Sometimes surprises happen..

[ironglows]

  $120 rifle outshoots $1,000 rifle.  Note; he owns both rifles..

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIfGI6B5sMs&t=523s

[BUGEYE]

I had a Savage stainless heavy barrel .22 magnum that shot the same way.
100 yard groups seldom went over .75 if the wind was calm.
Like an idiot I sold it.

[ironglows]

I had a Savage stainless heavy barrel .22 magnum that shot the same way.
100 yard groups seldom went over .75 if the wind was calm.
Like an idiot I sold it.

  Take heart Bug..I have a Savage 93, 22 mag, and it shoots very well also.  I had over the years, 2 Savage/Anschutz (actually Anschutz) rifles in .22 mag.  In bursts of munificence, I gave them away..one to my son, another to my grandson.
  Later, I decided to get a replacement..tried a number of them , including a Marlin..but none came near the one I had.
  Then, after a number of years, I stopped by my LGS..and there was a base Savage 93, with regular barrel and synthetic stock.  Although new, it was at a truly attractive price.
  I bought it, figuring if it wasn't good, I could trade it again.
  Imagine my surprise when I found it to shoot as well as the Anschutz rifles I had.

  BTW:  Some of those old Mossberg 640K 22 mags, shot very well too !

[BUGEYE]

I had a Savage stainless heavy barrel .22 magnum that shot the same way.
100 yard groups seldom went over .75 if the wind was calm.
Like an idiot I sold it.

  Take heart Bug..I have a Savage 93, 22 mag, and it shoots very well also.  I had over the years, 2 Savage/Anschutz (actually Anschutz) rifles in .22 mag.  In bursts of munificence, I gave them away..one to my son, another to my grandson.
  Later, I decided to get a replacement..tried a number of them , including a Marlin..but none came near the one I had.
  Then, after a number of years, I stopped by my LGS..and there was a base Savage 93, with regular barrel and synthetic stock.  Although new, it was at a truly attractive price.
  I bought it, figuring if it wasn't good, I could trade it again.
  Imagine my surprise when I found it to shoot as well as the Anschutz rifles I had.

  BTW:  Some of those old Mossberg 640K 22 mags, shot very well too !

Yeah I had a 640K in the early 70s.  It had an atrocious trigger but if you didn’t lose your temper over it and squeezed just right, it would make one ragged hole at fifty yards.