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Savage Sporter, Model 23A

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This old 23A Sporter (late 1920's) was acquired many years ago as a gift for my father-in-law. It was a little rough then with no magazine so I took it completely apart for refurbish. I stripped the old blue and had every thing re-blued. I refinished the stock myself with hand rubbed tung oil. The magazine was very hard to find around here, but I located 3 at OGCA one year. It's the same mag used on the NRA Match Rifle (so marked on the mag). Well, my father-in-law passed away several years ago and my mother-in-law gave it back to me. Here it stays as as memento for my wife The bore is fantastic and it shoots great.
 

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.25-20 or .32-20 or? I can’t remember what they were chambered for. The gun is cool as the barrel and receiver are one piece. Is the trigger pull single stage or military type (double stage?)
Neat gun. They were made down the street from where I live.
 
.22 LR with single stage trigger. I do like it's one piece barrel/receive but the one piece schnabel stock is what got me going. The magazines were going for $50-60 then.
 
Recently acquired one myself, does your magazine have the ‘knob’ on it?
 
Nice job on the re-finish! Great little rifle.

i did a chemical strip of the blue, covered it in heavy oil and gave it to Ken Lunquist at Tucker Gun (now closed/retired). Took 7 months but they did a great job on the metal. I wish ken was still around.
 
There were a lot of employees who emigrated from Germany who settled in Utica. Many worked for Savage so you sometimes see some influence there in design. Hence Schnabel fore end tip etc.
 
Savage continues to make fine guns, very accurate, but practical. I had a 110 a couple years ago in .243, with their newer adjustable trigger. Took it Prairie Dog hunting and it would reach out way beyond the 400-500 yards my eye's limited me to. A large dog hit within 300 yards or so would flip 3-6 ft in the air.
 

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