Savage 219 and 220 Single Shot Rifles & Shotguns
Savage Single Shot Firearms => General Discussion => Topic started by: Mike Armstrong on January 10, 2017, 08:09:22 PM
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I can't stand the silence, so figured I'd post the latest nonsense. Just got back from a fun trip for two weeks in Costa Rica, a very nice place to visit. But I wouldn't want to live there, although many Americans do. I prefer to visit Mexico, in general, but wouldn't want to live there either.
My "gift" was that somebody just left a full box of once-fired Remington .444 Marlin brass on the shooting bench at the range I was shooting on. I've never owned a .444, and never will, but have for many years used that brass to make up small game and pest loads for my several .410s. And I was running out of free cases--thought I might actually have to BUY some (PERISH the thought!). Now I don't. I'll have some bunny loads for my end-of-season safari next month! In a .410 barrel on my 219, of course!
Any body else got a "New Years Bonanza" to recount? Anybody find a .32-20 219 yet?????
Happy New Years, in any case!
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HAPPY NEW YEAR ANYWAY, BUT NO! I have not found a .32-20 and I just spent 2 weeks in Pennsylvania with my daughter visiting gun shops. Maybe sometime this year! :-) :)
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Well, we DO "live in hope"! And I hope you find a great .32-20!
I'm going on a gun/parts safari up the central Coast Range of CA after the quail/cottontail safari and hope I'll get lucky in the 219/220 area.... Only way to find 'em is to look a lot and and ask a lot! I did find a full box of Savage Arms Corp. .25-20 HV 60 gr. hollow points last time I did a "safari." Not a common item, and great trade bait. Box is even very good. (MAN was I ever tempted to shoot those up in my 219 and my 23B!!!!).
Good luck to all you fellow seekers in 2017!
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Mike, I just re-read your last post and it reminded me that most gun shops that I have visited while looking for a M219 or M220, the clerks don't even know what they are. I have to explain to them that they are "Hammerless" model single shots. One "so-called" gunsmith I was talking with about "color casehardening" a 219 frame, told me he had lots of them already case hardened and he would sell me one of them cheaper that redoing mine. He followed up saying "all Savage/Stevens single shot actions are the same!". I'[ll just keep looking. I'll be going back to Pennsylvania in May and maybe I will find one.
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I'm headed to Tulsa today for the Wannamaker - I will keep my eyes peeled for any Savage "stuff" - maybe I'll get lucky and find the elusive caliber!
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Thanks! And good luck!