Savage 64 TR SR - Why no love for them?

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Who bought these? Seems not much love for these. I think they look cool.

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They're extremely accurate, but are ignored by the masses because of the dearth of aftermarket accessories and parts compared to the Ruger 10/22. Being limited to 10 round magazines also limits their appeal.
 
I like mine, but as has been said- reliable and accurate. They are an updated 64. New shape to a wooden stock that they painted black. 16" threaded barrel with some fluting. Not anything that is ground breaking. It's not "tactical" which catches everybody's attention. It still uses the standard 10 round magazine - no 25 rounders or 50/100 round drums. It doesn't look like an AR or an AK. It's not modular with railed fore-ends that you can hang lazers/lights off of and swap out the uber-cool folding/adjustable stock. It is just an upgrade to a tried and true dependable design.
 
I didnt find mine accurate at all...so its gone .The stock is very similar to the Boyds Tacticool I put on my savage 93 22magnum.

 
If you've ever tried to do a thorough cleaning, you'd know how much of a PITA disassembling one of these rifles is.
The barrel is pressed into the receiver, ended up having to let the bolt slam against the breechface to hammer the barrel out.
 
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If you've ever tried to do a thorough cleaning, you'd know how much of a PITA disassembling one of these rifles is.
The barrel is pressed into the receiver, ended up having to let the bolt slam against the breechface to hammer the barrel out.
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I only taken it out of the stock once. Needing a Hex key. Then a Flat Head, Phillips and a Socket to take the mag well and trigger mech off. I think it be getting the Brake Clean and oil cleaning.
 
If you ever need to take the barrel off, remove the retaining bolt/plate, retract the bolt and let it slam forward.
You'll need to "hammer" the bolt a few dozen times to drive the barrel out of the receiver.
Just FYI, the ejector(little metal strip that kicks the cases out) is staked to the barrel. Make sure you're holding the barrel as you pull it off or you'll end up bending the ejector.
Whatever you do, DO NOT attempt to twist the barrel out of the receiver.

@chalkriver - In my limited experience with these rifles, they only shoot accurately with very high velocity stuff. I've only had good results with Rem yellow jackets.
 
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threaded barrel is a bonus and the balance of the gun is actually very nice.. Just need to maybe upgrade the stock and someone needs to come out with a large capacity magazine for it.
 
Very nice and accurate rifle, ergonomic and beautiful stock, reliable.
What's not to like?

I bought bolt version as well, and semi will be sold... running out of space.:runaway:
 
digitalblue said:
If you ever need to take the barrel off, remove the retaining bolt/plate, retract the bolt and let it slam forward.
You'll need to "hammer" the bolt a few dozen times to drive the barrel out of the receiver.
Just FYI, the ejector(little metal strip that kicks the cases out) is staked to the barrel. Make sure you're holding the barrel as you pull it off or you'll end up bending the ejector.
Whatever you do, DO NOT attempt to twist the barrel out of the receiver.

@chalkriver - In my limited experience with these rifles, they only shoot accurately with very high velocity stuff. I've only had good results with Rem yellow jackets.
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I only put about 100rds thru mine with mix accuracy results. I free floated the barrel and changed out the rings that were only half on. Next time I go out will have a better trigger. Yeah because how much of a PITA it is to clean IE remove the barrel to remove the bolt. It wont be getting anything but break wash cleaning.
 
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