying scope.

1988rrc · Post by **1988rrc** » Sun May 25, 2008 5:53 pm

Do you know of a internet site that discusses the optics? how does the price for the rifle and optics seem?

win92 · Post by **win92** » Sun May 25, 2008 6:37 pm

Buddy of mine has one of those things in a 250-3000 I think the Balvar is a straight 4 power?? the gun shoots great!!! Same as you described adjustment all in the mounts . Nice gun.

airedaleman · Post by **airedaleman** » Sun May 25, 2008 10:27 pm

The 4X B&L was the Balfor, and the Balvar was a variable power scope. Magnification range escapes me, however.

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Mon May 26, 2008 7:08 am

Yup, the 4x was the Balfor, and the Balvar 8 variable was 2.5-8x.

There was also a Baltur 2.5X, and a Balvar 5, a 2.5-5X.

Here's the skinny on them:

http://www.hegibbs.com/scopes.htm