Seen them around and knew a guy who had one but have never shot one. A few weeks back a local auction house was auctioning off a firearms collection and there must have been at least two dozen Model 99s of various years and calibers.
Most as I recall were in proprietary chamberings from Savage but there were a couple in .308 and maybe 7x57 or some other more mainstream chambering. I found quite a few of them to be kind of appealing from a visual standpoint and like the Browning BLR and the 1895 Winchester they allow for the use of ammo other than the standard round/soft nose ammo that lever guns are usually restricted to, (the new polymer tip rounds are also making inroads in that regard).
Was just wondering if there were any fans of this model on the board as I'm thinking I might look to pick one up if I run across one at a good price. Something in .308 would probably be my preference. TIA
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