Thinking about a new/old rifle

Don't own one.  But would like on withe the rotary magazine and the little brass shell indicator window,

The old ones were popular around here for deer out to abot 150 yards.  Later Savage chambered 243/308/358 but they couldn't compete with bolt rifles for longer range.

Well, for A lever action they were some of the more accurate.

Yeo, lever rifles are like riding the range  Hondo!

Yep, he no. 1 deer rifle here.  Semi-autos are illegal, so folks like the rapid fire of a pump rifle.  Most are '06 and guys usually shoot 180 grain; way more than needed for mountain whitetail.

They are accurate as they use a rotating bolt, like a regular bolt action lock up.

I never have shouldered a 99. But there's something about them that I like. 

BLRs kick

"felt kick" is really more of the way the stock design and the shooters holding.  Recoil from all 308 is identical if the same cartridge.

250-3000 came out in 1925  primarily as a deer/varmint cartridge.  The '06 was already out in Western hunters hands.  An d 10 years later the 270 was THE western rifle.  so the 250-3000 had just a few years to be adopted by shooters.  And the lever action 99 wasn't thought of as accurate,  sort of a Maine deer rifles.