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Kansas Highwall Participating Member Offline Posts: 15 Joined: Oct 12^th, 2023	Savage single shot rifle Oct 20^th, 2023 at 8:35pm	Print Post
	My first rifle was the Savage model 72 Crackshot. I've had many years of fun hunting and target shooting with it, trying various ammo for dialing it in as did my dad with the 30G. I've always appreciated the simple design and ease of maintenance it provided. I've often thought that same design would be perfect for other calibers like the .221 Fireball, 22 Hornet, 32 H&R mag and even maybe the 327 Fed Mag! The problem is in today's world not many really appreciate the art of the single shot so why would Savage even consider it?


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Kansas Highwall Participating Member Offline Posts: 15 Joined: Oct 12^th, 2023	Re: Savage single shot rifle Reply #1 - Oct 20^th, 2023 at 9:45pm	Print Post
	Kansas Highwall wrote on Oct 20^th, 2023 at 8:35pm: My first rifle was the Savage model 72 Crackshot. I've had many years of fun hunting and target shooting with it, trying various ammo for dialing it in as did my dad with the 30G. I've always appreciated the simple design and ease of maintenance it provided. I've often thought that same design would be perfect for other calibers like the .221 Fireball, 22 Hornet, 32 H&R mag and even maybe the 327 Fed Mag! The problem is in today's world not many really appreciate the art of the single shot so why would Savage even consider it? Oh! I forgot to mention the .22 WMR vs. .17 HMR vs. .17 WSM! Let's do this Savage and company!


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Kansas Highwall Participating Member Offline Posts: 15 Joined: Oct 12^th, 2023	Re: Savage single shot rifle Reply #2 - Oct 20^th, 2023 at 9:58pm	Print Post
	sorry but I'm new here and haven't figured out how to edit posts so I will just add this image for now.


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Chuckster Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2202 Location: Colorado Joined: May 15^th, 2008	Re: Savage single shot rifle Reply #3 - Oct 20^th, 2023 at 11:21pm	Print Post
	Don't want to disappoint, but that action design is inherently weak. Puts a large load on the linkage and shoots loose. Good for a .22 RF and not much else. Chuck


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Sure shot Oldtimer Offline Posts: 836 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: Savage single shot rifle Reply #4 - Oct 21^st, 2023 at 5:36am	Print Post
	I have a model 72 a nice little rifle. I also have a new in box model 30G, okay rifle but the fit and finish is horrible. Probably why it lead to being discontinued. The Stevens model 44 is pretty much the rifle that you are asking for, but also a bit weak for the cartridges that you listed.


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Kansas Highwall Participating Member Offline Posts: 15 Joined: Oct 12^th, 2023	Re: Savage single shot rifle Reply #5 - Oct 21^st, 2023 at 9:59pm	Print Post
	Chuckster wrote on Oct 20^th, 2023 at 11:21pm: Don't want to disappoint, but that action design is inherently weak. Puts a large load on the linkage and shoots loose. Good for a .22 RF and not much else. Chuck Good to know! Thanks for the input.


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slumlord44 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2849 Location: Lebanon, Illinois 62254 Joined: Dec 21^st, 2007	Re: Savage single shot rifle Reply #6 - Oct 21^st, 2023 at 10:52pm	Print Post
	The 30G is a whole different animal. Fit and finish aren’t premium quality but adequate for a working gun. The original Favorites were inexpensive kids guns. I have 30G’s in .17 HRM and.22 WRM with tang sights and they’re a totally different animal than the original Favorites. Fit and finish are not fantastic but they are well built serviceable guns.


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Kansas Highwall Participating Member Offline Posts: 15 Joined: Oct 12^th, 2023	Re: Savage single shot rifle Reply #7 - Nov 4^th, 2023 at 10:54pm	Print Post
	Back in the day when my dad gifted me with the 72 Crackshot he also bought the 30 G for himself. Who would have guessed his would become more valuable than mine. Of course he sold it after I moved out. I still have mine and will give to my grandson once of age.


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4044 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Savage single shot rifle Reply #8 - Nov 5^th, 2023 at 1:48am	Print Post
	Personally I think they're ugly but the TC Encore is the product you're looking for, and they're a pretty popular cult item.

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jhm Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1234 Location: georgia Joined: Sep 4^th, 2011	Re: Savage single shot rifle Reply #9 - Nov 5^th, 2023 at 8:24am	Print Post
	Speaking of the TC guns I just built a 14 inch 22LR barrel for my first generation Contender. Gentleman named Bike Bellm (check out his web site) was kind enough to send me some material for the barrel block and some working drawings to machine everything out. I used a Green Mountain barrel I had.Cut a match chamber in it. Going to send it off to have the block tig welded to the barrel. TC barrels are quite pricey so I thought why not build my own. Can't wait to see how it shoots. JMH


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Cbashooter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1568 Location: Eastern Wa. Joined: Mar 31^st, 2018	Re: Savage single shot rifle Reply #10 - Nov 5^th, 2023 at 9:48pm	Print Post
	about 25 years ago a fellow in Portland Or. made up a batch of 7.62x39 Contender barrels from 2 groove 1903a3 barrels like you are doing with the block tigged to the barrel. They shot cast bullets fantastic!


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wesg Full Member Offline Posts: 241 Joined: Sep 13^th, 2004	Re: Savage single shot rifle Reply #11 - Nov 6^th, 2023 at 7:02pm	Print Post
	Made a few TC lugs from scratch, at least 40 years ago. TIG welded to 375 Douglas blanks turned down. 14-15 inch, chambered for a chopped off 30-30 case a guy that worked for my Dad had developed for a Ruger SBH Snapp had built for him. Had to make his own bullets by chopping 375/270 Hornady's down and reswaging them. Pretty impressive ... Still have a couple lugs ... I think ... pretty sure actually ... just 'where'? A 22 not an issue, but I think there may have been some noticeable effect on the hardness of the barrel from TIG welding them on. Cut ok, but you could see it in the finish of the chamber, 30-30 size. I drew up a lug to thread a barrel in, but never made any. Not suitable for anything much larger than a 22 Hornet I'd think. I have a 10" 357 barrel I screwed up. Few years back bored it out and put a liner in it made from a pulled 541-X barrel. Little I've shot it looks pretty promising.


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SchwartzStock Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1011 Location: SchwarzWald Joined: Mar 23^rd, 2010	Re: Savage single shot rifle Reply #12 - Nov 7^th, 2023 at 3:21am	Print Post
	I would like to see a new roller, somewhere between a No. 1 and a No. 4. Perhaps in the size of the No. 2. I would stay though with old cartridges available before 1900. A 32-20 would be my choice. Of course a rifle like this would probably start at the $1,200 mark because of the limited market for such a toy.

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