Long story. A LGS knows I love Savage rifles along with Lever actions and single shots. They called me back in the fall and told me to stop in when I got a chance. I did and they had a Savage 340 in .222 Rem. They had taken the BSquare scope mt and a vintage 3x9x40 Weaver steel tube, wideview scope off of it to make it easier to store in the back. All the screws and the scope/mount went with the rifle. The scope had several rust rashes on the tube.Now for the rifle, blue was 85% or better, bore was bright and shiny. The stock had been broken into 4 pieces and epoxied back together with the help of 3 screw/bolts, and varnished over. They told me that the older gentleman they got it from was honest, and told me it was supposed to be a shooter. I asked them what the wanted for this jewel and they said $225 out the door, so it went home with me. I had hung it up until today. I put the scope and mount on and loaded up 20 rounds of 50 Berger flat base HP match bullets someone had given me a long time ago. It took 10 shots starting at 25 and going to 100 yds to get it zeroed. I then shot a 5 shot group that had 3 bullet holes overlapping each other. I could not believe it so I shot the last 5 rounds and had the same group. I cant shoot that good with a 3x9 scope. I was planning on glass bedding the rifle and may still do that, or not, I hate to mess with something that ain't broke. I will take the stock off, and do some light sanding, and paint it camo, or blk, any thing will look better than the broken glued together lines and the screw heads hid under large amounts of epoxy and varnish. I am sure glad that my first intention to pass on it went away and I brought it home with me. I now know why everyone who had one of these old rifles in the past, praised them. Just thought I would share this with you guys.