Local shop has a Savage Super Sporter in pretty decent shape. Not a museum piece, the rear sight is gone and a nearly new looking Weaver base is screwed on, but it looks like it spent most of the last 80 years sitting on the really squished recoil pad.
The stock is checkered, so it looks like a 45. But there was a dovetail rear sight instead of (or maybe in addition to) a receiver sight, so it looks like a 40. So, is it a 40 or a 45?
The safety and receiver look a whole lot like the ones on a Model 23. Are these about the same to shoot, as far as trigger and accuracy?
The wood and the blue look real good. I'm thinking it might make a good .30-06 shooter.
Some people say the action is weak for a .30-06, and it does have rear-locking lugs. Any experience/reading about that issue?
