Old 110L 243

[LLOYD17]

Good evening,

Went and and picked up the latest addition the other day. It's a 110L in 243, short action, 17,10X serial with a J code on the barrel. I'll add a scope and try to find a front sight base. Eventually I'll get it out to the range to see how an old Savage runs.

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[handirifle]

A 110 J series in 243 was the first Savage I ever bought, and that was in 1974 at a PX in West Germany. Brought it home in my duffle bag. Try that now days. I still have it, and it will never go. The rifle is still very accurate. Good luck on yours.

[Lorenzo]

Wow kind of a cool story. Crazy how things change.

[FW Conch]

"handi", would You care to tell us how much "less" than $200 You paid for that rifle? ;-))

[LHitchcox]

That is an odd bird. My next door neighbor has one, also in left hand .243, and I have a long action left hand first generation that has been rebarreled to .25-06, but without the rear sight boss and it is nutless. What are the odds that two of those left hand, first generation Savages would reside next door to each other?

[handirifle]

LOL If I remembered, I would. I doubt it was anywhere close to $200 though. Here's a pic of it after I refinished it and added a forend tip.

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Only bad is it's RH and I am LH. But hey, when I was a kid they didn't make many LH baseball gloves so I played RH. I can shoot just as well either way, so it is a keeper. Ha, first deer I shot in CA was with this rifle. It was wearing a 308 barrel at the time though. Back to factory 243 barrel now. In fact, all my Savages are now wearing their factory barrels. Funny how that works out.

[handirifle]

I think I added the recoil pad too, can't remember now.

[Mad Dog]

Not sure why the "J" is on it but the serial number puts it at 1959.

[slimcowboy1978]

This is the rifle I learned to shoot with... out of all of the rilfes I ever shot and own/ed, it is by far the best grouping rifle out to 200 yards. I have shot and killed 3 deer and 4 elk on this rifle, my dad has cover a dozen kills on this rifle (as its his rifle).
Its actually this platform that turned me on to getting a Savage rifle for myself, and now looking at a few more to turn into special build rifles.