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Savage .22/410

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 9:56 pm
by graywolf
I installed a peep sight on my Savage Model 42 earlier this week. Started sighting it in. Hope to shoot it more in next couple days.

Re: Savage .22/410

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2022 10:00 pm
by graywolf
Sorry. Thought I sent a picture of the target with last post.

Re: Savage .22/410

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 10:21 am
by Hatchdog
Nice, always wanted one of those. Guy has a deluxe on our local trader page for sale but I just bought a Henry 410 so I’m forcing myself to use self control. I don’t need two 410’s and I don’t want to sell the Henry. :(

Is the 42 the new style with the composite stock? I sure like the look of them so I hope you can get a picture posted.

Re: Savage .22/410

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 11:50 am
by graywolf
It is the one with composite stock. Pretty much all composite. It’s mostly my everyday carry during the summer. I keep it with me on the utv and in the shop. The 410 comes in handy. There’s a spring with a cane patch in the bottom behind my house and there’s plenty of rattlesnakes that like my back yard and have to be relocated.

Re: Savage .22/410

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 9:47 am
by graywolf
Here’s the results after installing the peep sight. I shot propped on side of my utv. Hope to fine tune it in next couple days. Maybe this afternoon.

Re: Savage .22/410

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 9:49 am
by Hatchdog
Nice bullet trap.

Re: Savage .22/410

Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2022 11:51 am
by Sir Henry
Nice bullets trap indeed.

Re: Savage .22/410

Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2022 9:38 pm
by graywolf
Nothing to Bragg about for sure, but got the peep sight close. The rest is up to me. The 410 is what keeps me from liking this gun more. Hopefully you can zoom in on picture and see why. It’s not choked and pattern spreads fast. This picture is only 15 yds. It’s good during summer for snakes and such, but not for squirrel hunting.

Re: Savage .22/410

Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 11:56 am
by Hatchdog
graywolf wrote:
Wed Jun 08, 2022 9:38 pm
Nothing to Bragg about for sure, but got the peep sight close. The rest is up to me. The 410 is what keeps me from liking this gun more. Hopefully you can zoom in on picture and see why. It’s not choked and pattern spreads fast. This picture is only 15 yds. It’s good during summer for snakes and such, but not for squirrel hunting.
Interesting, I didn’t know these weren’t choked. I always thought this would make a great grouse gun with the choice of 22 or 410. How bout a picture of your firearm?

Re: Savage .22/410

Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:37 am
by Travlin
Why don't you talk to a good gunsmith about putting some choke in that 410? I believe that there is a procedure known as a jug choke that can be used. Maybe not as good as a factory full choke but a lot tighter than an open cylinder.