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My dad passed in 2008, my mom passed just two months ago. When mom passed I took possession of all the guns. My dad was not known as being mechanical or finicky with his gun cleanliness. Every time I have sat down to care for one of his guns I have been amazed as to why they were allowed to stay so dirty.
Tonight's project was his 1964 Savage 99m (I read somewhere the 'm' means it had a Monte Carlo stock and gold trigger) in .284 Winchester and topped with what seems to be a period correct Tasco 4x32. Another cool feature of it is that it has a Buehler scope mount and it says Orinda, Ca. on it- that goes back quite a bit! This Savage is in great condition, despite needing a bath, showing only honest wear on the blue and the wood.
.284 Win is very hard to find in "normal" times, it is absolutely impossible to find a source for it now. I remember growing up not liking his old Savage. To me Savage was an off brand and it made no sense to have a rifle that was so hard to find ammo for. My dad told me how the .284 had been a wild cat and then it progressed into commercial production. In my twenties I began to "get it" and started to find the whole wild catting thing interesting, but I still preferred to have something with more accessible ammo. I always thought I would want to have it redone in .308.
I do remember dad taking at least one deer with his Savage when I was very young. Now that I am in my fifties I am very well versed on the allure of the Savage 99's. I would now also, never even think of redoing it into a .308. I just want to keep it "dad correct" and keep it range and field ready. Hopefully I will find some .284 for it someday- if anybody has any leads please let me know!
Tonight's project was his 1964 Savage 99m (I read somewhere the 'm' means it had a Monte Carlo stock and gold trigger) in .284 Winchester and topped with what seems to be a period correct Tasco 4x32. Another cool feature of it is that it has a Buehler scope mount and it says Orinda, Ca. on it- that goes back quite a bit! This Savage is in great condition, despite needing a bath, showing only honest wear on the blue and the wood.
.284 Win is very hard to find in "normal" times, it is absolutely impossible to find a source for it now. I remember growing up not liking his old Savage. To me Savage was an off brand and it made no sense to have a rifle that was so hard to find ammo for. My dad told me how the .284 had been a wild cat and then it progressed into commercial production. In my twenties I began to "get it" and started to find the whole wild catting thing interesting, but I still preferred to have something with more accessible ammo. I always thought I would want to have it redone in .308.
I do remember dad taking at least one deer with his Savage when I was very young. Now that I am in my fifties I am very well versed on the allure of the Savage 99's. I would now also, never even think of redoing it into a .308. I just want to keep it "dad correct" and keep it range and field ready. Hopefully I will find some .284 for it someday- if anybody has any leads please let me know!
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