What's going on with this rifle, REAL or FAKE?

[GunKnowledge]

So I'm out running errands, have a bit of time to kill, so I stop at a local pawn shop. On the rack with the usual assortment of stuff is a heavy barrel Savage, marked 110V, in .223. I think long action with 223, and I've never heard of a "V" model, so I ask to see it. It's a got a long heavy barrel (I'm guessing 26"), blued finish, and internal mag wood stock, with stippling running from grip to halfway along the bottom of the stock.

So I figure, homemade custom job, but SUPPOSEDLY, it's original. The stippling is <span style="text-decoration: underline">pretty poor quality IMO</span>, the outline isn't even straight, so I give the appropriate half second pause to convey that I doubt what I heard, and resume looking over the rifle, before thanking him for the time and heading out.

So I look it up in my Standard Catalog of Firearms, and of course, no "V" model is listed, and searching online gives me a whole bunch of peoples custom varmint models, and a couple references to J actions.

At this point, I would normally say, BS, sounds made up,

BUT, google images found this for "Savage 110V", and the stock stippling is the same. So now I'm wondering, am I looking at this exact rifle (pretty slim chance), or did Savage crank out 110V's with goofy stippling in this configuration?

 

[GunKnowledge]

Re: What's going on with this rifle, REAL or FAKE?

And of course this bugs me because I just bought another Savage heavy barrel 223 after searching for a while, and I find another that would have suited me...

 

[Dylan in AZ]

Re: What's going on with this rifle, REAL or FAKE?

A 223 in a long action? I can't see Savage putting something like that out on the market honestly. Call Savage and see if they know anything about them?

 

[SDWhirlwind]

Re: What's going on with this rifle, REAL or FAKE?

Back in the late 70's and early 80's Salvage(my choice of spelling) made a 112J as you mentioned. Stippled stock but a single shot action. Pretty meaty stock IIRC. Never owned one personally but had a friend who had one in a Swift and it shot pretty descent. Think they made them in 22/250, Swift, probably 243 and IIRC 25-06 and 308? Maybe even in 222 and/or 223? Not a Savage fan so never quite kept track of all calibers available. Back then Savage was like Winchester, neither had a short action and built 222's etc on their long actions. Dropping a deuce round into a LA Win 70 left alot of unused space.lol

Wonder if the 110V wasn't a later repeater version of the 112J?? Guess the actions were pretty descent and slick. Savage did do some pretty descent metal and stock work during that era.

 

[pinzmann]

Re: What's going on with this rifle, REAL or FAKE?

I had a Savage long action 223 with the regular plastic stock. The bolt was marked "tactical". Had trouble feeding long 75gr bullets in it for some reason, regular 55gr fed ok. Made a block in the mag well to help. Tried selling it, couldn't get what I wanted for it, so I sold the barrel and stock, sent the action to SSS and ended up with a 284 Winchester in a Choate tactical stock. Has a Shilen barrel on it now.

 

[padronanniversary]

Re: What's going on with this rifle, REAL or FAKE?

I've actually seen a savage that had similar stippling. I thought it was a hack job too, so I skipped over it.

 

[RoyPreston]

Re: What's going on with this rifle, REAL or FAKE?

I have a 112fv in 22-250 long action. At one time I have 2 savages in 243, both factory 1 was short action and 1 was long action. I have never seen one with that type of stock before.I know savage was never shy about the 26" heavy barrels thats what my 112 has on it.

 

[crumpett]

Re: What's going on with this rifle, REAL or FAKE?

It's genuine they made 110V & 110S both were heavy barrel, if I remember correctly 110V's were the varmint calibers of the day and 110S' were larger cals(mine was a .308). It was quite the shooter.

 

[whitetailnut]

Re: What's going on with this rifle, REAL or FAKE?

It sounds like a 110V Series J.

 

[Jim See]

Re: What's going on with this rifle, REAL or FAKE?

Real, I have one in 22-250 in the shop right now for a rebarrel. New never fired but the factory bore looks awful rough. This one has a similar stippled stock and is a la single shot.

15+ years ago there was no such thing as a short action savage, all the rifles were built on one action and it was long.

 

[Jerkface11]

Re: What's going on with this rifle, REAL or FAKE?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jim See</div><div class="ubbcode-body">15+ years ago there was no such thing as a short action savage, all the rifles were built on one action and it was long. </div></div>

This.

 

[whitetailnut]

Re: What's going on with this rifle, REAL or FAKE?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jerkface11</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jim See</div><div class="ubbcode-body">15+ years ago there was no such thing as a short action savage, all the rifles were built on one action and it was long. </div></div>

This. </div></div>

Isn't there a difference with the "J' series? I believe it was a little shorter than the regular Savage long action. I have read that it was savage's first short action.