Posted on 09/17/2004 9:17:02 PM PDT by Henchman
Savage made a nice camp gun which was O/U. Most popular I believe was a .22 rimfire over a 20 guage. They may have made a few in centerfire calibers, but not in the 30.06 class. Think that would be a little too hot for the action.
blessings, Bobo
When I was in high school in the late Forties/early Fifties in Nevada, I knew a man whose fondest possession was his .410 shotgun/.22 rifle over/under. He used it to hunt dove and jack rabbits in the high sage. I remember complaining that both were single shot--his answer was that he had learned to hit the target with a single shot. And he usually did.
Thanks. I was just guessing at the caliber/gauge combo. A .22/20Ga makes sense for small game.
Guess there's hope for my neurons yet.
Savage made some popular over-under,rifle-shotgun combos in different calibers and gauges.
Not necessarily, if he got it from his communist buddies in Hanoi they probably would not have deactivated the automatic fire. If he got it from them, and he probably did, I would bet it's a fully operational piece.
I own a Savage over and under shotgun I bought in 1957 before I got out of the Army. I was stationed at Camp Roberts Calif and would go hunting on the base almost every day. I owned a 20ga single shot and a 22 single shot. If i took the shot gun I saw bobcats and coyotes. If I took the 22 I saw dove and quail. I bought the Savage in a 20ga under and a 22Mag over. It is still my favorite upland gun.
Screw his assault rifle. As with all Communists, it's his full-auto assault MOUTH I want to ban.
Unbelievable. What a tool bag! lol..........
Only for him .. the huddled masses to not get to partake.
I've got my great-uncle's old Savage .22/.410 over and under (Model 24) sitting right here in my home office. He passed away in 1981, so it's something to remember him by. It has his signature on the bottom of the trigger guard.
I remember them, too.
They came in various configurations; 410/.22, 20ga./.38, etc.
I don't rmember who manufactured them, though.
The good old days.
---Off topic but it's late. W's gun is an over/under. The 20 Ga sounds like it's for birds? Am I wrong? ---
Bush being from Texas, it's probably for doves, although down there the Remington 1100 in 20ga is by far the most popular dove gun.
I used to hunt at Camp Roberts! We'd go down there on a field problem in July and the hunting season would open in August, a very convenient arrangement. I owned a Savage in 20ga/223.
Did you great uncle ever live in Nevada? Was his first name Bob?
I don't think he ever lived in Nevada, but his name wasn't Bob, anyway. He was a marksman with it, as your friend evidently was.
Well if if wasn't for that answer from kerry I wouldn't have even know he was in Vietnam. he certainly kept that quiet.
Thanks much for posting the FULL article :-)
It's not illegal because he actually sold it before he bought it.
FUNNY! Guess it was illegal until it was legal
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