I have a co-worker that asked me to check out a rifle she and her husband bought over 20 years ago as they were heading out to live in a logging camp. She couldn't tell me what make or model it was, only that they had lost the little thingie that you put the bullets in to put them in the rifle. She later brought in the "bullets" they had bought with the rifle, a partial box of .308 Win with five rounds missing.
I agreed to look at, clean and shoot it for her. She also mentioned that maybe I'll be interested in buying it. She brought it in, and it is a pretty nice Savage 99CD. It had several very minor dents in both the fore and butt stocks, with paint imbedded in the dents. The bluing is excellent, but there was a lot of surface rust. I took the fore stock off, and was pleased to find no rust. I rubbed the metal down with FP10 and patches, and the first few were almost blood red, but I found no pitting. The bore was dirty, but it cleaned up and now shines. I cleaned the paint off the stock with Goof-Off, then rubbed it down with Watco oil. Including cleaning the checkering with a soft toothbrush and Watco oil.
The only real severe "scar" is a small circle bored into the back bottom right side of the butt stock, back close to the recoil pad. It looks like an aborted attempt to mount a sling stud. Someone was telling me that it used to hold a medallion. I can't find a confirmation for that.
Anyway, the rifle has turned out looking very good. And, I may want to buy it. So, what would be a good price range for this rifle? My searches on Gunsamerica, GunBroker.com, and AuctionArms.com have given me a wide range of results, mostly because of the wide range of models. I've also done some Yahoo searches, without much in the way of good results. So, I thought I'd ask the experts!
I agreed to look at, clean and shoot it for her. She also mentioned that maybe I'll be interested in buying it. She brought it in, and it is a pretty nice Savage 99CD. It had several very minor dents in both the fore and butt stocks, with paint imbedded in the dents. The bluing is excellent, but there was a lot of surface rust. I took the fore stock off, and was pleased to find no rust. I rubbed the metal down with FP10 and patches, and the first few were almost blood red, but I found no pitting. The bore was dirty, but it cleaned up and now shines. I cleaned the paint off the stock with Goof-Off, then rubbed it down with Watco oil. Including cleaning the checkering with a soft toothbrush and Watco oil.
The only real severe "scar" is a small circle bored into the back bottom right side of the butt stock, back close to the recoil pad. It looks like an aborted attempt to mount a sling stud. Someone was telling me that it used to hold a medallion. I can't find a confirmation for that.
Anyway, the rifle has turned out looking very good. And, I may want to buy it. So, what would be a good price range for this rifle? My searches on Gunsamerica, GunBroker.com, and AuctionArms.com have given me a wide range of results, mostly because of the wide range of models. I've also done some Yahoo searches, without much in the way of good results. So, I thought I'd ask the experts!