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I was walking through the LGS and spotted a poor impoverished 22 lr rifle. It had some surface rust on the receiver and the barrel but the action was ok and the bore looked good (and the price was excellent). So I brought home a Savage Model 64 semi auto.... Now the question is, what do I do with it? Beside shoot it.... Anyone know anything about these, other than they are cheap?

I was thinking into making it a takedown rifle. ( the barell is easily removed for field stripping)... Any ideas?

64f? If so, no accutrigger.

I think I'd clean it and shoot it. Cut the stock back a bit and it would fit R.

greener wrote:64f? If so, no accutrigger.

I think I'd clean it and shoot it. Cut the stock back a bit and it would fit R.

hmmm good point.......

I didn't see any modified stocks for that rifle. A Revolutions Tundra stock might be modified enough to fit it.

I might see if the kids can handle it as is... I would prefer a single shot for the kids but this may work...

Saw a really ugly Glenfield single shot for $99.

$99, that's more than I paid for the savage......by $20

I took the trigger group out, disassembled it, cleaned the crud out, polished the parts a bit, lubed and reinstalled. Trigger is better, not gritty. Not great but not bad. Gonna have to make a range trip to see how it shoots still.

it only took me 2 weeks to get the weather and my scheduale together enough to get it to the range to test it out. it shot better than would expectr a $80 gun to shoot.

Reliability:

I ran 100-120 mini-mag through it 20 each of eley sport and CCI SV without any malfunctions. ran 100% with standard vel or high vel ammo. I put a 30 each of Remmington CEEBEE's and CCI Quiet those didn't cycle the action but shot fairly well.

Accuracy:

I shot it off hand from 25-50 yards with the factory Irons, in fading light. I didn't have any issues hitting the 3" diameter rbber spinner as long as I sucked less than normal. I have not put it on paper yet.

Trigger, mag and such:

The gun is built pretty solid. The mag is of thicker material than my Bolt action Savage, really robust. It is fairly easy to load the first 9 but the last one needs a bit more force, but not a big deal. in short the Mag is of excellent quality,

The trigger was gritty and creepy when I brought it home then I Detail stripped it polished the contact surfaces lubed it nicely and reinstalled it. much smoother now. it has a longish take up with a good break and a little overtravel, a 6 lb pull maybe. not bad at all....

Overall:

I like it, handles good, shoots well enough, good quality parts, and built to withstand normal abuse

Sounds like you done good on the rifle.

greener wrote:Sounds like you done good on the rifle.

So far so good. I think its an underrated rifle.