Interesting thread, because I've been thinking the same thing re. having a great varmint gun for the close-in "runners" and the far-off "standers." However, I've owned a .22 LR/20 gaugefor decades and have never been impressed with its extractors. Even after replacing them several times, I almost always have to pop out the 20 ga. shells with a ramrod. My brother has a .22 mag/20 gauge with the same problem. They sure are accurate, however.

Perhaps Savage has fixed this problem since then (mid seventies), but from what I can tell from photos, the extractors still look the same.

Any of you with the newer Savages have any comments?