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I recently pulled my old lakefield 64B out of the closet. I got this guy years ago for my 13th birthday, and I couldn't hit the broadside of a barn with it. My dad's .22, no problems hitting the barn with it.

So, I still can't hit the broadside of a barn with it. Neither my dad nor myself could hit a can at 25 yards with 15 shots. :confused: We did have 1 failure to fire, and that bullet had a HUGE chunk scraped off of it. I am going to try and find out what is wrong with this gun, but my first problem is getting the barrel off so I can clean the action and bolt properly. When I tried to take off the barrel, it came out about half an inch without much effort, and now it is stuck fast. I can't pull it out or even push it back to where it was. I tried applying some solvent around all the nooks and cranies, but I still can't get it apart. Anyone have a trick they can share or advice on how to proceed? I don't really want to start hammering on the thing, and I don't have alot of experience with this sort of thing.

Thanks!
 
There's an exploded view here. Maybe you have to take out the barrel clamp or something first.
http://www.savageparts.com/PDF/savage_lakefield/model64.pdf

You could check out the RimfireCentral.com Forums too. :)
http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/
 
I took off the action screw and barrel clamp, and I checked rimfirecentral. There isn't alot of info there on the 64B. I guess it's just gummed up with grim, i'll have to try and spray something in there and work it loose. The good news is that I can't really make at any worse than it already is :D
 
You just might have answered your accuracy problem "I guess it's just gummed up with grim"(I'm sure you meant to say grime)
Anyhow,I own two 64's,one Cooey and 1 Lakefield.
Taking the barrel off should be simple? Is it possible you can show some pics?
 
Once that U-shaped barrel bracket is off, there is nothing that could impede it mechanically. Lock the bolt back, hose it with solvent, and give the barrel a little twist. Should come off easily. Then slide the bolt forward, pull the handle, and the bolt follows the barrel out.

Because that is not the strongest receiver/barrel joint design, free-floating is not an option. A full length bedding might be in order.
 
Grouse Man said:
Once that U-shaped barrel bracket is off, there is nothing that could impede it mechanically. Lock the bolt back, hose it with solvent, and give the barrel a little twist. Should come off easily. Then slide the bolt forward, pull the handle, and the bolt follows the barrel out.

X2 I take mine apart every year to thoroughly clean it.Mine also shot like ####
so I put a 4X scope on it.:)
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Sharp as hell

and the bolt follows the barrel out
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Damn it,
what you failed to mention is the underside of the bolt is as sharp as hell. After reading this thread, I decided to take a look at my useless cooey. And sure as sh!t the bbl was out atleast 1/8" So removed the bbl, began to pull the bolt out and gave my thumb a nice inch long fairly deep gash. Anyway got it all cleaned up (gun and thumb) and back together, throw the mag in while I still have the stock off work the action 15-20 time and voila, mag stays in place. Proud as a new papa I run up to My closet put the red dot scope on, still in box for over a year as cooey = POS. Throw the stock on, work the action and bing mag falls to the floor. ARGHHHHHHHH
If I change my grip and press forward on the mag all is well, so thats how its gotta be. Plus with the bolt in the safe position the mag is in there solid, f***in pound nails with it.


ETA:Sorry bout the hijack Clancy
 
I clean my cooey every time i shoot :p

Roy, if you don't want that useless old Cooey, I know of a couple people who'd like donations to the joys of shooting rimfires.
 
use the bolt

If one of these won't come apart, use the spring action of the bolt slamming against the barrel to remove the barrel. Let the bolt salm against it a few times and see if the barrel moves. Then use a brass punch and drive the action off the barrel. Good luck.
 
Thanks for all the replies :)

Unfortunately it is still stuck in the same spot. The slot in the barrel for the clamp is actually out past the action, so the barrel has moved about half an inch....it's just stuck now :mad: I let some more solvent soak into it again but it still won't budge, so I am going to have to try and tap it out with a punch or something.

After spending some more time with it I have found a couple more possible culprits for its poor accuracy. The rear sight is very loose, I can slide it back and forth through a quarter inch distance with very little effort. The crown looks to be in rough shape, and there are scrape marks on the end of it where it looks like it was dropped or banged on something :(

Because I like learning new things and playing home gunsmith, I am going to try and fix this thing up. After I get it apart and cleaned and polished, I'll try bedding it, although I can see that it will be a bit tricky to do. If after that it still won't shoot as good as can be expected for the type of gun it is, maybe I'll get the barrel recrowned.

Anyone ever do a bedding job on one of these that can share any pearls of wisdom?

Thanks again!
 
I've had nothing but fun with mine...

It shoots well enough, and I take it apart once every 5 times out with it... or so.

I do have a question for the rest of you 64b owners...

Are there any after market trigger assemblies? The trigger pull on mine is so heavy that my hand cramps after a good afternoon of shooting. While it's not much of a problem plinking... I use my 64b while my barrel on my other rifle cools, and by the end of the day, I can't pull my other trigger straight because of the hand cramps!

Thanks
 
I can't imagine that heavy of a trigger pull! Yikes! My 64b trigger certainly isn't like that. Have you tried someone elses 64b for comparison?
 
Are you certain the trigger group is clean and lubed? The trigger pull weight should be 5 pounds of so. Does the weight of the rifle hanging by the trigger set it off?
 
I've got a Lakefield 64B, and I've had pretty much the same problems you had. Weak primer strikes were fixed by cleaning the bolt (and that means complete disassembly), but it's still picky about ammo. Neither CCI Blazer or Federal American Eagle High Velocity have enough kick to cycle the action reliably. Runs fine on Stingers, though.

My father polished up the trigger on it (though it's still crappy), so I can't give you much advice on that. Cheapest way to improve accuracy, though, would be to get some Loc-Tite (the kind that you can still unscrew later, of course...) for that action bolt. That thing's always coming loose, and having your action bounce around in your stock is pretty much guaranteed to blow your accuracy right out the window.

Better yet, just do what I did, and buy something less crappy. There's plenty of cheap accurate rimfires to be had.
 
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