Here is the beauty of the .454 in a carbine: It will use bullets of the same diameter as your .45 pistol. It will roughly equal the old .45 Gov't round, with cast bullets up to 350 grains. It will roughly equal the .444 Marlin with mid-weight jacketed bullets. It will carry more rounds than any .45-...

Thanks, guys- Hobie, you are dead right. I love those old Colt DA's, too. Thanks for the pics, Old Savage. I like the long Schnabel forends on those old classic 99's. The 4X I picked up looks about like your rifle at the bottom. That's probably where I'm headed with mine. I have days when I can stil...

I mentioned earlier that my ‘99’s rear dovetail was cut crooked and I didn't think I'd be able to use the ladder sight from www.jeffsoutfitters.com Well, I dug that sight back out and noticed that there was a LOT of meat on the dovetail. A light came on...I was going to have to fit it anyhow, so...

I think that gal was a bad influence on me...got my first look at that when I was about 11 and I've been weak for 'healthy' redheads ever since. Got the ring in my nose to prove it, too;)

Good thread, Ganjiro.

I have loaded all 3 powders in bottle-necks and H4895 has earned the title of "Go-To Rifle Powder" here. It's all I buy anymore but I don't load big straight-wall cases, either. If I did I could probably justify a dedicated powder for them, just as I do for pistol loads.

That was great! While I have spent far too little time in the South, the time that I have spent there left me with a deep appreciation for the hospitality & good manners shown to a total stranger- and often from places & people where it was least expected.

I salute you, my Dixie brethren,

Sarge, Did you happen to notice if there was a difference between single action bar or dual action bar models? I'm pretty sure I've had both; I bought several for 'kid guns' over the years. The problem wasn't binding if the action, though; it was the shell catch that retains shells in the mag, and ...

Quoting from this insightful website: http://www.chuckhawks.com/ammo_by_anonymous.htm ....Note: Ayoob dislikes the 20 gauge Remington 870 pump shotgun and recommends you choose the Mossberg 500 in 20 gauge for general self-defense and home-defense use. So do I." I guess that's just one more pl...

I'll back Taylor on everything he wrote and gcs on his last post. FWIW have been a cop for near 30 years- and the Investigator for a PA office for the last 11.

Go back & read JimT's first post.

Ben & Hobie- I'll be watching for range reports. I did find a 'Fly in the Syrup' with mine... I mentioned earlier that I'd mounted a fine front bead on this gun, to replace the 'witch nose' that came on it. The existing front sight sat pretty far to the right, so when I mounted the new one I cen...

I fired a few more shots this AM to get an idea of what I might expect in accuracy/velocity from this .308 with its 20" barrel. Shooting was done early with the temp hovering at 16 degrees and a 10 mph west wind in my face. Yes, it was cold enough to be distracting and all the other standard ex...

That's too bad Morgan, but don't give up. I see one come up for sale here every so often, and if you want I'll let you know. Price varies with the phases of the moon. Most of 'em seem to be E-model .308's or .243's, which ain't a bad thing when you're scrounging for brass.

Take care-

I horse-traded around and got into this one for about half of the going rate. http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x187/SargeMO/Sav99E.jpg I'm generally pretty practical about my guns; it has to serve a specific purpose and if I don't need two tools for that job, I don't add another. I made a little e...

I'm not by any means a collector, but I do know that I like them as well as any rifle I've ever picked up; they just fit me. I can throw up a 99 with my eyes shut and when I open them, the bead will be laying right in the notch where it belongs. It just works for me. About any old 99, that don't loo...

I don't have a Clint Walker story but I do have to add this. I was a kid in the early sixties when Walker, Eastwood, Lee Marvin, Steve McQueen, John Wayne, Charlton Heston both the Arness brothers, Fess Parker and a few others were in their heyday. The gun magazines I devoured were rich with the wor...

Thanks to you all, and Hobie thanks for the warm 'welcome home'. I've had a couple of evenings to fiddle with this thing now...the stock & forend were both loose, so I peeled 'em off and put a little oil where no oil had obviously been, for several years. Both the striker & sear had grunge/c...

Howdy folks. Looks like winter chores may finally taper off a bit, so I checked in here & found that I needed to re-register. Hope the old gang is still around & all doing well. I cobbed-onto a Savage 99 in .308, the other day. http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x187/SargeMO/Sav99E.jpg I've ...