Savage 20 gauge 220F Slug Gun
Savage have come out with a 20 gauge bolt action slug gun. Because of the smaller size of 20 gauge cartridges they have build the 220 series on the 110 rifle action. The recoil is apparently significantly less than the 12 gauge 210F Slug gun.
The 220’s accuracy should be no surprise because it’s not built like a shotgun, but rather like a Savage Rifle. “The 20 gauge chambering allows us to build the gun on a Model 110 receiver,” Said Savage CEO Ron Coburn. “This provides many advantages over a traditional shotgun with rifled barrel. On of the most noticeable, of course, is the inclusion of the AccuTrigger.”
Specs:
Caliber: 20 Gauge (Chambered for 3″ shells).
Barrel Length: 22″
Weight: 6.75 lbs
Magazine Capacity: 2 rounds detachable
It features the Savage AccuTrigger, free floating barrel and oversized bolt handle. The black synthetic will retail for $505 and the RealTree camo model for $555.
Cool! The folks at Savage are always coming out with good ideas. I hope this one does well.
I live in Iowa and the 20 gauge in my opinion is the perfect deer round. I have always wondered what the 210f would be like in 20. Now I don’t need to wonder. As soon as there is cash in the account, that baby is mine!
my buddies dad has the 210f and it kicks on both ends, and i dont think the 220f will have the kick as the 210 but it will have the knock down power needed along with 200 yd accuracy
Would like to know where we could get this gun. Here in WIsconsin Gander Mountain cannot find anything in their books about it.
Would really like to try this one out. Any information would be greatly
appreciated.
On my way to Cabelas to pick up my Savage 220F . Gander is the last place to go for guns.
Picked up my 220f Thursday,will be at the range on Sunday with 5 boxes of SST’s and 5 boxes of Copper solids.
Mounted a Leopold 3×9x40 Ultimate slam scope. I’ll leave a note after the rande session.
Sorry meant RANGE session…..
rande or range, I’m waiting for a comment on your ‘test drive’ of the 220F
BUY THIS GUN, you won’t be disapointed. I changed to a Leopold 3×9x40
Ultimate Slam Scope. I only had a 50 yard range to work with. With SST”S
i was able to shoot 5- 3 shot groups all touch the same hole. This is the most accurate slug gun i own. I own 4 others. 100 yards should be around 1 to 2 inches.. Any questions , ask and i’ll try and help..
If anyone needs one Cabelas has about a 2 week window on a current special order. My buddy ordered his on sat and was told it should be in by
the 31st. Cabelas price is $450.00. $100.00 depsit is needed to order.
Hello every one, i just thought i would add my experiance in. I picked up my 220F last night. for scope rail i user was 2 Weiver #46 (wish i had something i could get the rings closer) due to the long action i had to pull my Leopold off my varmit rig (i always like to re sight the .204)(by the way the Savage .204 Varmit is a tack driver). i will be taking it out to the range on Sat. with 50 rounds in 10 flavors, i will let you know what i find works for mine
Cory L,
Looking forward to the out come while almost hold my breath. Please post your findings when available.
Dave S.
Your comments worked for me. Got it. Thanks for you input. There certainly seems to be a problem with the scope mounting routine with this. Hopefully, we, my ’smith’, Cory L, have this worked out (he his zeroing in tomorrow (the second, the camo model). He got the matt one
zeroed in last weekend. We are looking forward to getting ‘in the hunt’ next weekend.
Here is what i have so far, dont buy the Weiver mounts get the Leopold 2 peice Mount for the 110 & turn the rear mount backwords this allows for the use of shorter scopes you will also need to grind down the rear screws from Leopold since they touch the bolt, 2 threads was enough.
Likes
1. Light waight
2. Oversized Bolt
3. Solid Frame
4. Recoil pad
5. Accu Triger
6. Accuracy
Dislikes
1. Clip seams cheap
2. Stock seams Cheap(Im on the fence)
3. Shell Ejection Poor(Might be different with a round in the clip)
Winchester Partition Gold 3″
50yd = 2″ group
100yd = 3″ group
Hornady SST 2/34″
50yd = same hole 1/4″ at the most
100yd = cant get to that range yet!
this is not going to be a bench gun so as a deer slayer, i would say it is the most accurate slug gun i have shot(With the SST). i am stoping playing with rounds and i am going to stay with the SST since deer season for us in Minnesota starts in 10 days and the $2.60 a shot for rounds.
fyi i bought savage 220f used weaver 2 piece bases with one reversed .forward most base screw had to be filed i mounted burris 30mm medium ht rings, and a bushnell 1-4 trophy illuminated . no range time yet but im ready, gun has a great feel! cory i see what you wrote about sst, looks like you found your load
Glad to see everybodys getting the kinks worked out. I’ve shot only SST
slugs. I just picked up 5 boxes of Remington Accutip slugs. When i talked to Savage they said they got the best accuracy with the Accutip slugs.
Monday or Tuesday i’ll be at the range again,this time with a lead sled on
a bench. I’ll report back next week. Central duck starts in the morning, hunting both days. Happy Halloween…
Just bought my 220 and had it set up with scope. It will not eject the spent casings, something that I see everyone talking about, I am suprised my gunsmith did not catch it, can someone give me a specific on how to fix this issue so I can print it and take it to him. The gun shot fantastic, but I was so shocked about the ejection that I quit shooting and packed up.
Thanks
hi mark, unlike rifles this savage needs the bolt worked all the way to the rear with some authority when working the bolt, also if its ejecting but not clearing the action your scope might be mounted to low. when practicing with dummys, my shells bounce off the windage turrent on the way out. i hope this changes when i eject emptys.i have a 30mm 1-4 power, with medium rings, i found out by accident that no objective bell makes mounting easy for shorter scopes on this action. good luck and let us know how you make out.
I just purchased my 220 for Cabela’s and had the scope mounted with Leupold 2 pc. base and medium rings. With the rear base rotated forward, I didn’t have any problems.
Savage recommends using the Federal Barnes Expander 3″ (P209XTI), Remington AccuTip 2 3/4″ (PRA20) and Remington AccuTip 3″ (PRA20M) with their literature that comes with the gun. I purchased some Hornady SSTs for site in, and had the shots touching at 50 yards, but could not get a good group at 100 yds (6-8″). Also I had 3 shells not fire after repeated tries. I would not recommend these. I do not want to miss a buck of a life time due to a miss-fire. I did try the Federal Barnes Expanders and had a 2 1/4″ group at 100 yards on a very windy day. I will be buying the Remington’s and trying them later this week.
I also had trouble with the ejection of spent shells. It was better with the clip loaded, but still would not work smoothly. I had to really rack the bolt hard to get the spent shell out. Has anyone contacted Savage Arms regarding this problem? They definitely need to know that so many people are having the same problem. If anyone comes up with the solution, please post it.
Dan, i got out to the 100yd this weekend and found the same thing, the SSTs shot fantastic at 50yd and i though it would be the one but i as well found that at 100yd it fell apart with 2 – 6 inch groups. it was kinda funny 2 shots would shoot ok 1 would fly off, i checked everything and all was tight and the gun was locked into the rest and the Winchester Partition Gold were not all over the place. I dont know why i dont just try what they actualy recomend for best accuracy! No time to change now since i leave Friday for hunting!
Just a FYI since Cabelas just called me back from Oct 20th about ordering one! (i have 2 already) i thought i would share some costs with you all!
Cabelas
Camo: $539.00 (befor i told him what i paid)
Black: $449.00 (after i told him what i paid for mine)
Gun Stop (small shop in MN)
Black: $444.00
Ahlmans (small shop in MN)
Camo: $499.00 or $489.00 cash
Shot this morning, the Remington 2 3/4 Accutips really shine, the gun seemed to like these better than the SST’s. I also had the same outcome with the SST’s at 100 yards. They shot great at 50 and began to open up to over 4 inches at 100.The Rem Accutips printed no larger than 2 inch groups at 100 yards. I will stick with the Accutips.
dicks has them in sale this week for 449.99
Still can not get the shells to eject 8 out of 10 times. My guns smith used the 2 pc Leupoid and said he did turn the back mount around, but I am not sure, he said the only way it would work? I am not sure if it is right or not, he said he did not have to grind down the screws and everyone else said they did? I am not sure what to make of it, he said it will have to be returned to Savage, my best friend bought one and did the exact set up and it is not ejecting either, I am a little lost and upset. If any one could take a close picture of thier set up it would really help me. Could you email to mark [at] coppertreedesigns [dot] com?
I spoke with Savage Customer Service and they recommend only one scope base for the 220F: EGW 1-Piece Picatinny-Style Base Savage 110 Through 116 Round Rear Long Action Matte. They cost about $40. These bases can be purchased direct from EGW or Midway. The customer service agent told me that they could not guarantee perfect ejection functioning if any other scope base is used. I hope this helps.
Mark, I will try and remember to get you some photos. i have my black one set up with the Weaver base, with that you must use a long scope tube so i mounted a Leopold Mark 4, when the shell ejects it hits the over sized turret that causes a bad ejection.
On the camouflage one I have the Leopold 110 two piece and a Meopa 3.5 X 10. The mounts came with 2 different length screws, I put the short ones in the front and the long ones in the back. I never switched them around to see if that resolved the issue since it only took 2 seconds to grind them down 2 threads, this one ejects fine but you have to think of a few things.
1. Long action that must go all the way back to eject a 3” shell, it looks and feels weird with a 2 ¾ shell
2. Try it with a loaded shell (it will work fine) but once shot the light casing takes more of a slam to eject it unlike brass does.
P.S. Bang! Flop! 70 yds in the woods this weekend with a perfect heart shot!
this is a great stand gun but as a drive gun i chose the 1187 for the faster cycle rate.
Jay, that helps allot, I am not sure it I will get it done for next week, but I will try that mount and hope it works. Thanks
Holy Cow Cory L. 70 yard bang flop is awesome!!!!
jay, thanks for the imfo on bases, i wrote savage a letter about three weeks ago about scope mounting my 220. i live in mass, and they are about 30 miles away making these things and i still have not recieved a response. all the forums on 220s are hashing the same problem, scope mounting. im surprised savage did not incude this imformation with the gun. has anyone installed this application yet? and how were the results? thanks bob
Hi All, before you start thanking me too much, you should read the new 220f posts at Shotgunworld. At least one user who has the correct EGW base (Part number 2120) is still having problems with ejection. It would be disappointing if the the only base Savage recommends does not help the ejection problem. I’m also wondering if any users have tested ejection without any base or scope mounted. Are there problems there too? I’m still at least a week away before I can test my setup with the EGW base and Will keep everyone posted.
Just thought you all would like this artical
http://www.randywakeman.com/MoreWithTheSavage220F.htm
I mounted the EGW 2120 base on my 220F without rings and scope to test ejection of empty 2 3/4″ and 3″ slug shells from multiple manufacturers (Lightfield, Winchester, Federal). All 35 shells ejected nicely. Some would bump off of the scope base, but none hung up in the chamber. I tested ejection with the clip both loaded and unloaded. I did NOT have to tilt the gun to have gravity help with ejection. The picatinny, high 1-piece nature of the EGW scope base may help prevent shells from banging against the scope, but I will test this next week.
hi everyone jay is right the egw 2120 works great on my gun. shot at the range with rem accu tip at 101 yards and printed 3 holes 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 and better, i did had 2 jams but that was it. looks like to me that the more you work the bolt the better it gets with time and also keep the action and bolt oiled, i talked to savage in person and told them my story at the range. told them how i think there is friction with the bolt head.
Carlos, are you sure your rail screws arnt to long? I had a sticky bolt till i took a couple trhereds off the rear screws on the Leopold mount, you might have the same issue with your rail screws. what rail are you useing?
hi cory, i was wrong i looked at the base and it saids egw sav la. i took the bolt out,didnt see screws sticking out. so thats good. i think the more you work the bolt the better it gets cause when i first got the gun the friction was bad. so i wasnt easy on the bolt i cycle the bolt as many times that i could and now its doing great.
I found that the forward most screw on the EGW 2120 rail had to be filed down a bit. The other 3 screws were fine.
Carlos, you wont see them! you will just barrely feel them its more like a small bump when you feel for them. before i did mine the bolt was sticky and i figured no way it could be the bolt being to long, but everything was fine after i shortened them. Just something to check
thanks cory for the info.
Just wanted to interject. The accutips in 3inch shot great at 50 yards out of my 220. The problem is I cant get them around where I live, everyone is running out. Do the barnes shoot the same as the accutips, or close to it? thanks.