The 99 on the other hand, shot a round just slightly behind the 30-40 of the original 95, but kept 5+1 rounds in a neatly curved bottom receiver that sits wonderfully in your hand. The 95 winchester rifle was strong enough to hold 30-06 class cartridges, but it was a pig to carry with the magazine landing right in your hand as you wanted to grab it. He had some input from Newton regarding the length etc, but it was his design and far stronger and modern than most of the Browning designs. all three are down to 600 or so and will fall again before I even entertain the thought of buying them.Įl Hombre is correct in that Arthur Savage designed the 1899 and its off spring the 99. You will see a lot of guns listed for insane prices on Gunbrokers, but not that many sold at those prices, I Have seen three that started out at 900 -1000 resurface each time dropping a 100 at a crack.
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