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My first "serious" varmint gun was a Savage 340 in .222. I forget what I paid for it, used, but it was less than $50 I am sure.

Only later did I discover that it was all wrong according to the experts. 1 screw to hold the action to the stock, non-floated barrel, barrel band, slow lock time, etc.

Apparently the gun could not read as it shot 1 MOA no matter what you could do to it! All my ammo was loaded on an original Lee Loader hand tool.

The only bad point was that the previous owner had shot hot handloads in it and buggered the extractor and I had to punch each case out with a cleaning rod until I made my own extractor out of a coat hanger (they didn't last too long being soft but they were easy to make and cheap).

Most of the Savage bolt guns I see these days shoot just fine. I don't know why I dont own one.

I truly wish I had not traded off that gun.

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