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Picked up this little gem on Friday from kalboy. Thanks buddy
Savage MarkII left handed version.


Then picked up this for it yesterday.
3-9x32 BSA

That's sweet erc! Congrats!
I have a Barska scope almost identical to that BSA on my 597 and it works great!

Nice! Looks like a tack driver there. Too bad we didn't have you in the biathilon.

Thanks guys. I shot this with kb back in the early fall and loved it. Can't wait to get it out. (Snowing again here with single digit wind chills )

Brrr! You need gallons of Hot Chocolate to stay out in that!

Well, I didn't stay out, but I did go out.
Only at about 25 yds. or so but managed to get the scope semi zeroed (you can only do so much while shivering and having numb hands, out in the wind)
Scope zero:


After 20 more rounds. 1/2" dot 1/4" squares:

Looks like a keeper to me!

Freezing cold, numb appendages, shivering, bulky clothing, and you still get that tight a group?

I can't wait to see what it'll do once it gets warm out and you're in a T-shirt.

Wow Erc ya got the new shooter looking good w/ the new optics and the group is fine too!
Glad to see you're enjoying the new hardware!

Yep, but uh.......................well...........................uh..........................with my old eyes and such, I went overboard a 'lil.
8-32x50AO Barska "Varmint" series. Guess there is nothing wrong with having a scope half as long as the barrel is there?

Looks like the gophers and squirrel population in your part of town is gonna go down!

Just rember! you gotta see small to shoot small! DR

when it warms up alittle youll have to fill us in on how you like the acutrigger. Ive got 6x18 and 6.5x24 on my 17s and now I wish Id sprung for the 8x32s now.DR

Lil' better pics from outside yesterday. I'm on call this week so I could only take pics. No shooting.
Nestled in Millet adjustable high rings, it's less than a dime thickness above the barrel, but it clears.
BTW, this thing was 80 bucks at the local Gander. I know, Gander is disliked by some and I've seen gouging on things, but if you research, they do have decent prices on things.
Barska site "buy now" on this model is $207.25
The BSA was only a dollar more and half the distance, as opposed to going to wally world for it.

DR I have shot this gun in the warm weather with kb last early fall, and loved the trigger. Between it and the lefty (first time for me ever shooting a lefty gun) when kb offered it up for sale it was a no brainer for me. I don't have a pull gauge but wherever kb adjusted it to is perfect.

Ape, we gots plenty of tree rats, but gophers around here are whistle pigs (ground hogs). My Gramps used to eye shoot 'em at a hundred yards out in a bean field when they stood up with an old Nylon 66 and irons. Used to tease me about "needing" a telescope on a gun.
Whistle pigs are varmints, but squirrel are seasonal hunting game, as well as yotes, and others.
.22 is fine for squirrel and even pigs out to 100 or so with head shots, but the crazy things have excellent sight and are hard to get close to. For pigs and yotes, this scope might find it's way onto a better Varmint caliber in the future. Something in oh.................I dunno, 270? 204? 220 swift? 22-250?

Lookin good big guy!
Squirrels are always in season around here, just like "whistle pigs".

I picked up a lefty Savage 93 in 22 mag - its my first lefty bolt too. Btw, you can't have to big of a scope, ever
Mike