Savage 219 and 220 Single Shot Rifles & Shotguns

Thanks for posting the pictures!  You have what I call a “2nd Model Utica”.  Thin trigger with alloy trigger guard.  It is a nice clean gun. Most likely a pre-war production.  The plant moved from Utica in 1946.

I really don’t know the answer to your question, as I am not a hunter/shooter.  I would think if you can shoot slugs out of other full choke guns, there would be no reason the 220 would not handle a slug shell.  I am not very well educated on shooting, as my main interest has always been collecting.  With this said, I would think the slug shells would have more recoil than a shot shell.  Other shooters, am I correct on this?  Anyway, a main factory defect in these guns is the weak thin wood where the stock meets the action.  I have seen .22 Hornets with cracked stocks.  So, it is a good idea for anyone to glass bed their stock before shooting the shotgun/rifle. 

Welcome to the forum!  The “20M” is the inspector number (20) with the letter “M” for made in 1961. I have found no factory listing advising of any size choke other than “Full”.  I see from time to time, guns advertised for sale with various chokes.  My thoughts on that are that maybe sometime in the past an owner had the “full” choke opened up or, in the “old” days, many gun companies would fill special orders on their guns.  As proof of this, I have examined guns that I believe to be factory original, but have not been listed in any Savage catalog.  Again, welcome as our newest member!

The browning product still gives you a classic bluing appearance it is just not the modern AR blacking finish.

Thanks cleetus, Back in the day i steel woolen this and hit it with some cold blue. All of that now is brownish are you sure I want to use the brown one?  I have watched a lot of videos on bluing, I'm leaning towards Mark Novak's (youtube) technique in a box with steam. Any thoughts would be appreciated...
 Nothing's set in Stone I'm in no hurry to get this done.