Another Project, Vintage Savage Rifles

Savage Rifles. I like vintage 22's in general and I have found that I really like the older Savage offerings.
These four are the favorites, the top three for their accuracy and general overall handling, fit and feel. They are full size rifles and feel like it.

The bottom rifle is equally as accurate though it is a single shot "barngun" in these parts. It's a proven tin can killer. Taking it to the range in the late evening and plinking a few rounds is just pure relaxation.

Model 1919 NRA Match Rifle
Model 1922 restocked with a later stock, possibly a 1923 variant
Model 19-33 NRA Match rifle. This really has the heft and feel of it's centerfire cousins
Marked "Savage Arms" Stevens Model 160 A really fun rifle.

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Very nice collection/assortment. The 160A looks a very great deal like my Stevens 15A with a scope added. My first rifle as a boy, age 12, which killed a large assortment of rattlesnakes, pigeons, porcupines, squirrels both tree and ground, foxes, skunks, and probably more that I've forgotten. Savage has always made a good gun for the money.

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DG

The bottom one looks like the first "real" gun dad bought me in1950.
I am 79 now.

That Stevens Model 15 has been sold by Savage as a lot of different model numbers over the years. Mine is a Savage Springfield Model 120A. Also my first real gun, I received it for Christmas when I was ten. One of those "If I had a nickel for every time I shot it, I'd be rich" guns.

If the extractor starts pulling over the rim, fully chamber the cartridge before closing the bolt and it will work better.

Robert

I like them all but that 1919 NRA Match Rifle is cool. 8-)