Did I ever mention I did buy the Savage Mk II? There’s a gun shop here that has the guns out, with trigger locks, so you can pick them up and put them to your shoulder and test out the weight and the feel without having to ask, and check out the sights and stuff like that. Pretty cool. Anyway I liked the Mk II feel best.
I put a couple of hundred rounds through it the weekend after I bought it and I LOVE it; it’s so easy and so much more fun than the stupid Marlin. It never jammed, not once, and the bolt action was amazingly smooth.
You made an excellent choice there, Mika, the Savage Mark series guns are great, you have a gun that has the potential to be just as accurate as a CZ or Ancschutz for significantly less money
Enjoy the new gun
…see, I told you resistance was futile…
So, what’s your next gun?
So now the next thing that you need to do, is try a bunch of different 22 caliber ammunition, and find out what your gun likes best, I found that CCI Blazer is good inexpensive plinking ammo, and CCI Subsonic and Green Tag are great for when I want maximum accuracy
I’ve never had good luck with Remington golden bullets or thunderbolts, dirty, unreliable, and a high rate of duds
An update on the Mosquito. I went back to where I bought it to pick up a soft case for it and talked to the owner of the place. I specifically asked him about complaints and problems with this piece, especially in light of the comment above about the slide cracking. He said that the only complaints he gets on the gun are the same as for any other .22 semi-auto: jams. I asked about the cracked slide and he said he’d never seen it or even heard about it. He also said that he pays close attention to customer complaints about specific guns, and will quit carrying guns that have problems. So far, the Sig Mo has not stood out as a problem weapon. I feel better about my purchase in light of this, and just thought I’d report back on it.
