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5db5db Member Posts: 1,621 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited October 2001 in General Discussion
How about a Savage 340C bolt action in 30-30! It's barely 40" long with a 21" barrel and Walnut stock. Anyone here have any experience with such a rifle?
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    I`ve got one ,brother,it was the least expensive bolt action centerfire rifle made at the time it came out.Ive had a little trouble with the ones in hornet,but the 30-30 is a very dependable rifle,much better than a lot of more expensive rifles.It is nice to have a bolt action 30-30,Not very purdy though!!!.218
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  • ICE NINEICE NINE Member Posts: 50 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    My grandfather had one in 30-30. Saw it take several deer in the SW PA woods. Seems to be a decent deer rifle. He swore by it.
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  • stanmanstanman Member Posts: 3,052
    edited November -1
    5db,I've looked at a couple recently and have been wanting one, just because it's a Savage!I can pick one up around here for about $100 in decent shape. I'd like to know how it works out for you. Happy shooting!!
    My wife?.........Sure!My dog?..........Maybe!MY GUNS??........NEVER!!!
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    I do have about 24 Savage rifles,so I do know enough to tell you it is a fine little gun!!!Chubby little thing ,aint it?.218
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  • 5db5db Member Posts: 1,621 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    218Beekeep, Purdy is as Purdy does! I'm not sure how "Purdy" this one will be, but it's not too hard on the eyes. Hope to get a bit of range time in tomorrow. stanman, this one is really pretty clean, action is tight, bore is bright and the screw heads are not all goofed up. Asking price was $125.
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  • Homer J SimpsonHomer J Simpson Member Posts: 89 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey Bee, I get the Purdy reference. That is painting contractor speak for 'pretty'.Otherwise, a line of very well made paint brushes - (for those who don't speak painter.)But still, I also think that our southern friend may just mispronounce words (mispro-type words?) because, well, he's from the south, and they are still reconstructing the educational system.
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Homer,you were right the first time!!!!!Will the last reb to leave Flarda please bring the ...oh,what the hell,just leave it.
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  • 5db5db Member Posts: 1,621 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    First shot @ 25 yards cut black so I quit!And moved to 100 yards, 3 shots went around 5" which wasn't bad considering the cross wind and the bumpy road....
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  • timberbeasttimberbeast Member Posts: 1,738 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The bumpy road? What, you got it mounted on the hood of your truck?? Hey, there's an idea! Accu-shot hood mount with remote trigger!!
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  • .250Savage.250Savage Member Posts: 812 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    God I love this BBS. You guys always make me laugh...
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Hey 5db,do you have the dockendorf rear sights on yours,which have the little dime sized disc for elevation??It`s pretty neet.I saw side mounts in Numrich for $18. regularly $30.218:~A Purdy good painter~
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  • 5db5db Member Posts: 1,621 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Beast, How else? If you're going to hunt from the road, you should practice from the road. Right? No remote trigger pulling anything, against the law here.218Beekeep, nope, appears to be some custom sights, has what amounts to a small set screw at the front with a blob of solder and a "V" filed into it for a rear. The front site pretty well hides anything you could want to shoot at 100 yards. So once the target is covered up with the set screw just move it into the V blob and jerk the trigger right quick.
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    I think I`d have to check out that one piece side mount,you could be suprized at how accurate those 340s are..218
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  • woodsrunnerwoodsrunner Member Posts: 5,378 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm still kicking myself for passing on a 340 in .222 a couple years ago still had the hang tags on it price was $140.00WOODS
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Hey Woods,did I ever mention that I am the proud owner of two M-1920 Savage Bolt Action Rifles?? They are the most lovely rifles ever created..218
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  • woodsrunnerwoodsrunner Member Posts: 5,378 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    YOU TEASE!!!!I'll just have to console myself with the Mod 54 that SHELBY is looking so hard for. A Beauty from 1927, 30-06, No dove tail in the barrel for a rear sight, just has the lyman..OH and before I forget, hehehe, Special order wood!!About those Model 20'sDaddy always said "Good things come to those who wait."WOODS
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Woods,have you ever seen one?I fell in love just by lookin at pictures(of guns)in books.Looked for a couple of years,then a guy I know came up with two,about three months apart..218[This message has been edited by 218Beekeep (edited 10-28-2001).]
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  • woodsrunnerwoodsrunner Member Posts: 5,378 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had a buddy buy one in .300 from a garage sale about ten years ago.. I shot that one, It was a sweetie. I've always been fond of the medium 25's too.. Give me a model 20 in .250 or a Pre64 model 70 featherweight in .257 Roberts, I'll be as happy os a lil piggy in a manure pile.WOODS
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Mine are a 250 and a 300,hope you get one,be prepared to pay more than the $350. that the blue book says it`s worth.I don`t know where they get their numbers,sometimes..218
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