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Old 01-12-2013, 09:05 PM
sirguinness sirguinness is offline
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Default My Model 81

A cousin called me one day and said his deceased father's lifelong hunting partner gave my cousin his gun as a keepsake. When the hunting partner passed away, my cousin offered it to me, since my cousin is not a shooter. It's a 1949 Model 81 .300 Savage Standard model. The scope on it is a 4x Texan made by Norman-Ford & Co., which is ironic since these guys were Texans and hunted in Texas. I understand it took many local deer over the years. The one flaw that concerns me is the cracking of the rear stock behind the trigger(see 4th picture). Otherwise, it shoots great. To share with everybody, I located some very impressive ammo for it. I found it at Natchez Ammunition and it's made by Double Tap. It's a 125 grain Nosler Partioned Boat Tail with ballistics of 3050 fps and 2582 ft. lbs at the muzzle. If you Google this ammo, you'll see trajectories and ballistics at various yardage. I haven't tried it yet, but anxious to do so.
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