Savage 340-D why you always clean a new to you firearm

[drphilwv]

Soooo. Traded a crappy Universal M1 carbine for this one. It's generally in pretty nice external shape. So I took it out of the wood to clean it. http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/wvcruffler/C91F4E94-8D36-4C09-883B-3417E3AAAA5E-1617-000001F04900EEA3.jpg
Yeah, I think those were baby roaches at one time. I have the creepy crawlers now the rest of the dang day. Guess it probably hasn't been all that well maintained..,,,, anyway, cleaning initiated.
Phil

[RPJ80]

Bizarre…

[outback andy]

Soooo. Traded a crappy Universal M1 carbine for this one. It's generally in pretty nice external shape. So I took it out of the wood to clean it. http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u133/wvcruffler/C91F4E94-8D36-4C09-883B-3417E3AAAA5E-1617-000001F04900EEA3.jpg
Yeah, I think those were baby roaches at one time. I have the creepy crawlers now the rest of the dang day. Guess it probably hasn't been all that well maintained..,,,, anyway, cleaning initiated.
Phil

Looks like that 340 D needs a little loving...when you get the your new stock you will need to fit that trigger guard mag plate to the stock, I did it by marking both sides of the new stock using
the trigger guard mag plate and a pencil, then using a hack saw cut down to the lines and then using a chisel cut out the wood, then clean it up with your file..

[drphilwv]

The bore is a bit rought back nearer the chamber. Not going to panic. Going to shoot a box or two with some good cleaning of a warm bore and just see what she can do. I have milsurp guns with worse bores that have very good accuracy. That's just nasty though. Who has bugs like that where they keep their guns?? Took a lot of brass wool to remove all the surface rust. Still overall pleased with the deal. I like to have to do a little work. The clear on the stock is flaky. Taking it down tonight and using a basic Tru-oil for the stock to spiff it up a little. I wasn't going to alter the stock until I really got a look at how kinda crappy it is. So, not afraid to do much damage since it's a fixer-upper anyway. Might steam out a new dents just for practice.

[drphilwv]

Adding this info here in case I lose it later.
From Bolt Action Rifles by Frank de Haas ------ Savage m110= 1.055 dia. 20v tpi.
From NRA Gunsmithing Guide ----- Savage m340 et al = .850 dia. 18v tpi.
Taken from another forum. May end up needing to rebarrel the .222 and found the shank info.

[JCalhoun]

Yea, I know what you mean about the mil-surp bores. I have a Model 1917 Eddystone that had a very dark and pitted bore. Took several months of shooting and cleaning but it did eventally clean up good and shoots well now.

[placek59]

Adding this info here in case I lose it later.
From Bolt Action Rifles by Frank de Haas ------ Savage m110= 1.055 dia. 20v tpi.
From NRA Gunsmithing Guide ----- Savage m340 et al = .850 dia. 18v tpi.
Taken from another forum. May end up needing to rebarrel the .222 and found the shank info.

I have just taken apart my sav 340, in .223, and the threads are close to the NRA guide. Mine actually measure .864" - 18tpi. I assume that is undersized for a 7/8" shank. Just thought I would post that info in case anyone was looking. I had actually seen the info from the NRA guide and posted somewhere on this forum awhile ago... Wanting to correct, or be more accurate in the measurements I guess...

[The Old Coach]

Confirm that a spare 340 barrel in my inventory measures .864 OD x 18 tpi.

[jonbearman]

Can you post a pic or 2 of the gun all cleaned up.