I have a Savage 99 that was manufactured in 1966. .308 with a Zeiss 3X9X40 on it. Awesome weapon.
In about 1972 when I was 13 I bought a 99F in .243. I had to get special small base dies to reload for it because it was fussy about ejecting loads done with standard dies.
I took it on many hunting trips and Dad was using his pre 64 Model 70 also in .243. Good times.
They are a great rifle. I have one that was made in 1940 chambered in .300 Savage.
There’s a 30-30 Winchester Model 94 that’s been our family for at least five generations now. Who knows how many deer have been taken with it over the years...a lot for sure. There’s also an old J.C. Higgins 12-gauge bolt action shotgun laying around somewhere as well. Then, there’s a small, single-shot Winchester 22-02 rifle that my great, great grand pappy won as a prize in a Cracker Jacks box way back in the early 1900s before we were invaded by the insane and guns were demonized. That little rifle was used to teach several generations of young fellas how to shoot....some of em as early as age 5. FWIW, none of em ever shot up a school, robbed a store, etc. Two of em, however, eventually became USMC BAR riflemen in the Pacific theatre during WWII.