Savage 340

[Blanco]

When I was in High school one of my buddies had an old Savage 340 in 30-30.
I always liked that rifle and vowed to get one some day.
As luck would have it I found one late last year. I haven't had much time to play with it, but the LOP is very short so I ordered a heavy duty Kick Eez pad to help with that. The previous owner had put a Barska scope on it with a Weaver side mount.
I remembered that I had an older Weaver K4 stored away and thought it would be much nicer.
Iwas amazed at what a nice the the old K4 is. Really sad these have to be made in China or some other country. It really was a fine optic. It will look so nice on my new Savage.

[kungfustyle]

Pictures, man, pictures

[Outer Rondacker]

Ill show you mine if you show me yours. LOL I love mine. It also is in 30-30. I just got done redoing the stock. It had a bur that would pull your whiskers. I remember the day the wife called and asked if I wanted it. I had never heard of one and said no. She replied are you sure he only wants 60 dollars for it and it comes with a bunch of ammo. (11 boxes of core lock). I said woman why are you still on the phone pay the man. She replied with I already did honey, its in the back seat and I'm headed home. I got a good woman.

If you can please add pictures as I have a sweat spot for these 340s now for some reason. Congrats on the fine and I am sure you enjoy working up some fun loads for it. Pointed bullets in a 30-30 what?

[richhodg66]

The 340 is a good rifle, they shoot much better than they have a right to. I have a Sears version in .30-30 and a Stevens 322 (same basic rifle) in .22 Hornet, also a good shooter.

They won't win any beauty contests, but they are certainly functional.

[Pumpkinheaver]

Great little rifles. I've had several over the years. I wish I still had the .222 I used on woodchucks back in northern NY.

[Blanco]

I decided that I would refinish the stock while I was fitting the new pad. The stock was severely oil soaked. I used acetone and a heat gun to sweat the oil out. I used 4 rolls of paper towels ...
As soon as I get the stock finished I will post up some pictures.

[Outer Rondacker]

I redid my stock. Used Tru oil. This is the first one I have even use Tru oil on. I think I like BLO better. This is 6 coats with a turtle wax buff. I like how it turned out. Sorry the pic is not so good. I hope yours turns out the way you want it. All in all it was fun and solved the issue of my whiskers getting pulled every time I put the gun to my face. The stock has no stain on it. If you look at the last pic you will see that the walnut used was not a prime piece. It has some of the Fat from the tree in it. One side is blond and the other is dark walnut. I kinda like it. So I left it.

[Blanco]

I got a bug in my britches and decided to knock out the pad fitment and finishing. I sanded in the pad for a close fit, then finish sanded the rest of the stock all the way down to 400 grit. put 2 coats of Watco dark Walnut stain then finished with Watco satin finishing wax. After all the wood working all I needed to do was put the metal back in and that is all she wrote. (Notice the beautiful Weaver K4..)

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[Outer Rondacker]

Looking GOOD. Pictures never show just how good it is until its in your hand in person. Nice job.

[Blanco]

Not sure what wood is on my 340. I thought it was just a very plain Walnut, but it did not act like it. Actually seemed harder and less porous.
almost resistant to the stain ? I like the plain look on it, seems a bit fitting.

[Outer Rondacker]

Funny I thought the same thing doing mine. I think it is walnut just old growth wood. Harder and tighter.

[Blanco]

I kinda thought it might be beech but I suspect you are right about the old growth Walnut. Still a nice piece of wood even if it is plain

[dg31872]

If I remember correctly, the early models were walnut, while later were a more common hardwood, perhaps beech.

Yours looks like an early model, as best I can tell from looking at the bolt.

Fine old rifles.

[Outer Rondacker]

Yes mine is a 340A

[EMC45]

Got a period correct Weaver K4 on my 340 as well. I think they look good on top of them.

[Blanco]

That Weaver clears the bolt too....just...but it does clear it

[roverboy]

I had a 340 in .30-30 years ago. Nice shooting little rifle. The action was a little short and when you loaded pointed bullets, they had to be seated a little deep. I guess with the short action, you need to stick with round nose.