i have a neighbor who just bought a crickett 22lr at wal mart and now finds out his arms are a bit long to really shoot it good. he has offered to trade me it to my savage 62 that i bought recently at wal mart too. now the reason he offered me a trade is i can shoot the crickett great, got my 5yr old son one and have already broken it in. now price wise the crickett is higher, they are $114 and the savage is $99. but i am stuck on which would be the better trade, i shoot both guns good, both guns are accurate, i like the savage for easier scope mounting and 10 shots, the simple single shot does bring back memories tho. so to ask those that can shoot both, if you shot both good and could choose one to keep which would it be?, or if you had a 62 would you trade to a crickett? or vise versa. thanks
savage 62 or crickett?
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Stevenvalleyky
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At only 100 bucks, I would just tell him to go buy a new savage.
The 62/64 series of Savages are great if you like semi-autos and it is easy to scope. The Cricket is designed for beginning shooters and I have seen it on sale here in a metro area for $79-89 dollars (course it might have a pink stock or something). Pricewise and accuracy wise, they are about a wash so get what you like. If you do plan on shooting Appleseed training or go with your grandson though, the Savage is the better pick given how Appleseed does its training.
You're saying you guys already have a Cricket, right? If so, why trade the semi-auto Savage that's big enough for you to shoot for another tiny Cricket that you've already outgrown, and your 5-year old soon will outgrow? Short answer: No trade for you.
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I personally didn't even waste time with a Crickett for my son, despite being discounted on them. At 3 1/2yoa, I got a Savage Mark II and a Marlin 60, cut down a couple Boyd's stocks to fit him. The Marlin semi-auto, he's still only allowed to shoot from the bench where his muzzle is controlled by the front rest, but he's doing well to single load (had to make a single shot receiver rug) the Savage. I hollowed out the forend a bit more to bring the weight down, and cut the Savage barrel down to 16.1" so he can carry it. Was planning to cut down the Marlin to 14.6" and pin on a linear comp, but we'll see, he might be able to carry the 19" barrel before he's ready to carry a semiauto on his own.
Just remembered this, a company called Mcarbo (mcarbo.com) makes trigger spring updates for both the Marlin 60/795 and the Savage/Stevens 62 and 64 models. Easy install and it does improve the trigger quite a bit for a semi-auto for less than a trip to the gunsmith. The Marlin model is slightly harder to install fwiw. Have done both rifle models and it works pretty well. Not aware of a trigger upgrade for the cricket.
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