I told my wife on the way to the show Saturday when she asked what I was going to buy I said "no guns". I don't need any more guns until I get some sold. There was a time when I had about six of the heavy Savage single shot varmint guns in 223's and a 22-250 and 220 Swift's. I foolishly sold them off to where I have two Swifts left and wish I would have never sold my other ones especially the 223's. They were 1:9 twists and shot any thing I loaded in them up to the 75 gr. Hornady A-Max bullets. One of the most accurate bullets was the 40 gr. Sierra Blitz King. Not supposed to be good in a fast twist but they were very good. So Saturday I saw one at the show and asked the guy if it was a single shot and he said it was. I asked the caliber and he said 223. I was like here we go wanting another gun and I said I wasn't going to buy one. He lowered the price down $75 and I said I will think about it while I walk around some more. He was down to $500. I finally came back around and he asked if I wanted it. So I had sold a 22 earlier and had about enough to buy it with the money I took with me. I counted my money and had $485 I could spend and have money enough for the trip home. I didn't take much money with me to keep me from buying another gun. I told him what I had and he thought for a little and said that will work and with no tax by buying from a private seller I was getting me another single shot Savage. So I counted it out to him and he got lucky. There was $486 because two of the dollar bills were stuck together.
Was it his lucky day or mine?
The icing on the cake was it has a Canjar set trigger on it that is probably worth about $200. Seldom seen item to fit the Savage rifles. Push the trigger forward and a little button comes out the front and it is a trigger in ounces. This one set is about 2 - 3 ounces. It also had new Burris rings with the plastic inserts and a Leupold base. They are off there and it will get cross bolt style rings and bases. I will sell the Burris rings later. 12X Leupold going on this rifle. Here is a few pictures. Can some one move this to the new single shot sub forum. I put it on the wrong place and don't want to do it over.
Thanks in advance.
Here is a picture of the trigger unset
Trigger in the set position. Notice the little lever sticking out at the front lower part of the trigger.
