Savage 440

Collo Rosso · Jan 10, 2017

With the depth of knowledge here I'd thought I'd throw this out to you guys.
I've come across a Savage 440 O/U. Owner says tight and in very good shape. Barrels are 27" (I'm guessing 28"). When I asked about the chokes he said there's none. I asked if the barrels are marked as having any choke he said no, it's a field gun. Doubt the bores are cylinder, right?
Anyway, google doesn't come up with much, only it was made in Italy by what is now Fabarms. Looking for something for 5 stand, sporting clays and some skeet. Have never owned a O/U. Worth buying in the $500 to $600 range?

Ivan the Butcher · Jan 10, 2017

I would guess the chokes are IC/Mod. or Mod/Full. 27 inch barrels are a standard metric length, I think that is 70 cm. Fabarms seems to be an OK hunting gun, but they are not up to the constant use of trap, skeet or sporting clays. I have no idea what you do for parts!

Ivan

H Richard · Jan 10, 2017

If you are interested in Sporting Clays, interchangeable chokes are nearly a MUST. You can't go cheap on a Sporting Clays gun if you intend to shoot it weekly or more. Buy at least a Browning or better.

2152hq · Jan 10, 2017

The bbls are metric length in cm as already stated. The chokes are probably marked under the forend wood denoted with a series of stars/asterisks. I forget now how they go but I think 1 star is Cyl, 2 is Imp Cyl, 3 is Mod and 4 stars/asterisks is Full.
The 440 doesn't bring all that much $$,,they are a decent field gun. But for SC I don't know if they'd hold up to the # of rounds you'd be shooting if you really get into the sport.
All depends on how deep you intend to get into the sport.
I shoot it quite a lot with nothing but elderly pumps and SxS's,,an occasional semiauto thrown in. All fixed choke and all but one is Full. But I just shoot for grins and could care less about a plastic trophy at the end of the season.
The older guns do break down now and again, but I fix my own so I don't see it as a problem. If you don't,,you want something that can stand up to 10's of 1000's of rounds w/o a worry. Repairs can be expensive and not worth it on an inexpensive gun to keep it going on the torture test run that continuous clay target shooting like SC's can be.

Collo Rosso · Jan 10, 2017

thanks for the advise. I passed on it.

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