Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Root, I wouldn't mess with that 99 either! I missed a 22HP a few years back and still kick myself. But if you have an action and a barrel and a stock set all from different original sources, the 25/35 AI make a lot of sense. The one thing I don't know about in a 99 is the spool mag. What a 25/35 AI will do in a standard 25/35 spool I don't know. It's a dream for me. I'd be better off finding a trashed Marlin 336 and building it off that.
Rifle or Handloader, makes no diff to me. It all depends on who writes the story and when. Dave Scoville wrote some real good stuff back in the day. Now, I wouldn't believe a word he says. I can say that if I had hankerin's for a 300 mag type, it would be the H+H. It's just classic.
Bill, the 280 is about perfect just as it is. I would pass up a 7Mag any day in favor of a 280, but I am not afflicted with magmunistis. I have a 280 reamer and an FN Mauser action. Someday I may mate the 2, unless I really decide I want that 375 Whelen...
Rifle or Handloader, makes no diff to me. It all depends on who writes the story and when. Dave Scoville wrote some real good stuff back in the day. Now, I wouldn't believe a word he says. I can say that if I had hankerin's for a 300 mag type, it would be the H+H. It's just classic.
Bill, the 280 is about perfect just as it is. I would pass up a 7Mag any day in favor of a 280, but I am not afflicted with magmunistis. I have a 280 reamer and an FN Mauser action. Someday I may mate the 2, unless I really decide I want that 375 Whelen...