The updated A22 FSS needs a scope and a sling and it’s ready for the great outdoors. (Photo: Savage)
Savage Arms is pleased to introduce their new A22 FSS rimfire rife chambered for .22 Long Rifle. The new gun is built for accuracy and is optics-ready with a two-piece scope mount setup.
The A22 FSS sports a two-tone look with a stainless steel barrel and matching receiver and carbon grey synthetic stock. Like the standard A22 the FSS model features a user-adjustable AccuTrigger and it feeds from 10-round detachable rotary magazines. The trigger is adjustable from 2.5 to 6 pounds.
The barrel length is slightly longer at 22 inches bringing the total length of the FSS up to just over 41 inches long. It’s still very light at a little over 5.5 pounds and should handle well with its tapered sporter profile barrel.
Other specs include 1-in-16 inch rifling, a 10-round rotary magazine capacity, and billet steel receiver. Unlike a lot of rimfire rifles, the A22 has a machined steel receiver, not a cast aluminum receiver.
Still, like most .22s the FSS uses a simple straight blowback action. But because the receiver is machined, Savage promises better performance and reliability from the A22 series over other off-the-shelf rifles.
The FSS is more than just a target rifle. It has swing swivels for use in the field making it a solid gun for hiking, camping and small game hunting in the outdoors.
Of course, the big change from the standard model is that the FSS doesn’t come with iron sights. This rifle is meant for use with a dedicated scope and users will have to keep that in mind when they budget out their purchase.
That shouldn’t be too hard since, like the first model .22 LR A22, the FSS is pretty easy on the wallet. With a $414 MSRP, real-world prices are in the mid $300 range.
Even loaded with glass and ammo the A22 FSS will weigh about 7 pounds or less. (Photo: Savage)
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Good, flexible rimfire scopes are everywhere today and they couldn’t be less expensive. A complete A22 FSS setup with glass, a sling and ammo can be had for less than $600.
Of course if you like the A22 design and quality but are an iron sights shooter you can always pick up the standard model which sells for around $250 before ammo and accessories. Factory 10-round mags run around $25 and 25-round Butler Creek magazines are just $10 more.
The FSS isn’t the only new model in Savage’s A22 series. The company also recently added a Target model with a thumbhole laminate stock and a Varmint model with a suppressor-ready threaded barrel.
Hello, Chip fed rifles can be reloaded quicker and with less movement to get it done … tube fed requires rifle to be tilted for the bullets to slide down the tube and lots of movement, which may result in you loosing cover… this COULD be bad.
I have owned a standard Savage A22 for two plus years and being a convicted bolt-action enthusiast for most of my 50+ years involved in hunting and shooting sports, I have been more than satisfied with my A22. It doesn’t fail even with the Butler Creek 25-round mag I picked up. I shoot more than most and have always believed in longer, vs shorter barrels. I was not in love, however, with the crude and less-accurate iron sights and immediately mounted a low-cost, standard hunting rifle scope.
Doing my homework before slapping the bucks on the counter for the popular Ruger 10/22 I read that too many issues plague the 10/22 even though everyone I know has one. Enough said. The A22 should meet anyone’s expectations as it meets mine. It provides everything (forgiving the iron sights) that any 22 cal rifle can provide at a clearly affordable price tag. I’ll be keeping mine for a long time.
A22 huh? Should be called a1022
Fify!
I have a Ruger 10/22 and have 5 10-round rotaries. Never had a problem with any. The 25-round model has never run 25 rounds without a problem, and this one was a replacement for the first bad one.
The new Savage looks interesting albeit a little pricier than the average 10/22. Also it looks like they copied the plastic stock of the Ruger American/Predator rifle…as well as the 10-round rotary mag.
“10 shot rotary magazine”….
No thanks. It’s the ONLY thing that I dislike about Ruger 10-22s.
Keeps me from owning any more of them and will likely keep me from owning this as well.
I understand the advantage of having ten rounds in a flush mounted mag but I’ll take a tube mag most any old day.
Todd.