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Savage-Anschutz Model 64 Match. What do I need to know?

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#1 ·
Hi folks,
Recently I stopped by one of the local gun shops and to my surprise they had a complete, excellent condition Savage-Anschutz 64. I bought it right away simply based on condition and name, but I know little about these rifles. Are these considered actual Anschutz rifles since they also bare the Savage name? Also, upon checking the gun, I noticed the bolt come apart simply by twisting it and the two firing pin pieces fit together. There appears to be no firing pin return spring for the front half (Part that strikes the rim of the cartridge). I've read that this is the case with this "early design" firing pin. Is that the case? Also, what kind of front sight inserts fit the globe? They look like Lyman?

-Ethan.
 
#2 ·
Yes, these are Anchutz rifles, made in Ulm and marketed by Savage as part of a reciprocal importing deal.

Match 64 bolts have the striker spring only in rhe rear half. It's a quirk that the bolt is more fiddly than the more expensive Match 54.

Foresight inserts depend on the tunnel. Yours might not be the original. The standard Anschutz tunnel takes nominal 18mm diameter elements. Any target shooting supplier will have some.
 
#4 ·
Yes, those sights are Anschutz: the rear is the 6705 Standard and the front is an 18mm tunnel. Any smallbore/air supply shop will have 18mm inserts: metal, Perspex, and sometimes even glass. You could have an iris aperture too. Anschutz make a replacement retainer for perspex inserts if you want, but the original will work.

The rifle as a whole is a 1403. The Freeland handstop isn't a factory fitment, but unremarkable.
 
#6 · (Edited)
At the time Anschutz gave all their rifles a model number starting 14, then another two identifying the action/barrel + stock combination. Here 03 identifies a single shot Match 64 with a medium/light target barrel and target stock. It differentiates this 64 from a 1416 64 Sporting rifle. Subsequently, Anschutz made the 1803 and 1903 64-action target rifles.

It was meant to be used at standard .22 target distances. Internationally this is 50m. In the US it's 50ft indoors, 50yds/metres, and 100 yds outdoors. In Britain it's 20/25yds indoors, and 50 yds/metres and 100 yards outdoors.
 
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