First there were a couple of Lazeroni rifles which Im not farmilar with. They appeared to be rather impressive (to me anyway) for a somewhat reasonable price as custom rifles go. The downside of corse is the wildcat factor and the horrendous cost of brass. ($40,00 per box) Any Lazeroni owners or opinions about becoming one? Im looking into a good varmint rifle BTW.

The other gun I didnt get (bosses orders ) was a german made Savage. This is also a new one on me and it looked like no other Savage Ive ever seen, real quality apperance and I took the mans ph #. It was chambered for 222 rem which I would like for varminiting and reloading purposes and appeared in good condition, he was asking about $700.00 for it.

The rifle you saw was a Savage Anschutz,probibly a model 153.Savage imported these from Anschutz back in the 60s and 70s.Now Cooper imports them.

I own around a half dozen Anschutz at this time.You will never,ever find a more accurate rifle right out of the box.They are ALL accurate.My 1432 in 22 Hornet will put just about any load into 0.5 inches or less at 100 yards-and that's with a shot out throat!The three 164s I have (22 LR and two 22 Magnums)all shoot 3/4 inch or less for a clip full at 100 yards-and thats with plain old CCI ammo!!!

$700 is about going rate for a 153.You won't find one much cheaper.If you want the most accurate varmint rifle ever mass produced,you don't need to look any farther.

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Originally posted by 1_pointer:
Man, I wanted to go today, but the funds didn't allow any purchases and I thought it would be too cruel to just tease myself. Sounds like you had a good time.

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Yea I was just there looking around myself, Im a sucker for punishment I guess but I liked it. I guess Im just a twisted individual? It was a good educational thing for me though, the first one Ive been to for a long time.

The Savage was an anschutz, I drew a blank on that when I posted this for some dumb reason. Does Cooper have a webbsite?

I also saw a vintage o/u savage 20 ga.-222 that I really liked. It had some small game engraving on it and was going for only $260.00 and appeared in very good condition. I took his ph # as well, I thought that would make a great varmint/phesant starter rifle when my boy comes of age. Very enjoyable afternoon even though I wasnt there to buy.

One thing I didnt like about it was that if you are there to buy (especialy something used) you cant open up and/or use the actions for inspection because they are ziptied in a stationary position for obvious reasons. I guess thats the price we pay for saftey in those events.

No Lazeroni owners here? I find that hard to believe..

[This message has been edited by Wstrnhuntr (edited 11-19-2001).]

If Cooper does have a website,it will not help you much.The 153 was discontinued long ago.Now all Anschutz's on the 54 action are lumped under the Model 1700.These run a minimum of $1,100 a piece new.

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"Only accurate rifles are interesting"