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The First Time in My Life...

bustedknee

A beautiful evening here in the mountains of SW Virginia so it I raised a window on the front porch, turned up the heat and sighted-in my Savage 22 at a 35 yard target in the front yard. This Mark II bolt-action is a dandy little rifle with a threaded barrel but it has been a great disappointment since purchase. It only extracts 2/3's of the fired rounds. Last night I reshaped the point of the extractor and today it is 100%!

I sighted it in with a red dot scope and I can I can now ding the 2" gong at 50 yards with every shot from a sandbag. I shot up 6 boxes of ammo before dinner.


The is first time in my life...I actually shot up $1000 of ammunition in one day! 🤑



If anyone has one of those Savage rifles that does not like to extract, try this - sharpen the point on the extractor. If you ruin it, only the price of the extractor is at risk. I slightly tightened the C-spring as well.

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  • jimdeere

    Did you use a Dremel tool?

    It sure is nice to be able to shoot off one’s porch anytime.

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  • bustedknee

    I used a small file...maybe 3 strokes on top and 2 underneath.

    One of the joys of my retirement - shooting off the porch. I could hunt off my porch but my wife says all animals in the yard belong to her and animals on the mountain belong to me.

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  • JimmyJack

    Ive got an old Glenfield Marlin 25 that shoots like that! But I cant afford to burn up $1000 anymore. It should be deadly on leaves too!

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  • bustedknee

    Funny you should mention shooting leaves. That is how I adjusted the scope to get it on paper. Haha!

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  • Warbirds

    Sounds like an excellent way to spend the day!

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  • Sam06

    I shoot off my porch too(actually the back deck). I have a bunch of steel spinner targets set up from 30 yds to 100 yds. I have some old frying pans hanging in the trees and shoot just about everyday. I usually wind down at 1600 and have a cigar. I haul out one of my 22's and shoot maybe a 50 rd box each day. I like an iron sighted 22 so I usually shoot my Yogo trainer or a Browning BLR-22, both are accurate and have good iron sights. Sometimes I get lucky and blast a crow.

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  • ridgleyart

    I shoot off the porch and deck, usually my CZ 452, the porch is 100 yards, and the back is only 40 yards because of the trees.

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  • KenK/84Bravo

    Little Men, will be Little Men.

    Just can't help yourself from Trolling, can you JJ?

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