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Old 03-25-2020, 09:24 PM
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The Savage 220 (20 and 16ga actions) will take the rifle bbl just as the Savage 219 will accept a shotgun bbl 20 or 16.
They are made on the same action

The 220 was sold as a shotgun
The 219 sold as a rifle

They both date from the mid to late 1930's IIRC. But were mfg'rd as late as the 60's or 70's.


The 219 rifles are still quite popular and bring decent $$ for what they are. In good condition they start around $300 and go up.
.22Hornet are the most common along w/ 30-30.
The hard to find ones are the 25-20 and 32-20.
I believe these 4 were all the factory chamberings. But not all were offered all through the entire production.

They can be rebored/ or relined to quite a few different rounds.
38-55 is popular as are some of the big bore pistol rimmed rounds, .
357Mag is another possibility. The dia of the bbl at the muzzle limits what you can do with the orig bbl.
The bbl can be used as a monobloc and rebbled that way to about anything reasonable. Much the same way people are using the H&R HandiRifle to built single shots in many calibers.

The early actions are top lever opening,,late model side lever . Difference in striker and hammer inside too.

I have an early one in 22H that awaits my doing something with it.
The one done by John Madole some years ago was always an inspiration to me. I'll probably go that route.

*JOHN MADOLE CUSTOM ENGRAVED SAVAGE MODEL 219 SINGLE SHOT RIFLE.
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