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The epitome of fun for me is to find a coyote trotting out across a snowy open field and me "exercising" him a bit with my rifle -- I can put a lot of lead in the air in a short period of time with my 99. I hope this project works out. From an accuracy standpoint, the best I've been able to do...

This made me chuckle a bit. I started hunting with lever actions (Savage 99) and then gravitated towards bolt actions when I developed an interest in long range coyote hunting. Over the years, a lot of bolt actions have come and gone from the gun safe, but the lever actions have never left...

For an all-around do everything knife, I'll recommend the SOG Kiku. I just bought the folding version (SOG KIKU XR earlier this summer) and it's by far my favorite knife. Love the material, size, and ergonimics of the grip, and the blade is holding an edge better than anything else I've used...

I'll be interested to hear what you think of that scope after you've used it a bit. That's a pretty attractive package (features, reticles, size, and weight) for the price they are asking. Their 1-6x24 is of interest to me.

Like others, I'd recommend her learning to shoot left-handed. Absolutely nothing wrong with her shooting as a right-hander, but learning to shoot as a lefty givers her the option to shoot with both eyes open which is a huge plus in close quarters shooting and shotgunning. I'd be surprised if...

Wow. There are a lot of zeros in that sale price...

Ole Betsy for me is a .308 Savage 99 and it carries a Leica ERi 2.5-10x42. In the mornings I may be looking at elk in the deep, dark timber right before daylight trying to discern what is what, and in the afternoons I may be shooting at coyotes across the fields of the Palouse at 400 yds. That...

Like you, I carry a wolf tag with me should the opportunity to shoot one arises as I'm chasing deer or elk, but have never deliberately hunted wolves. I do have a work compatriot though that hunts them on a regular basis and is fairly successful. In talking with him, he tends to target a large...

I think the demand on the 99s in general has dropped a little bit in comparison to what it was a couple years ago, but your .358 should still bring a pretty good price to the right buyer. I'm looking for a "shooter" .358 rather than something to hang onto as a collector, and have pretty much...

You didn't say what all she wants to do with her .243, but if she's chasing predators with it and wanting to save hides, you might play with Lehigh Defense's 62 gr Controlled Chaos bullets. I've not tried them yet (don't have my 6mm Creedmoor done yet) but they are on the top of my list for...

I've not hunted with a Hornady Interlock, but at velocities that you're able to launch the 200 gr bullets at in a .358 win, I think you'll find a lot of the bullets out there will perform well out to 300 yds (and a bit beyond).

You've got a great rifle! Among Savage 99 fans (I'm one) the .358 is a great find. You'll find it has a bit of a cult following in Alaska, so if you spend some time searching the Alaska Outdoors forum, you'll dig up a lot of info about loads on the .358 for a Savage 99. That happens to be a...

Meopta would be another good brand to look at as an alternative. They've been around forever and the last couple years have started catering to the US market a lot more. You don't hear many complaints about Meopta scopes and they compete in the mid tier to high end markets.

Stories aside, I'm jealous of you bow hunters. You have opportunities for "close up" interactions with game that few of us rifle hunters ever get. (I do hope to give it another shot in the near future when I gain a little more schedule flexibility in my fall months -- I'm counting on it going...

Yeah, that little episode lead to a pretty short bow hunting career. We did figure out why the bow failed though -- the cams on that bow each had a press-fit pin near the perimeter, and that pin had backed out far enough that it caught on limb as it rotated during the draw back. Unfortunately...

LOL -- I'll have to differ on that one. Having grown up chasing whitetail in eastern Washington and northern Idaho with a rifle, when my wife and I moved to Peoria, IL (1989) for jobs with CAT, I quickly learned that if I wanted to continue playing with whitetail I'd better learn to hunt with a...

I'm not sure what your price range is, but at $1200 this scope will hold its own with just about anything out there when it comes to glass quality and low light shooting w/o going overboard on objective diameter. (I've got the 3.5-14x42 and 2.5-10x42 versions of this scope and reticle and they...

I've only put a cheek riser on one rifle for myself (and that's only because it's a Savage 99 with a low comb that doesn't work well with a scope) but did put one on my young daughter's rifle very quickly after watching her mount the rifle and shoot. With the scope set on low powers, she could...

Norma makes their Oryx at 100 gr that looks pretty attractive to me for .243 / 6mm for use on deer. I just picked up a barrel for a long-term 6mm Creedmoor experiment/project and that's the bullet I thought I'd start with for deer-sized game.

I think one of the things I get the biggest kick out of is all the imaginative ways I've heard people manage to butcher the pronunciation of "Swarovski". Savorski, Seroski, Sikurski, Sorski, … some of them being bad enough that it took me a minute to figure out what they were talking about...