Old photo of Savage 99 303 & comment by the owner.

[rangerider7]

[CEMENTHEAD]

What's the bottom gun ? 25 Remington ?

[Hobie]

What's the bottom gun ? 25 Remington ?

That's a Savage 1914 .22 LR which uses a detachable box magazine (you can see it in front of the trigger guard).

[2ndovc]

What's the bottom gun ? 25 Remington ?

That's a Savage 1914 .22 LR which uses a detachable box magazine (you can see it in front of the trigger guard).

Sure is. Or a 1903 Savaqge, had a similar profile.
My Grandfather had one of those.
Wasn't in his stuff after he passed away but I did find a
magazine for it.
Been hoping to come across one in decent condition.
Every time i see one it's really well used.
Grandpa used to hand me that little rifle and a couple boxes of shells and
tell me to go have some fun and get that woodchuck in the
in the barn while you're at it!

Sure miss that guy.

Interesting photo by the way.

jb

[rangerider7]

The two sidearms are kinda hard to see. I think the one on the right is a DA Colt. The one on the left could be a 7 1/2 inch Colt SAA or SW Scofield (?). KirkD maybe you can see the hammer and tell. It was interesting to see this outdoor man's essential weapons.

[Modoc ED]

What's the bottom gun ? 25 Remington ?

That's a Savage 1914 .22 LR which uses a detachable box magazine (you can see it in front of the trigger guard).

Sure is. Or a 1903 Savaqge, had a similar profile.
My Grandfather had one of those.
Wasn't in his stuff after he passed away but I did find a
magazine for it.
Been hoping to come across one in decent condition.
Every time i see one it's really well used.
Grandpa used to hand me that little rifle and a couple boxes of shells and
tell me to go have some fun and get that woodchuck in the
in the barn while you're at it!

Sure miss that guy.

Interesting photo by the way.

jb

Sometimes, it's the really well used ones that are the keepers.

[Catshooter]

Do you know who he is RR7?

Cool photo.


Cat

[gamekeeper]

He must have had some rough neighbours (Men or Beasts) to keep his guns so close!

Neat photo, thanks for sharing.

[TNBigBore]

Neat old photo. I am betting it is turn of the century give or take a few years.

[Sixgun]

The '99 is also a SRC--check out the buttplate. I bet he would be happy to know that "guncranks" like himself would be doing just fine a hundred years later. Look at all the blankets he has--must have been a cold area.

I wonder if he's still alive OK, I'm an idiot. ------------------Sixgun

[Ben_Rumson]

Hey Sixgun.. I thought the carbines came with a barrel band?

[deerwhacker444]

Hey Hobie, isn't that bottom .22 rifle a Savage 1903.? I think the 1914 had a tube magazine.

[Cosmoline]

Playing Holmes for a moment, I deduce:

--A cold climate (a large number of blankets and heavy clothes, longjohns underneath)
--A rough area in the wilderness (guns close plus he just bought a new Savage--not a small investment back then)
--Someplace where there's a mix of fowl, small game and big game including possible dangerous game.
--Someplace where there's a need to protect against TWO LEGGED trouble as well, thus the short guns.
--Away from civilization and womenfolk (a rough beard in the early 1900's when clean shaven was increasingly the mandate)
--Crude or rough accommodations (crude wallpaper, bed)
--Someplace the recipient would not have been very familiar with (thus he's sending a photo of him in his bed, which would ordinarily not be worth showing)
--A sender who has some money (he has a camera apparently and also just bought a new rifle, plus he has quite a large number of firearms for the time--worth mucho $$$)
--A date at least after 1903 or so thanks to the ID on the plinker, but still early enough to be calling the 99 savage "the new"
--Somewhere where a sender living in pretty crude conditions, who yet has money, would nevertheless be WILLING to show himself sitting in a crude bed next to crude wallpaper with no sense of shame. This is perhaps the most telling factor of all, given the norms of the day. Folks usually photographed themselves at their very best.
--The sender is reasonably well educated.

Putting these together, I'm going to say he's
--In the north
--In unusual accommodations worth commenting upon to his friend
--In a place he does not own, or at least someplace he's not ashamed of in spite of the crude condition.
--Perhaps wanting to show he "doesn't live in an igloo"
--In an occupation which both takes him outside a fair amount and gets him the $$ to stay well supplied, but at the same time puts him in pretty rough housing.
--Someplace far from most womenfolk

That leads me to believe he's in Alaska or Canada before WWI, quite possibly looking to strike it rich in any one of a number of stampedes. Nome, perhaps? Either that or he's working for the gob'ment.

[Mike D.]

The '99 is also a SRC--check out the buttplate. I bet he would be happy to know that "guncranks" like himself would be doing just fine a hundred years later. Look at all the blankets he has--must have been a cold area.

I wonder if he's still alive OK, I'm an idiot. ------------------Sixgun

I believe that he has a 99H. 20" bbl, straight grip stock, carbine butt, schnoble forend, front sight on a small raised ramp.

He is deceased.

[Tycer]

I think that just may be my favorite old picture shown on this forum. Thanks.

[Modoc ED]

Could be a farm hand or ranch hand in a bunkhouse. Note how the long guns are hung -- barrel down. A popular way to keep oil from running into the action after a rifle or shotgun had been cleaned and put away until needed again.

Neat picture.