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Savage 220 Single Shot Hammerless Shotguns / Re: 220D
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Savage 220 Single Shot Hammerless Shotguns / Re: 220D
« Last post by OhioMike on May 02, 2023, 03:42:56 PM »Thanks a bunch!
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Savage 220 Single Shot Hammerless Shotguns / Re: 220D
« Last post by Garnett on May 02, 2023, 08:29:43 AM »As best I can determine, all 220D's were made at Westfield, starting in 1961. There should be a date code stamped into the left side of the frame and the left side of the barrel over the chamber. It will be a number for the inspector and a letter for the year date, inside a circle.
M=1961, N=1962, P=1963, R=1964, S=65, abd T=66, the last year produced.
M=1961, N=1962, P=1963, R=1964, S=65, abd T=66, the last year produced.
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Savage 220 Single Shot Hammerless Shotguns / Re: Taa Daa! Refreshed 221 set
« Last post by Mike Armstrong on April 30, 2023, 10:57:16 AM »If you had a handgun you were really comfortable with, that set would be about all the guns you really need. But of course to a serious gunnut "needs" are complicated....
A great set--good work.
A great set--good work.
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Savage 220 Single Shot Hammerless Shotguns / 220D
« Last post by OhioMike on April 30, 2023, 12:35:05 AM »What are the Manufacture dates? Is there a date code chart?
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Savage 219 Single Shot Rifles / Re: 219 .30-40 listed on Gunbroker
« Last post by Mike Armstrong on April 28, 2023, 10:23:59 AM »Garnett's suggestion is the Right way to do it!
However, being 1) lazy, and 2) cheap, I use the "pullover" version of the "Limbsaver" rubber pad to tame the recoil of light and powerful long arms like the one we are discussing.
Even I, with two 80-year old arthritic thumbs can "fit" this pad. It makes most factory stocks including 220s and 219s, fit my physique, which includes what one of my gunsmith buddies (RIP) always called "your ape-hanger arms." And it really kills the kick.
Downsides? Ugly as home-growed sin. And you need to take them off after the guns gets wet; if you put 'em away wet, you will ruin the finish under them. (DON'T ask me how I know this....).
However, being 1) lazy, and 2) cheap, I use the "pullover" version of the "Limbsaver" rubber pad to tame the recoil of light and powerful long arms like the one we are discussing.
Even I, with two 80-year old arthritic thumbs can "fit" this pad. It makes most factory stocks including 220s and 219s, fit my physique, which includes what one of my gunsmith buddies (RIP) always called "your ape-hanger arms." And it really kills the kick.
Downsides? Ugly as home-growed sin. And you need to take them off after the guns gets wet; if you put 'em away wet, you will ruin the finish under them. (DON'T ask me how I know this....).
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Hi! My Name is... / Re: Hi there, new here researching my 220 .410.
« Last post by LHS905 on April 27, 2023, 11:47:12 AM »Thanks Mike. I ended up finding one on ebay. Purportedly from a 12 ga. It is pretty rough condition, but it fits. It will work for the time being. I might try to replace the wood.
LHS
LHS
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Savage 219 Single Shot Rifles / Re: 219 .30-40 listed on Gunbroker
« Last post by Garnett on April 27, 2023, 10:20:40 AM »I would suggest to anyone who has or makes this conversion to remove, and glass bed the stock, and to add a good recoil pad to the butt without cutting/shortening the stock. I prefer the black solid "Old English" style pads. I have added several to various guns over the years.
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Savage 219 Single Shot Rifles / Re: 219 .30-40 listed on Gunbroker
« Last post by Mike Armstrong on April 27, 2023, 09:47:42 AM »I had a friend in Moscow ID who had a 219 .30-30 that he'd re-chambered to .30-40 because the original owner had ruined a brand new chamber trying to dig out a stuck .30-30 ctg.
He used it for years but didn't shoot it a lot, since he only needed one meat elk a year!
He used it for years but didn't shoot it a lot, since he only needed one meat elk a year!
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Hi! My Name is... / Re: Hi there, new here researching my 220 .410.
« Last post by Mike Armstrong on April 27, 2023, 09:43:13 AM »My Utica .410 forend accepts both an early 219 .25-20 WCF barrel and a .22 Hornet barrel. so I suspect any early Utica 219 rifle forend would work for your .410. I'd only accept one with a "3-day inspection right" clause in the deal, tho. Maybe that's just me....