"Savage Mark II .22: Rat Rifle" by Nutnfancy

Quiet, accurate, and deadly... at least on rats and other vermin. The Savage Mark II FV-SR is the perfect "Rat Jihad" rifle. It's short, light, cycles quickly for a bolt gun, has an awesome trigger, and comes with a threaded muzzle for suppressor. One example shown here is camouflaged in condensed Varicam (Multicam-like) pattern, making it even more stealthy in many environments. Contact www.missionspeccamo.com for that service, use code nutnfancy. As a pest control rifle, the Savage Mark II is an excellent choice. Tested for months in TNP were two FV-SRd and a Mark II G model. Some reliability problems surfaced early with a magazine whose sides separated. But mostly they ran very reliably and shot with excellent accuracy, especially the Aguila Super Extra Subsonic load (shown). Shot from 20 to 100 yards, the Savage Mark II accuracy seemed to keep pace with all other .22 rifles tested so far. Many targets are shown with many loads to include Remington Subsonic, Eley Prime Match, Federal Bulk, Aguila, and CCI Min-Mags. Bolt manipulation is smooth, the adjustable 3 lb AccuTrigger is excellent (watch it for side disengagement though, discussed), the safety perfectly situated, the LOP well sized, and the molded in checkering on the synthetic stock works. The magazine and its retention system works but I prefer that found on the Marlin XT rifles for reason discussed. This are mid-priced .22 bolt action rifles made in Canada and for the most part the quality is excellent: hard wood stock well finished, quality rifled barrels, and most models have attractive bluing jobs (however bluing on the FV-SR is rough, perhaps intended to reduce glare). Value is good but there are some misses here: few versions of the Savage Mark II comes with sights AND scope bases. The receivers are not grooved for scope mounting either. This means you will have track down and buy bases for your gun. Te G Model is even lacking screws for the scope base mounting holes. Its main competition the Marlin 925 or XT-22 includes iron sights and a grooved receiver. The good news is even with the iron sights, the Mark II G shot with outstanding accuracy so you may choose never to mount a scope. All versions offer extreme recreational possibilities and the .22 bolt gun is one of my favorite fun choices. But for its compactness, threaded muzzle, and accuracy, I recommend the FV-SR version for most POUs. The larger and tacti-cool Mark II TRR-SR is a good range choice perhaps but I would never carry it afield. All excellent versions are shown and discussed. Overall then the Mark II .22 is another American Classic .22 bolt gun that runs fast and accurately and keeps your checking account in the green. And the rats and starlings in the red.///////////////Nutnfancy Likability Scale: 9 out of 10 for most models