For reliability, the rifle is equipped with a dual control round feed system. The case hardened receiver and hard chrome bolt are engineered for many years of reliable service firing higher pressure magnum loads. The pull weight can be adjusted with a tool provided with the rifle.Ī black synthetic stock has pistol grip and forend texturing for improved handling and control. It only requires a pound of pressure to move the AccuRelease to the rear, where the finger then engages the trigger. The pull weight of this rifle is user adjustable from 1.5 to 6 pounds without the fear of it going off if dropped or bumped.Īt the center of the AccuTrigger mechanism lies the AccuRelease, which is a thin blade that rides within the main trigger to prevent the sear from releasing unless held all the way rearward. For the the vast majority of shooters, a lighter trigger pull equates to greater accuracy. One of the best features found anywhere is the simple yet ingenious Savage AccuTrigger system. It uses the famous locknut system which made the company famous, which makes for fast and accurate headpspacing when the guns are assembled. Savage has equipped the A22 with a highly precise 18" button rifled barrel. The magazine is a 10- round rotary design, which for over 50- years has been the industry standard when reliably feeding rimfire cartridges. An oversized polymer bolt handle offers a large surface area to grab when loading the rifle. Savage's interrupter lug slows the opening of the bolt just enough to allow the pressure in the barrel to dissipate so the empty casing can be reliably extracted. 22LR semi-auto's, allows the bolt to open too quickly when it comes to the much hotter rimfire magnum cartridges. The question often asked is, "why is it so difficult to engineer a semi-auto magnum rimfire?". In 1995, the company returned to prominence as private ownership and guidance from Smith & Wesson's former Director of Engineering- now company Chairman / CEO Ron Coburn- lead Savage to re-establish itself as one of the most technologically innovative and advanced rifle company's in the modern era.
Over the next several decades, the company grew to the largest firearms company in the free world, went to war in the 1940s- becoming the largest single source supplier of Enfield rifles to the British Empire- only to fall on hard times and eventually declare bankruptcy in the late 1980s. Pope's barrels were legendary for their performance on the target range, as it was understood that if you wanted to win competitions, his barrels were the ones to beat. This would lay the foundation for the company's excellent reputation for building extremely accurate rifles. Stevens Company, which was associated with famous barrel maker Harry Pope. In the end, Savage lost out, this time ironically to his former employer Colt, and pistol designed by John Moses Browning- the M1911. Several years later, Savage would also be a contender for another big military contract as the company was named one of the top two finalists in the U.S. With refinements to the design, the Savage hammerless lever would soon evolve into the venerable Model 99- one of the most celebrated and successful hunting rifles in history, enjoying a production run of over a century. military's next infantry rifle, which had instead been awarded to the short lived Krag-Jorgensen rifle. It was a design that Savage had originally engineered for Colt, but in 1892 failed to win out as the U.S. Savage Arms was founded in 1894 by Arthur Savage, who subsequently introduced us to the world's first hammerless lever action rifle. Low prices on the Savage A22 Precision Semi-Automatic in.