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She's a Savage 6A, a Utica girl.
She has the dings, dents and finish issues commensurate with her ( at least) 74 years...
She can, however, SHOOT.
I have all the factory sight options. The front sight with changeable inserts, the open rear and the 105 aperture too.
Currently, she wears a Weaver 29S 3x, on the original T1 mount. The base screws marked F and R, for front and rear.
The scope is a 3/4 inch centerfire type, and although dirty internally, is really quite nice! Gonna have it cleaned/ serviced once I stop shooting her...
She's not fussy and shoots most ammo decently. Her favorite snacks are CCI standard velocity, Eley Contact and Aguila super extra 40. In that order.
Her action is fascinating. She a " click clack" or " gill gun". Her trigger is kinda 2 stage. Some take up, then it stacks before the sear trips. Very controllable if you don't just rip through it
When the rifle fires, the bolt stays to the rear ( if you have proper trigger control) until you release the trigger. The bolt goes forward and another pull of the trigger fires the round ( a nifty thing is YOU control when the next round is chambered, not the rifle. Good too if you lose count of your rounds. You can check without yanking the handle). Hence the " click clack" nickname.
If that weren't enough, which the bolt forward, push the charging handle in and PRESTO! Manual operation.
She will feed and fire shorts and longs too, but only cycles semi auto with long rifles.
Cleaning is a breeze. The bolt, hammer and firing pin all come right out the back. No need to dismount the stock. Back in the day, Savage recommend cleaning " every one thousand shots". That's back when .22 ammo was DIRTY. The gills, 8 vertical slots on the left side of the receiver and one on the right, are effective in giving the fouling someplace to go.
These rifles are significantly over built and of GOOD steel. I've seen several, fouled badly enough to choke an AK, that still function.
Poor things...
Had her out last evening to zero the Weaver. Fading light and a somewhat cloudy scope... 50 yards with CCI standards gave groups from 9/16ths to 3/4 inch for 3 shots. Most were 5/8ths to 11/16ths. Not target level, but the chicken of the tree better keep its head down...
So. Here's my all time favorite .22.
P.s. The sling keepers are pretty cool too. Very early detachable type. Hook the silver tab with a fingernail, give it a half turn and off it comes.
She has the dings, dents and finish issues commensurate with her ( at least) 74 years...
She can, however, SHOOT.
I have all the factory sight options. The front sight with changeable inserts, the open rear and the 105 aperture too.
Currently, she wears a Weaver 29S 3x, on the original T1 mount. The base screws marked F and R, for front and rear.
The scope is a 3/4 inch centerfire type, and although dirty internally, is really quite nice! Gonna have it cleaned/ serviced once I stop shooting her...
She's not fussy and shoots most ammo decently. Her favorite snacks are CCI standard velocity, Eley Contact and Aguila super extra 40. In that order.
Her action is fascinating. She a " click clack" or " gill gun". Her trigger is kinda 2 stage. Some take up, then it stacks before the sear trips. Very controllable if you don't just rip through it
When the rifle fires, the bolt stays to the rear ( if you have proper trigger control) until you release the trigger. The bolt goes forward and another pull of the trigger fires the round ( a nifty thing is YOU control when the next round is chambered, not the rifle. Good too if you lose count of your rounds. You can check without yanking the handle). Hence the " click clack" nickname.
If that weren't enough, which the bolt forward, push the charging handle in and PRESTO! Manual operation.
She will feed and fire shorts and longs too, but only cycles semi auto with long rifles.
Cleaning is a breeze. The bolt, hammer and firing pin all come right out the back. No need to dismount the stock. Back in the day, Savage recommend cleaning " every one thousand shots". That's back when .22 ammo was DIRTY. The gills, 8 vertical slots on the left side of the receiver and one on the right, are effective in giving the fouling someplace to go.
These rifles are significantly over built and of GOOD steel. I've seen several, fouled badly enough to choke an AK, that still function.
Poor things...
Had her out last evening to zero the Weaver. Fading light and a somewhat cloudy scope... 50 yards with CCI standards gave groups from 9/16ths to 3/4 inch for 3 shots. Most were 5/8ths to 11/16ths. Not target level, but the chicken of the tree better keep its head down...
So. Here's my all time favorite .22.
P.s. The sling keepers are pretty cool too. Very early detachable type. Hook the silver tab with a fingernail, give it a half turn and off it comes.
