I bought a 99 in .300 Savage when I was in training in Regina.
I also bought a lee loader and loaded for it in the barracks, then took it out to my cousin's ranch and shot coyotes, jackrabbits and gophers with it. Those were the days.
Mine had the Lyman aperture sight along with the brass ctg. count indicator and the brass pin cocking indicator.(pretty sure it was brass, but now I think about it, it might have been steel)