This Savage 99A in .250-3000 was my first deer rifle. My grandpa bought it for me in a pawnshop. Killed my first blacktail with it in '94 at age 9 but soon moved on to bolt-actions. This old girl sat in the safe for a decade.
When I hit adulthood, say 19 or 20, I brought it back out and tried everything to get it to shoot well. Nothing worked, so it sat in the safe for another decade plus before I dropped major coin and had McGowen rebarrel it in 2018 with an 18 inch tube. I went threaded of course for a future point where I'd screw on a can.
Recently, I added this Banish Backcountry and thought I'd share how she looks. I'm not sure I've seen another suppressed 99. I wouldn't necessarily suggest chopping and threading an original, but for a rebarrel, it's a cool way to go.
When I hit adulthood, say 19 or 20, I brought it back out and tried everything to get it to shoot well. Nothing worked, so it sat in the safe for another decade plus before I dropped major coin and had McGowen rebarrel it in 2018 with an 18 inch tube. I went threaded of course for a future point where I'd screw on a can.
Recently, I added this Banish Backcountry and thought I'd share how she looks. I'm not sure I've seen another suppressed 99. I wouldn't necessarily suggest chopping and threading an original, but for a rebarrel, it's a cool way to go.
