Had a chance to grab a Model 99 in .300 Savage a long time ago. Guy wanted $100 for it. Still kicking myself for not doing it.
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Those are all fine rifles but my 5 would have all been different. Not necessarily better just what suits me.
Owned a couple of Model 99’s (.300 & .22HP) and they were decent rifles.
Got a Model 88 in .284 Win. The article is correct about it being hard recoiling for some reason. Accuracy was just so-so.
But it still remains a favorite of mine.
I have a 98 Mauser chambered to 7.62 NATO. I am told those rebarreled Mausers came from the IDF. It’s my main deerslayer.
Many moons ago, while it was “still cool” to own firearms in California, I had a Savage Model 99 A chambered in .308Win. It was a darn nice rifle. At the range east of San Bernardino, it was my 200 yard ‘toy’. When I left the state, I sold all my firearms, since I would be driving across different state lines and wanted no hassles.
Have a 1974 Brownling BLR chambered in .243, first year their Japanese plant was up and running. Much tighter tolerances than anything from their ealier Belgium plant.
Thing shoots beautifully!
A couple more Old School rifles I hunt with are the 98 and 95 Mausers, both in 7mm Mauser.
My favorite five would be:
Browning bolt action (FN Mauser) 30-06.
Winchester model 70, the ones with controlled feed, in 30-06.
Reminton 700, one of the special runs in 6.5 Swedish Mauser.
Winchester model 86, one of late copies in 45-70.
Winchester model 92 in 44-40 or a late model in .44 magnum.
I could easily name five more just as good.
Know a guy who still hunts with a Springfield .30-40 Krag.
I have a few 1899 Savages including one Model 1895 that was made my Marlin.
Although it is not a ‘hunting rifle’ the Swedish Mauser in 6.5 x 55 is a great rifle.
I have both an infantry and a tankers carbine that is just about perfect.
It is considered to be the most beautiful military rifle ever made.
It is my ‘go to’ blacktail rifle when hunting in brush.
It's a nice gun chambered in .308.
Bought a Remington 1917 30-06. I absolutely love that rifle. Bought it at a CA gun show when you could still buy a gun and walk out the same day.
My fav 5 would be something in;
375 H&H
30’06
223/556
17HMR
22lr
Have everything but the 17HMR
Had a Savage 99D chambered in 308 Winchester. (7.62mm NATO) Let it go a few years back. Kind of wish I had kept it. It was a good, reliable rifle.
Springfield ‘03....Still laying them low.
I have a model 99 Savage that I inherited from my grandfather. According to the s/n, it was made in 1947 and is chambered in .300 Savage. I have taken several deer with it. It is a wonderful rifle that I will give to one of my sons.
1903 Springfield.