Anybody have Savage Mark ii fv-sr Landry edition?

[KYamateur]

We have been looking for a 22 rifle. I have been playing with target shooting a little and have set up some targets from 100-300 yards on our property. My daughter is wanting a 22 rifle she can put a scope on. She had trouble operating the bolt on a marlin and a ruger American, but loved the fv-sr mark ii savage. The size of the rifle was just right also with the shorter barrel. They had it in black plastic but she wants a different color and the LGS said they could get a gator camo and showed us a pic of it. She liked it but didn't like the orange Troy Landry signature on it. My question is can that be scraped off fairly easily, or would I be better off buying the black one and degreasing it and painting it with Krylon? To me they are both fine, but to my 10 year old daughter these things are important.

 

[mjsdwash]

don't have that exact model, but have a MK2 basic. I got it very cheap because A. no ammo available, and B. It didnt work new. A 22 case epoxy'd to a cleaning jag, and covered in valve compound ran on an electric drill through the front of the barrel for a few minutes fixed it. This I hear is a common problem. The fix cost nothing, but if you don't have the stuff already, a trip to the factory can cost at least shipping. I really like the rifle. They are regarded as one of the most accurate common grade .22 out there (behind the CZ's, but 1/4 the cost) and they are fun. More fun that a semi auto in my opinion. If ammo was easy to get I would shoot it all the time. Magazines are rediculously expensive. 30$ or so, for a 140$ rifle. The 5 round mags are almost flush, so I would use them. These rifles are cheaply made. They used simple stamped parts, and lathe turned receivers. They are not junky, but the price point is low because of good low cost manufacturing. My bolt showed signs of excessive wear at the locking surface, as some do but it seems to have stopped. Some say this wear is the final fitting. The action locks on the bolt handle. If you have extraction issues, most of the forums tell you how to rig the extractor to make it work, but its really the chamber reaming. OOPS Im sorry, i thought you were looking for a opinion on the rifle, didn't see you were just asking about the stock, that I cant help you with. The stock's fairly slick, I would think you'd have to score it up heavily to get a good paint finish to stick. Can be done, but a little bit of work.

 

[Varminterror]

That Landy model is hydrodipped, so if you scrape off the signature, most likely you'll be scraping down to bare plastic. Unless you're good with a paint brush, that'll look worse than the orange signature. Wouldn't be worth the effort, in my book.

Get her the Savage Mark II model with the barrel length she likes, then order a Boyd's stock & DIP bottom metal... Then she can have whatever color of laminate stock she prefers.

In your same shoes, I picked up a Mark II FSS for my son this past winter, threw a Boyd's stock on it in purple and added some DIP bottom metal, per his request (he picked a red/black boyd's stock for his Marlin 60SB), and just ordered another FSS and a orange laminate Boyd's stock for my niece. Like you mentioned, it does make a difference to them.

Have you been shooting 22LR out at 300yrds?

 

[KYamateur]

That Landy model is hydrodipped, so if you scrape off the signature, most likely you'll be scraping down to bare plastic. Unless you're good with a paint brush, that'll look worse than the orange signature. Wouldn't be worth the effort, in my book.

Get her the Savage Mark II model with the barrel length she likes, then order a Boyd's stock & DIP bottom metal... Then she can have whatever color of laminate stock she prefers.

In your same shoes, I picked up a Mark II FSS for my son this past winter, threw a Boyd's stock on it in purple and added some DIP bottom metal, per his request (he picked a red/black boyd's stock for his Marlin 60SB), and just ordered another FSS and a orange laminate Boyd's stock for my niece. Like you mentioned, it does make a difference to them.

Have you been shooting 22LR out at 300yrds?

I've been shooting AR's and a savage in 6.5 Creedmoor at the 300 yard distance.. I usually shoot pistols but have kind of gotten hooked on trying to shoot distances. I have shot a 22 mag at 100-150, but not .22lr. My daughter loves the scopes but the 22 mag ammo is too hard to find and too expensive for her to plink with. She is too small for the larger calibers. I don't think I could shoot that far with 22lr. It would require more skill than I currently have. I was going to set targets for her up at 25, 50, 75, and maybe 100.

I browsed Boyds stocks but wasn't sure which one would fit the mark ii fv-sr. That would probably be the better way to go. The length of the rifle and ease of operation make the Savage the ideal rifle from what we have looked at so far. We looked at a T-bolt micro midas but it was a little small, a lot expensive, and the t bolt actually takes a pretty decent force to close back correctly.

 

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I have a Savage Mark II FV-SR and replaced the stock with a Boyds Rimfire Hunter stock in Forest Camo and love it. If you go the Boyd's route you will need to order it with the bull barrel channel as the FV-SR has a larger profile barrel. I had to get a dowel and some sand paper and lightly sand the barrel channel to full float it, but that only took 15 minutes of light work to get done.

Another thing that I did is get some polishing compound with some very light grit in it and polish up the bolt and bolt raceway, about an hours easy work with applying some compound (staying away from bolt face and lugs) and cycling the bolt in and out and some hand rubbing, and the bolt is really smooth. One can achieve the same thing with use, however it gives me opportunity to familiarize myself with the firearm while I'm making it more enjoyable to shoot for the first time. The bolt wasn't all that bad to begin with, but man after a little time polishing and then cleaning it up and oiling it, it is really slick running now.

I think your daughter will love it once it is set up.

What I have in my FV-SR so far is:

1. Savage Mark II FV-SR = $200.00 (online on sale)
2. FFL Fee = $20.00
3. Boyd's Rimfire Hunter Stock = $90.00 (they've gone up since I purchased mine to $130)
4. DIP Bottom Metal = $25.00
5. Burris Timberline 4.5-14x32 (parallax adjustment from 7 yards to infinity) = $265.00
6. Triad Tactical Buttstock Pack (carries my extra magazines, bore snake) = $45.00
7. Compensator (for looks, place holder for Gemtech GM22) - $25.00
8. Sling = $25.00
TOTAL = $695.00

Really you would only need to spend ~$400.00 to get it setup in a Boyds stock and a decent rimfire scope and you would have a nice .22 to shoot with your daughter.

 

[Varminterror]

We have multiple Savage Mark II's, my son was able to operate his at 3yrs old. I made a single shot follower and cut down a Boyd's stock to 8.5" to fit his length of pull. As he grows up, I can add spacers to add LOP, and eventually swap it for a full size Boyd's stock once he gets older.

The boyd's page, at the upper left, has a stock selector labeled "Find a Stock." Put in Savage for brand, MKII for model, and Bolt action clip feed Bull barrel for the action (or "any barrel). Click find or search or whatever it says at the bottom. You'll see all of your options. Even if you mess up and buy one for a sporter barrel (which you won't if you follow the above advice), it's not terribly difficult to hog out the barrel channel.

I only asked about shooting 22LR out to 300 as I was curious what rig you had set up to do so. I took a new Ruger Charger 22LR out to 300 yesterday evening, it has a 20MOA EGW rail and requires every click of my elevation adjustment, plus a couple mils of hold over in the scope to get to 300.

 

[mavracer]

Boyd's is the way to go. don't forget to get the trigger guard.