Any Savage 3B owners out there?
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I have one too. My mom used it in her jr rifle club when she was a kid and although it has a shortened length of pull and a I re finished the stock when I was 15 or so it is still great shooter and actually my 12 year olds favorite 22.
I’ll show you mine if you show me yours!
I’ll show you mine if you show me yours!
These rifles went through a few internal changes during their production.
For two years, 1933-1934, the Model B was #### on opening and some didn't have cocking pieces on the end of the bolt.
Mine has the arrow, but no "safe" position is possible because there is no cocking piece.
I was recently given this rifle. Somewhere along the way someone went through a lot of time and trouble to attempt to convert it to a rear tube feeder. That's quite an undertaking for a single shot. Doable but lots of tedious, finicky machining and fitting. They also set it up in a very heavy dense wood, maybe Teak, with a full length profile, drilled for the rear tube assembly, which was never installed. Rifle weighs just over 12 pounds. The smith used 1928 Thompson SMG sling swivels on it.
I wasn't going to do anything with it at first glance, just use it for spare parts. However the darn thing shoots CCI standard velocity ammo like it was made specifically for it. Half inch groups at 50 yards, on bags, on the bench of course.
So, I'm working on getting up the energy to finish the conversion, but with an inline magazine instead of a tube.
OP, that rifle will likely shoot very well.
I believe the arrow on the bolt body is for rifles with cocking pieces and the #### on closing feature, which most of them were. I believe it's there to indicate the half #### position, safety.
For two years, 1933-1934, the Model B was #### on opening and some didn't have cocking pieces on the end of the bolt.
Mine has the arrow, but no "safe" position is possible because there is no cocking piece.
I was recently given this rifle. Somewhere along the way someone went through a lot of time and trouble to attempt to convert it to a rear tube feeder. That's quite an undertaking for a single shot. Doable but lots of tedious, finicky machining and fitting. They also set it up in a very heavy dense wood, maybe Teak, with a full length profile, drilled for the rear tube assembly, which was never installed. Rifle weighs just over 12 pounds. The smith used 1928 Thompson SMG sling swivels on it.
I wasn't going to do anything with it at first glance, just use it for spare parts. However the darn thing shoots CCI standard velocity ammo like it was made specifically for it. Half inch groups at 50 yards, on bags, on the bench of course.
So, I'm working on getting up the energy to finish the conversion, but with an inline magazine instead of a tube.
OP, that rifle will likely shoot very well.
I believe the arrow on the bolt body is for rifles with cocking pieces and the #### on closing feature, which most of them were. I believe it's there to indicate the half #### position, safety.
I can't tell you, because mine doesn't have a cocking piece and the "arrow" is completely covered by the receiver when the bolt is closed.
youtube has videos for disassembly of the various Model 3 bolts. There might be somethin in one of them to help you out.
Photos arrr werth thousands awf werds.......................
I have enough issues with being computer illiterate without the complications of sending pics to a site.
About six months ago, Windows live mail was no longer supported by Shaw, my IP. I can still send the pics to documents but Microsoft W10 programming isn't compatible with Shaw Live Mail.
It's just to complicated at this point and I just can't get into the procedures to get around it. So much for the Cloud.
If you really want pics, google Savage Model 3B and hundreds of pics will come up.
Rimfire Central seems to be the best source for available info on these rifles, which shoot very well, have tight chambers and bores.
