Savage 6 "Old School"

[kBob]

Ever wake up one morning and just think, "Man, those WERE the good old days!"

That ammo was about a buck a box. The rifle ( admittedly with a simpler stock) was less than a Franklin.

Be fore you ask those are speed loading tubes and one is short because they were a bit fragile when trooping through Florida woodlands and swamps and besides shorter carried better.

That Savage 6 DL-N was actually not appreciated when it showed up under the Christmas tree but with in a month I saw the light. I bought the stock off e-bay a year or so ago and was shocked when it actually fit.

The rifle is a Click-Clack and has two gills if any of you know what that means. It shoot Short , Long and Long Rifle and all semi auto. it functions semi with fits and starts with CB Longs and Quiet and of course loves them both as a "bolt action" That bolt knob can lock the bolt open or closed and it has seen a lot of rounds fired both ways.

-kBob

 

[roadchoad]

Nice looking rifle.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Nice outfit.

I remember when .22 was cheap...

I still bitched about the price and was making a lot less money then to boot. Used to treat Federal bulk boxes of 500 like gold.

Todd.

 

[roadchoad]

Used to treat Federal bulk boxes of 500 like gold.

Me too! A buddy used to always stiff me on ammo when we'd shoot. I hated spending the $10 bucks on a brick all myself. How I long for those days.

 

[kBob]

Here in the South east Federal just wasn't available when I got that SuperX in the late '60s.

I think the first I ever bought was in 1981 in Oklahoma. In those days is was not up to the then Super X standard.

I am ashamed for Winchester for putting the Super X label on what they sell now.

I could get that Super X at a local Grocery for the asking and I believe actually about 95 cents. The other ammo they carried was oddly CIL from Canada which I liked mainly for the little yellow plastic boxes with red trays for holding the ammo. I used the empties as ammo blocks for three position 50 ft indoor .22 shooting in high school.

For plinking I would buy shorts as that model 6 could hold a passel of them so I could still be killing cans and assinating spent 12 gauge hulls while the other boys were still reloading. One thing I did not like about .22 short in that gun was that they barely ejected. This could get rough if engaging a tree rat at high angle as a very hot .22 short case would sort of fall over that shell deflector and go straight for your shirt neck line or up your jacket sleeve and one had to resist the urge to do the hot brass dance with a dozen or more rounds still in the rifle.

The rifle came with a little 3/4 inch scope from something called SPI that was pretty much indistenguishable from every other 4 power 3/4 inch scope of the day. I used it mostly with the scope but removed the scope to insure the sights would be useable if the scope broke. I took out the rear sight lifter because it was still shooting high on the lowest knotch and have no idea where that elevator is today. The brass button on the front sight was knocked off by a rifle rack and I found I liked the front sight better black than shiny and never replaces it.

I rather like the bolt staying back until I release the trigger as it helped me learn good follow through at the time. Those gills though sometimes were a bit of a pain, in the case of a case blown out of batTery literally. I kept the blown case for years but it was among the things Mom and Dad let go when they moved and I was over seas. The burns on my left thumb encouraged me to NOT use a match style standing possition in the field.......I would prop the rifle in the crook of my thumb and index finger with the trigger guard against my palm.....worked well indoors at 50 feet in the stand with a Remington 513T Not so well with the tumb sticking up just outside those vents on the Savage......

-kBob

 

[Oldschool shooter]

I know what you mean kBob, I have an old BSA Martini single shot. I've tried about everything in it, it still shoots best with some old winchester expert and super x in the blue and yellow boxes. Bought a bunch of it from an old gal at a garage sale and down to a couple hundred rounds. Wish I could find something else this rifle liked to shoot!