Savage 340B

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Savage 340B Help needed.

Since it's my first time posting, I'll introduce myself. My name is Alex, I'm 17 years young, i work in a tire shop, and this is my first rifle of my own. :D

It's chambered in .222 and the bore looks alright to me, but seeing as the extent of my firearms knowledge only reaches as far as basic cleaning of my dad's old .22 revolver... i dunno if i should be the one to pronounce it "good" haha.
It's in need of a thorough cleaning and probably some steel wool and bluing.
Oh, and the crown looks like it could use a little work too. But hell, I'm always down for a project and this one was free! :D

To be honest i have no idea why i'm posting this, but why not?

Sorry about the rather terrible pictures, i forgot to take a shot of the whole rifle before i busted it apart :o
Better ones will come tomorrow!
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The Savage 340 series rifles are tough guns. Savage made them after WW-2, using machine gun barrels left over from wartime production. That's where the now-standard Savage barrel nut came from, since that application was common for machine guns.

Rifles with barrel bands aren't known for super accuracy and point of impact changes with humidity, but for an inexpensive deer rifle, they work okay.

Mounting a scope on the 340 requires a side mount, which works okay, but the rifle may be at it's best as a shorter-range rifle wearing receiver sights.

I haven't tried accurizing that model, but would probably try to find a way to eliminate the barrel band and free-float the barrel. Maybe a barrel stud near the receiver would work, if there isn't a front action screw.

JP
 
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This is the Stevens version. Build date: early 1960's. But I replaced the trigger guard with a modified unit from an old Iver Johnson shotgun.

These are good sturdy rifles that will last at least a lifetime with normal maintenance. Pointed bullets can be used for flatter trajectory.

Jack
 
That is a nice clean rifle, I wouldn't say it is pretty though. I hope it gives you good service, and is as accurate as a .222 Rem can be. The little tripple duce held several bench rest records for a long time. I can find the ammunition here locally at Wally World so it is available.
 
It's a keeper

Those guns will surprise you with how accurate they can be. I have one, it was my Christmas present in 1966 it's a 222 like yours. It has had lots of rounds threw it and still shoots good. I had a lee loader for it when I was in high school and loaded all my ammo for it. I have had to replace the extractor twice and it now has a Boyd's stock on it, it has also killed 6 deer with 6 shots my first 4 and now my daughters first 2 deer.
It's also interesting I also worked in a tire shop after school and in the summer when I was in high school and was putting a zillion rounds threw that rifle a lot of what i shot were cast bullets made from wheel weights we took off at the shop.
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My dear departed Uncle had a 340 .222 that rode in a scabbard on the fender of his tractors . It had a receiver sight on it and he could flat shoot that thing . I bet you couldn't put all the Woodchucks he killed with that little gun , in a 8" pickup bed . That's how he killed his Deer most years too ! Your .222 will give you many years of good service ! Weaver still makes Scope mounts for them , you might want to go that route for max accuracy .
 
I actually already have the weaver scope mount and a scope to go with it! :)

I just got back from the hardware store, where i spent some money on stuff to refinish the stock, as well as a set of pin punches and screwdrivers to take the thing apart.
All the inner workings are pretty oily and in need of a clean due to the fact that the gun was sitting in my uncle's attic collecting dust for a while. The bolt seems have quite a bit of really gunky stuff on it. Cosmoline maybe? The inside of the stock is black and from what i hear that's a cosmoline thing?

Any info on how to break the bolt and trigger assembley apart for a good clean would be very much appreciated!
 
Okay, so I've stripped the finish off the stock and steamed the stain and all the dings out of the wood. Now, how do i go about fixing the dings that couldn't be steamed out? My first thought is some kind of filler, and since i'm gonna be sanding it i was thinking of maybe using the sawdust and wood glue trick to make the right colored putty? Am i on the right track here? :confused:

I also gave the action a decent clean and got a lot of gunk out. Cycles much more smoothly now. :)
 
Don't put any putty on your rifle. Just lightly sand the gouges and apply a few coats of Truoil gunstock finish. Gouges look fine on older rifles.
 
A few battle scars on an old gun , lend it some character ! You can fill some pretty good dings with Urethane . What are you going to put on for a finish ?
 
"A few battle scars on an old gun, lend it some character!"
Heh, i'm gonna remember that one! :p

I'm planning on using tru oil as the finish. I stained it with Minwax "Gunstock" stain, turned out pretty good! I just need to go get some tru oil tomorrow so i can finish it and get all the parts off the dining room table :D

As of right now though, i'm cleaning the other rifle i got from my uncle. It was my grandpa's. It's a Remington Speedmaster 522 and it's got quite a colorful history. See, my grandpa wasn't exactly somebody you might call a "model citizen" :D

ANYWAY, i pulled it apart and discovered that the trigger group is COVERED in oil and dirt, in dire need of a cleaning. I also noticed that there seems to be a missing spring clip, #78 in the diagram at the bottom of this PDF
How do i go about getting that clip?

Also, can i get a list of various solvents and sprays i should grab while i'm out getting the tru oil?

Thanks!
 
if you still havent gotten the all of the cosmoline out of the stock, paint thinner works wonders for workin that stuff out and doesnt seem to damage the wood from my exp, wouldnt try it on the action of anything though, remington has a silicon spray that doubles as a nice grease cutter. you can use pretty much anything you want as long as its not so harsh that it melts your parts. my dad found an old beat up Marlin 336 and it has the most beautiful walnut stock ive ever seen after I sanded on it for a couple hours one day. then threw some OD green Gunkote on it and it makes one striking lil brush gun.

What i can say about the .22, be prepared for that thing to be fouled all to hell, alot of people tend to not clean them until they cease to function properly, ive spent many an hour pulling patch after black patch out of those.
 
Well i just spent a solid 4 hours cleaning the .22's trigger group, receiver and action. Unbelievable amount of junk in there! It's still not as clean as I'd like, but short of an ultrasonic cleaning, it's about as good as it's gonna get for now.
I did push a couple of dry patches down the bore to get the dust out so i could see what shape it was in (Very very good :D ) and there was a little black junk, but overall it seems pretty clean!

Can't wait to get up to the range and send a few rounds through them!
 
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