Waiting on my new to me 110L in 243 Win with Pics

[STR513]

Nice looking OLD Savage. I believe your correct on the 9.5" twist. My Savage 243 didn't shoot 100 grain pills very well but it loves the 95 grain Ballistic Tip and 87 grain BTHPs from Hornady. Not sure about that trigger.

Thanks. OK I will start the hunt for something a little lighter.

On pre-66 models like yours, the year of manufacture can be determined by the oval barrel stamp. Your barrel stamp is 11K, the two digits are the inspector's ID and alpha character denotes year, K is 1959.

From what little I can see of the trigger, it looks original.

Very interesting scope mount, I couldn't quite make out the manufacturer.

Congrats on scoring a nicely kept survivor.

Thanks for all the info. Thought I saw somewhere they didn't start the 243 till 60 but obviously not. I'm also interested to see what the action length is.

Scope is a Bausch and Lomb, pretty sure it's called Balvar. The adjustments are in the mount, not internally from what I can see so far. I did see that mount somewhere when I was looking up the scope. If I have another pic or 2 I will post them later.

[Balvar24]

Scope is a Bausch and Lomb, pretty sure it's called Balvar. The adjustments are in the mount, not internally from what I can see so far. I did see that mount somewhere when I was looking up the scope. If I have another pic or 2 I will post them later.

Looks like a Balvar8. They're pretty nice scopes. Best of their time. The adjustable ones especially sometimes have some small flecks inside that can be annoyance but does not inhibit their use. The American Rifleman tested one by dismounting it from the adjustable mounts, smacking against the leg of a chair, and then remounting it. It was reported to hold zero and function was not inhibited.

[STR513]

Mine is 30-06 and do shoot it but not often. As you can imagine, at just 7lbs (including scope) and wearing a metal butt plate, it's not very pleasant from the bench. That said, the connection to my dad and the fact the rifle is one of the first 100 produced, it always makes me smile.

I get that. Was talking with a friend the other day about recoil on the bench. Awesome that it's the original cal and in the first 100.

Looks like a Balvar8. They're pretty nice scopes. Best of their time. The adjustable ones especially sometimes have some small flecks inside that can be annoyance but does not inhibit their use. The American Rifleman tested one by dismounting it from the adjustable mounts, smacking against the leg of a chair, and then remounting it. It was reported to hold zero and function was not inhibited.

It seemed pretty clean when I looked through it, hope it's as clear as I think it was.

Based on your handle, you are really into these scopes, or ?

[Balvar24]

They're pretty neat. I especially like the big 6-24 model.

[PhilC]

Though not currently on the rifle (removed to deep clean the action) I put a Balvar 8B 2.5 - 8 x 36 on it around '73 - '75. Still an awesome scope today.

[Newtosavage]

My 1960 110 is now wearing a M8 Leupold 6x36 from 1976. It really is amazing how good those scopes are for their age. The 70's were when they had started to figure out lens coatings, and the top optics from those years are still very good compared to what's made today.

[Balvar24]

I threw a Balvar24 on my 112V in 243. Haven't had a chance to shoot it yet.