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I don't own a 99 but ever so often I run across one I could live with. One thing about the 99, it has a great amount of canvas for the engraver. G&H & Fugger 
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You bet Michael, Here's a scan of a G&H 99 (Accurate Rifle cover 9/01) with engraving I attributed to Fugger(?!) 
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Thanks for all the input. I expected that I would be getting speculation and conjecture. But I also knew that I might get some of the most knowledgeable gun finish speculation available by asking here.
SDH, As for being you least favorite rifle, I wont hold it against you.
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Last edited by grogel; 09/01/08 08:53 PM.
AKA garyg, depending on how confused and which computer Im on.
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Great Photos!
OK, conjecture: Top three rifles, charcoal blue, next three rust blue with rust bluing over case colored takedown forend (hard steel-hard to rust blue, doesn't wear well, try a needle file in a hidden place.) All brls probably rust blued.
The blue on my old Colt looks very much like the blue-turning-brown of your second photo.
Does the third vintage photo show a skeletonized 99?
I'm going to rethink my knife and cartridge belt choices for mule deer hunting this year!
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Interesting photos. The second picture marked "Riggall' would be F.H. Riggall a Canadian guide, writer and friend of Whelen's. I also see one of the Bear hunters has a Ross sporting rifle. I sent a link to this thread to the caretaker of the rifle pictured below. He is not a member so I don't know if he will post or not. 
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If he doesnt post, hes welcome to email me at ggroshel@msn.com if he would like to share more photos of that one  the cutaway rifle is missing part of its stock.  so there is one vote for caustic blue and one for rust blue on the newer rifles. How would one tell the difference? was one used more than the other by us gunmakers?
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You bet Michael, Here's a scan of a G&H 99 (Accurate Rifle cover 9/01) with engraving I attributed to Fugger(?!) Steven, The Fugger Fox did get to eat! 
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Michael, if you are going to show off rifles like that, it shure would be nice for some more pictures and descriptions! Sort of a bait and tease this way.
That highwall as a really interesting lever, but I would think it hard to shoot if that rifle has much recoil. Iwould like to see and hear more about that particular rifle.
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Brent, I’m not sure I remember all the particulars of this rifle. One of the resent owners of this rifle is a member of the forum and I’ll let him tell you about it, if he sees it. 
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