That is how mine turned out after I scraped it and then hand sanded it. I finished it with tung oil. I also put a see through scope/red dot mount on mine and it is a nice little brush rifle. Just load it and no need to carry any more cartridges with you...
Yours looks real nice there Corey.. You did a real good job. Is that lever gun a Savage?
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A friend of mine used to have a Savage lever rifle a long time ago that I really wanted. He let his brother use it, and that fool sold it. It was a 300 Savage as I remember, and that was a long range deer knocker. It kind of reminded me of that rifle's looks. I always said I wanted another lever rifle. I sold my old model 94 to my brother because he was having a fit over mine. I was going to get a Marlin .444, .450 or 45/70 but never did. And even if I did, I would never shoot the thing probably. I really need to stop hanging out here. I turned into a collector.
I threw a red dot on my SKS one year, tuned it in of course for 50 yards. That year, I let my friends daughter (who had just passed her hunter safety course and was gun poor)use the rifle. She popped a monster eight point at about 40 yards with it. When I asked her where she aimed, she said.. I put the red dot on his shoulder and pulled the trigger twice. She said it did a good job knocking it down. I personally have never shot a deer with it. I bought it because I saw it in a store and next thing you know it came home with me.
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I do that a lot and did that alot too. that is why I ended up with the sks (nomistake) and a 9mm I maybe selling that I ended up not liking and the place I bought it from closed down.
maybe turning my 9 mm into a 45cal sidelock
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inlines
Knight usak and 50 disc orginal
win apex 45cal
cva wolf
sidelocks
cva hawken 50cal and from parts 54cal
cva plainsman 50cal flintlock
stone mountain 50cal silver eagle
rimfire
Ruger 96/22lr, Mossberg 715t 22lr
CF
mosin nagant 91/30, and fig 9mm
I know what you mean about the old Savage 99, Cayugad. I've always wanted one in .250-300 Savage. Passed up a good one about three years ago and kicked myself for months afterward. I like the 99's look and feel - though my brother-in-law says they are the ugliest rifles he's ever seen.
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