Savage 64 Disassembly question

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Tjv787

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Hello

When disassembling the savage 64 do you lock the charger bolt open ? How do you disengage the trigger without Potentially ruining the firing pin?

Do I lock the charging bolt open, take the safety off and pull the trigger and that disengages it without the firing pin being used ?
 
Tjv787 said:
Hello

When disassembling the savage 64 do you lock the charger bolt open ? How do you disengage the trigger without Potentially ruining the firing pin?

Do I lock the charging bolt open, take the safety off and pull the trigger and that disengages it without the firing pin being used ?
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Goto the hardware store get your self some #4 dry wall anchors ( yellow ones ) if your worrying about dry firing. Once a month won't kill it. Its when you start doing it 100 times in a sitting that will.

And no I never locked back nothing.
 
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So what happens if it's kept cocked? Is that bad ?
What if it's cocked and then the stock is removed? ( I think I removed the stock today without disengaging the trigger )
 
I don't have any hints for disassembly of your 64,but I suspect there are LOTs of dry fires under different circumstances.
Not everyone counts their rounds when popping cans etc.
A lot of times the only indication of an empty mag is the click/no bang after pulling the trigger on a semi.f:P:
 
Tjv787 said:
Savage arms site says, leave charging handle Locked open and take safety off and pull the trigger to disengage. Unless I'm reading It wrong , doesn't that mean the trigger can be disengaged without engaging the firing pin, preventing a dry fire?
https://www.savagearms.com/firearms/cleaningrimfiresemi/
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Sounds like searching before asking questions you find your answer. Asking how to clean airguns, what to use to clean knives, how to strip a gun thats been around 50 years. Whats this before trying to clean it.

Tjv787 said:
So what happens if it's kept cocked? Is that bad ?
What if it's cocked and then the stock is removed? ( I think I removed the stock today without disengaging the trigger )
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Nothing ( You have a barreled action without a stock ) Considering the trigger group can just drop down ( once you unscrew ) Its a Savage 64. People been doing worst with them for 50 years.
 
Don't take this as being a ####. We understand your new and very eager but. Asking how to clean a 22 or disassemble a rifle when you seem to be capable of researching and finding out ( Its not like the information is not out there ). But ask, does this question need to be asked or can a simple search find my answer? Seems like you want our opinion when you do know the answer.

Great you want to take care of your Savage 64 but its not a 20,000$ H&H.

Here is a 22 LR that been dry fired alot. It was a shock when I received it. The top of the chamber got a good size dent, I replaced the firing pin was mushroomed and few thous shorter and the hammer has a dent in it.

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Heres a #4 dry wall anchor used as a snap cap.

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Here's my 10/22 that I dry fire accidentally when it doesn't chamber a round or forget to count.

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Sometimes you can get away with holding the bolt handle and riding the bolt back into battery and 1/2 before it closes able to pull the trigger and the firing pin won't strike the breach face. Then the hammer will follow the bolt back.
 
I adore the 64's. Dryfires are not condoned, but live in a real world...When having extended plinking fun, counting to 10 seems difficult! On the 64s you're likely to see a corresponding witness mark of dryfires on the barrel tenon as you are for chamber.

Again, dryfiring not condoned, but certainly not a drop of sweat wasted if a 64 is "clicked" at the end of a magazine, or during the 500-1000rd cleaning ritual.
 
OkayShooter said:
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Here is a 22 LR that been dry fired alot.
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That wasn't a 64...
The fp/barrel cutout is prone to demonstrating dryfie issues, but it takes a LOT before it becomes the "feeding" issue in a 64... I have had a few 50+ year old examples pass through. Top of the barrel tenon will demonstrate deeper grooves from too much dryfiring. I've yet to get a peened chamber
 
camster said:
That wasn't a 64...
The fp/barrel cutout is prone to demonstrating dryfie issues, but it takes a LOT before it becomes the "feeding" issue in a 64... I have had a few 50+ year old examples pass through. Top of the barrel tenon will demonstrate deeper grooves from too much dryfiring. I've yet to get a peened chamber
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I know its not a 64. Its just an example of a barrel that was. I sold my 64 after a week. Didn't like the finish, quality, how it was built/designed, accuracy.
 
Didn't like the finish, quality, how it was built/designed, accuracy.
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2 out of 3 for me... I can't defend the 64's engineering pedigree, nor it's fab appearance. Winchester's (lol Cooey n'er really made a semi) 64 should shoot well for you though.
Round nosed ammo, a strict cleaning regimen, and for heaven's sake: run 'em dry... lube/oil for storage, but run 'em dry. As goosebump making steel on steel can be, don't dare lube them. I forget this, and experiment every once in a while with something dry, or non-stick then regret it.
 
camster said:
2 out of 3 for me... I can't defend the 64's engineering pedigree, nor it's fab appearance. Winchester's (lol Cooey n'er really made a semi) 64 should shoot well for you though.
Round nosed ammo, a strict cleaning regimen, and for heaven's sake: run 'em dry... lube/oil for storage, but run 'em dry. As goosebump making steel on steel can be, don't dare lube them. I forget this, and experiment every once in a while with something dry, or non-stick then regret it.
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I had a 64 TR SR the Boyds tacticool stock would been nice if it wasn't truck bed sprayed ( just wood ) The barrel needed to be FF. The finish wasn't smooth, It was like if you let metal rust a couple days, actually it rusted a day later. The trigger was bad, It had a heavy flutted barrel and it less accurate then my factory 10/22. It would group 2-3 shots lower then the rest.

Then get into the design that was a nightmare.
 
dunno know you...accuracy issues I won't address (ammo, how shot etc...) Finish is what it is(on par with current NA offerings, better than Norinco but not CZ). Now they ride synthetic stocks, but have 2 take down screws (and roll pin held extractor which can drop and eat a magazine). I haven't had m' hands on a heavy barrelled example. I adore 64s.
 
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