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Thanks- I went there and looked, but as old J.P. Morgan once said about yachts-- "If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it" Words of sad but true wisdom--

I sorta guessed the SVG might have stood for Savage, thanks for the confirmation. I have Dan Schiendler's 2009 Gun Values book- he makes no mention of the later ownership by Savage--

The Little scout is marked for .22LR- when I fire a .22 short in it, it functions fine- but a .22LR (Remington or CCI) the locking bar will open slightly from the recoil of firing. My guess- back in 1914 when this series came out, .22 ammo wasn't quite what we have to shoot today-- ?? maybe so??

I had the same problem until I switched to standard velocity.

Thanks- I'm gonna refinish it, and let my 6 year old Grandson shoot it a bit later- but with .22 shorts (and a good cleaning of the chamber area afterwards, as it is marked for .22LR- when did Savage acquire Stevens then- perhaps this is a later series. I might need a new firing pin- it fires about 1 in 3 times with the .22 shorts- can the milled flat on the firing pin be filed out a bit to allow more forward travel from the cross pin that is peened in place? a 'field fix"??

It's possible that a previous owner has dry-fired it and burred the chamber's edge and then filed off the burr. This will leave a cavity beneath the cartridge rim where the firing pin strikes and thus provide little or no support for the firing pin to pinch the rim. If this is true then you'll probably need a reline of at least the chamber or its rim area. Check the actual firing pin nose protrusion, it should be at least 0.030" but not over 0.040". Many of these old 'boy's rifles' also have developed excessive headspace, IMO it would be worthwhile to have that checked as well.
Good luck, Joe