Are these neat guns or kinda "crapy" (piece of junk)?

What about the new Savage Favorite? Hows it compare to a old stevens?

mine is my dad's rifle and is in fair condition.

It handles the Rim fire rounds quite well but isn't known as a target rifle.

I believe Savage made a rerun of them a few years ago (maybe still do) and those should be in excellent shape. Nothing wrong with them at all.

I still see them as "kids guns" and not much more.

I have a modern Savage 30G on which I mounted a scope (Weaver 3-9). It is a fun gun, and relatively accurate. I am a sucker for single shots.
Pete

I will have had mine for exactly 30 years on christmas day, (thanks grandpa). Savage with full octagon barrel. I have killed a lot of squirrels with it. The only problem was a couple of the pins that hold the receiver together broke and had to be replaced.

Mine goes back 35 plus and still gives me the same thrill as when I was younger. I was never as good a shot as the rifle.
Frank

35 + ? Though not a Savage mine is a beautifully made German falling block .Made in the 1930s ,brought here by a soldier after the war.I learned to shoot with it about 1950.Yes I was spoiled !!It's still my squirrel gun, giving me years of pleasure and started a long love affair with single shots !

It would be nice to have an exact scaled up version of the Favorite in .218 B. Get bussy ,Savage! roger

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Originally posted by bartsche:
It would be nice to have an exact scaled up version of the Favorite in .218 B. Get bussy ,Savage! roger

Have you seen the prices????>....WOW.....some of these single shot makers love their actions dearly!

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Originally posted by vapodog:

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Originally posted by bartsche:
It would be nice to have an exact scaled up version of the Favorite in .218 B. Get bussy ,Savage! roger

Have you seen the prices????>....WOW.....some of these single shot makers love their actions dearly!

The Savage favorite has a srp close to $350.00. Can get it for less of course and I would go for it in the 218 , 22 jet or even the hornet.

Having anticipated ,to a large extent, the swings in ecconomy and specifically metal prices Some significant investments were made in Berger bullets at less than50% of todays prices and Mid Souths Varmint nite Mare bullets. These are of course .224 dia. bullets. It has come to me in a revolation that putting a 22 cal. hole in paper can be just as exciting as doing it with a larger more expensive cal.

This is a big swing from a guy who use to get his kicks by building his own wildcats and testing them on game.

Sure like your pupkinseed ,VD. roger

I think I have some of those.
Aren't they the ones with the pinned barrel, with a wide pin in a thin receiver?

Weak little thin thing of an extractor, corrected in the late copies.

I think there are some guys posting pictures of one's the built from scratch:
http://www.homegunsmith.com/cg...8f5b9a9c1515bc7a4fde

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Originally posted by bartsche:
It would be nice to have an exact scaled up version of the Favorite in .218 B. Get bussy ,Savage! roger

I recall Jack Belk commenting that these actions were quite weak, comparatively- might be a bad choice for the Bee.