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@Bobhunter: I see you live in northwest missouri. I lived in central missouri during the early to mid 60's and every year a local gas station raffled off a savage 99. You got one raffle ticket for every 10 gallons of gas. Those days are gone forever.
hammie, yes I live in Northwest Missouri.
I sure would have liked to been close to that local station that was doing the raffle, that's where I would have purchased my gas.
I believe you are correct about those days being gone.
In those days only the rich owned a savage 99. The rest of us poor people used 30-30's or an occasional .35 Remington.
I purchased my first 99 (a used one) in the 70's, having a wife and two kids at the time I was a long way from being a rich man, I still am.
As a matter of fact the deer I killed with the 99 helped a lot with the grocery bill.
When I was a kid I always wondered what the poor folks ate, Dad always told me beans and cornbread, I told Dad "hmm the same thing we eat".
Best Regards
Bob Hunter
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