I just scored a Savage 3B on GunBroker,,,

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aarondhgraham

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I just scored a Savage 3B on GunBroker,,,
I won the auction for $96.00,,,
And the shipping is free. :D

So with the $20.00 transfer fee,,,
the rifle only cost me a total of $116.00.

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It will be a project gun for me to clean up,,,
I really hope it turns out to be a decent rifle at the range,,,
My experience is that the older single-shots were very precise shooters.


I've been on a vintage single-shot rifle kick lately,,,
My last purchase was a Western Field 815,,,
Which is actually a Mossberg Model 320,,,
I got it at my LGS for $100.00 OTD.

This is how I spent my Saturday afternoon.

Aarond

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Nice rifle, I can understand your feelings for vintage 22 rifles, I too enjoy them.

I have a Savage 4C and a Winchester 75 in my gun safe, enjoy shooting both.
 
Aarond,

The Savage 4C is excellent in the accuracy department, however because the Winchester 75 has a peep sight I seem to shoot it a little better.

I spent many a afternoon with my oldest grandson when he was a young lad plinking with both rifles, great memories of great times.

I would start out with the 75 he would use the 4C and swear the only reason I could out shoot him was because of the peep sight, we would switch rifles and the old man would still out shoot him.

I would just smile and tell him it's not the arrow it's the indian.
 
Great find !!

I have been infatuated with these older rifles myself for quite some time.

It's good to see that there are some still floating around. I think you got a great deal on yours.

In case you are interested in some history about the Savage model 3. I put together all the info I could find. See this link for the write up.

http://www.gunvaluesboard.com/the-savage-model-3-.22-rf-single-shot-rifle-798.html

Your guns recoil pad is really interesting if original. While I can not be certain from your pictures. It does not look like anything previously described on model 3's. What are your thoughts about it being original ?

Regards,

Rob
 
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Thanks Rob62,,,

Seriously,,,
Thanks a bunch! :)

I haven't received the rifle from the seller as yet,,,
So I really can't say anything about the butt plate being original or not.

Hopefully the seller will get it in the mail soon,,,
I really am anxious to see what I spent my hard earned money on.

Again, thanks for that great info.

Aarond

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Hello Rob62,,,

Your guns recoil pad is really interesting if original.
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I got the rifle from The Evil Pawn Shop today,,,
It came with good news and bad news.

The bore is clean and shiny,,,
But the outside has more rust patina than the pictures showed.

Every piece of exposed metal has that fine brown coat of oxidation.

It's doesn't appear to be pitted though,,,
So I should be able to clean that up without too much trauma

The stock on the other hand looks better than the pics,,,
It is real true dark walnut with only a few small dings.

The butt-plate appears to be the original,,,
But that "spacer" is a hand cut piece of Plexiglas.

I'll take it to the range this weekend to bench it out,,,
I'll not put a lot of work into it until I determine if it shoots well.

But all in all I think I have a workable project rifle,,,
When I get started on it I'll open a new thread to document the progress.

This will be my second restoration project,,,
I will probably be asking for advice.

Aarond

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So that's why the butt plate looks funky - a spacer.

I got a similar condition older .22. As long as the surface rust is even I bet it will clean up very nice. And you can always say it now has a custom Rust blued finish :)

You sound like you know what you are doing so hopefully I won't offer too much advise unless you ask. What I will say is that "OOOO" steel wool and Kroil has always been my go to solution for cleaning up surface rust such as this.

One trick I learned is to make a metal scraper to get the tough rust spots out. Flatten the mouth of any long center fire cartridge case - .270/.30-06/etc with a hammer and you now have a great scraper to get tough rust spots removed. Use lots of oil when you do this and the combination of oil and rust actually becomes a sort of slurry abrasive that further helps remove the rust as you scrape.

As to the dark color of the walnut stock. Mine was or is the same. If you use something like Murphey's oil soap or Formeby's furniture soap (if they still make it) on the stock I bet you will remove a decade or two of grime and will notice a big difference in that alone.

Have fun with your project.

Rob
 
Hello again Rob62,,,

You sound like you know what you are doing so hopefully I won't offer too much advise unless you ask.
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I'll be asking. ;)

I'm familiar with tool usage,,,
But I'm no gunsmith by any means.

Aarond

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