Savage Model 64

Model 64 series

Savage Model 64F with an optional scope attached
Type Semi-automatic rifle
Specifications
Weight (2.26 kg) (5 lb)
Length (1016 mm) (40 in)
Barrel length (514.35 mm) (20 in)
Cartridge .22 long rifle
Action blowback, self-loading
Rate of fire Semi-automatic
Muzzle velocity 380 m/s (1,260ft/s)
Effective firing range (150 m) (163 yd)
Feed system 10-round detachable box magazine
Sights Adjustable notched rear sight, bead post front sights, optional fiber optic sights

Formally known as the Cooey 64, the Winchester-Cooey Model 64B and the Lakefield 64B, the Savage Model 64 series is a semi-automatic .22 LR rifle made by Savage Arms in Lakefield, Ontario, Canada. It operates on a simple blowback action. It is targeted towards beginning shooters, small game hunters, and budget minded plinking. It is one of the most popular plinkers in the United States due to high accuracy, being chambered in cheap, common, and readily available .22 long rifle, and the inexpensive price.

It is unusual among semiautomatic 22s, and traditional (non-bullpup) semiautomatic rifles in general, in that it is available in a true left handed version (left handed safety, charging handle and eject -presumably wrong handed twist). Some consider this particularly helpful for new, especially young shooters, as it leaves them free to focus on more important matters to learn.

The "64 series" has sold under [combination of manufacturers' names listed above] [62, 64 and 954] [one or more letters]. It was also sold as Sears Roebuck & Co. Model 6C. Although often unexpressed in speech, as a "64" it is almost always followed by a single series letter. "64" without a letter indicates the first year of manufacturer only. That version had a plastic magazine. It is considered undesirable. It was followed by the 64B.

The rifle is in active production, replacement parts are readily available, and there is a high degree of interchangeability between series.

Variants

Model 64F black synthetic stock[1]

Model 64F Camo synthetic Realtree Hardwoods HD camo stock[2]

Model 64G Monte Carlo style, walnut finished hardwood stock.[3]

Model 64FSS stainless finish and fiber optic sights[4]

Model 64BTV laminated thumbhole stock[5]

Model 64TRR-SR wooden stock with full matte black finish, with a fluted and threaded bull barrel[6]

As of now all models are manufactured with a plastic trigger guard.

The Model 64 Savage has a full floating barrel, standard. It is considered by many to be more accurate "out of the box" than the Ruger 10/22.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Model 64F info at Savage
  2. ↑ Model 64 Camo at Savage
  3. ↑ Model 64G info at Savage
  4. ↑ Model 64SS at Savage
  5. ↑ Model 64BTV at Savage
  6. ↑ Model 64TRR-SR at Savage

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