[Ricklin]

I have a lovely 99 in 30-30. It's a takedown model, do believe it was manufactured in 1922.

It's part of my ideal hunting rifle combo, and I vacillate as to which is my fave.

The aforementioned Savage 99 in 30-30 for hunting thick brush on the coast. It has a Lyman tang mount peep on it.

My 1952 Sears Model 50 in .270. One of those sleeper Dept. store rifles. It has an FN Mauser action with a barrel by high standard. I got very lucky, mine has pretty wood. I put a 3-9 Bushnell on it. Not the cheap Bushnell, this one was made in Japan, it's outstanding, very bright, very sharp.

Two very different hunting rifles, one for the thick brush on the coast, and the other for the desert country on the other side of the Cascades.

Neither will ever leave the fold. They will be passed down to my son or grandsons.