Savage 93R17 (.17 HMR) · Volume 1

Which 93R17? Savage's Magnum Rimfire, and the Rifle Documented Here

Lakefield lineage, the model-letter code, every barrel length Savage ever catalogued, how to tell the variants and the sibling actions apart, and which of them my 21-inch thumbhole rifle can be

1.1 Which 93R17? Savage’s Magnum Rimfire, and the Rifle Documented Here

Figure 1 — The Savage 93/93R17 BTVSS: stainless heavy barrel, brown laminate thumbhole stock with a vented forend, 21-inch barrel. Of every 93R17 Savage has catalogued, the thumbhole laminate models are the c…
Figure 1 — The Savage 93/93R17 BTVSS: stainless heavy barrel, brown laminate thumbhole stock with a vented forend, 21-inch barrel. Of every 93R17 Savage has catalogued, the thumbhole laminate models are the closest match to the rifle documented here, and this is the one still in production. Image: Savage Arms, savagearms.com.

The Savage 93R17 is not one rifle. It is a model family: the Savage Model 93 magnum rimfire bolt action chambered for the .17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire, sold in more than twenty stock, barrel and finish combinations since the cartridge appeared in 2002. The letters after “93R17” are not decoration. They say what stock, what barrel contour, what metal and whether a scope came in the box, and Savage publishes the key.

My own rifle is a 93R17 with a thumbhole wood stock and a 21-inch barrel. My inventory sheet recorded the barrel as 20 inches, and that was wrong; the barrel is 21. No 93R17 on any of Savage’s own catalogue pages has ever had a 20-inch barrel. This volume sets out every barrel length and stock Savage published for the family, from the maker’s own model pages as archived between 2002 and 2026 and as read in October 2026, and shows where a 21-inch thumbhole rifle falls among them. It narrows the sub-model to a short list and names what to look at on the rifle to finish the job.

1.1.1 The pattern in one table

These are the properties the whole 93R17 family shares, taken from Savage’s own pages, manual and service answers.123

Table 1 — 1.1 The pattern in one table

Savage Model 93R17
Cartridge.17 HMR (Hornady Magnum Rimfire), a .22 WMR case necked to .17
ActionBolt action, rimfire, push feed
MagazineDetachable box, 5 rounds (Savage: “only 5-round magazines available for the magnum 93 series”, 2013); the Minimalist of 2024 ships with a 10-round magazine
RiflingButton rifled, 1 in 9 in twist on every model page
Barrel lengths catalogued16.5, 18, 20.75, 21, 22 and 24 in, depending on model (§1.4)
TriggerAccuTrigger on every model catalogued from about 2005–06; a non-adjustable trigger on earlier rifles (§1.6)
SafetyTwo-position: FULL SAFE fully rearward, OFF fully forward exposing a red dot
BoltMatched to the individual receiver; the last four digits of the serial number are engraved on it
Where made”The majority of the rimfire models” at Savage’s plant in Lakefield, Ontario (Savage, 2013)
Scope basesWeaver-style two-piece bases; Savage names Weaver #16 and #24 as the fit

The two numbers most worth remembering are the twist and the bolt. The 1-in-9 twist is universal across the family, so twist is never a reason to prefer one sub-model over another. And the bolt is not a swappable part: Savage’s manual warns that bolt assemblies “are specifically matched to a firearm” and tells the owner to confirm that the four digits on the bottom of the bolt match the receiver’s serial number before installing it.2 That is how Savage controls headspace on this action, and it is taken up in Volume 4.

1.1.2 Where the action comes from: Lakefield, not Westfield

Savage’s headquarters and service department are in Westfield, Massachusetts. Its bolt-action rimfires are, for the most part, Canadian.

Savage’s Canadian operation began as an independent company, Lakefield Arms, founded in 1969 in Lakefield, Ontario. Savage bought it in 1995. The English-language reference literature records the plant producing 200,000 to 300,000 guns a year, most of them exported to the United States.4 In 2013 Savage’s own service desk answered the question “Where are the rimfire rifles manufactured?” with: “Savage is currently manufacturing the majority of the rimfire models in our Canadian facility located in Lakefield, Ontario. We have recently added production of rimfire products in our Westfield, MA facility as well.”3 So a given 93R17 is most likely, but not certainly, Canadian-built; the barrel roll-mark and the maker’s address on the rifle say which.

Figure 2 — A street in Lakefield, Ontario, the village on the Otonabee River where Lakefield Arms was founded in 1969 and where Savage builds most of its bolt-action rimfires.
Figure 2 — A street in Lakefield, Ontario, the village on the Otonabee River where Lakefield Arms was founded in 1969 and where Savage builds most of its bolt-action rimfires.

The family structure follows from the plant. The small action is the Mark II, built for .22 LR and, in its FV varmint version, the .17 HM2 (the Hornady cartridge made by necking down a .22 LR Stinger case). The Model 93 is the same design stretched for the magnum rimfire case, “a series of ‘magnum’ bolt-action rimfire rifles chambered for the .22 WMR ammunition and its neck-down derivative caliber .17 HMR”, in the reference literature’s words.4 “93” with no suffix is the .22 WMR rifle; “93R17” is the same rifle in .17 HMR. Savage’s own 2022 service article on bolt removal lists “Model 93/93R17” as one entry alongside the Mark I, Mark II, Rascal and B Series, which is the clearest statement that the maker treats them as one mechanism.5

On lineage. This is a Lakefield design brought into Savage by acquisition. Nothing in the Savage or reference sources consulted connects it to any other maker’s rimfire action, and the popular shorthand that ties Savage’s rimfires to other American rimfire lines was not found in any source. The dive treats the 93 as a Lakefield action and makes no stronger claim than that.

Ownership, briefly, because a date in it causes confusion. ATK, the company that became Vista Outdoor, announced its purchase of Savage on 13 May 2013, and on 9 July 2019 Vista sold Savage and Stevens to a group led by Savage’s management.4 The 2013 date is a corporate event. It is not the date of any change to the 93R17, and it is not the date of Savage’s semi-automatic .17 HMR rifle, which Volume 3 shows to be a 2015 introduction.

1.1.2.1 The Model 93 among Savage’s other bolt-action rimfires

Savage builds four bolt-action rimfire families that a photograph can confuse, and three of them are offered in a .17. The Model 93 and the Mark II share a layout so closely that only the cartridge and the action length separate them; the B Series and the B.MAG are later, different designs. All four pictured below are Savage’s own product images, read from its model pages on 19 October 2026.

Figure 3 — Savage's bolt-action rimfire families, right side, each image scaled to fill its panel and not to a common scale. 1: a Model 93 (the 93/93R17 FV-SR), the magnum action, five-round box magazine, saf…
Figure 3 — Savage's bolt-action rimfire families, right side, each image scaled to fill its panel and not to a common scale. 1: a Model 93 (the 93/93R17 FV-SR), the magnum action, five-round box magazine, safety on the receiver behind the bolt handle. 2: a Mark II (the Mark II FV), the small action, same layout. 3: a B Series F, pictured by Savage in .22 WMR, with a rotary magazine and a top-tang safety. 4: the B.MAG, .17 WSM only. Images: Savage Arms model pages, savagearms.com.

Table 2 — The Model 93 among Savage's other bolt-action rimfires

Family.17 chamberings, Savage’s pages, Oct 2026MagazineSafetyWhat tells it apart on sight
Model 93 / 93R17.17 HMR (and .22 WMR)Detachable box, 5 rounds (10 on the Minimalist)Two-position slide on the right of the receiver, behind the bolt handle; red dot when offThe barrel roll-mark reads 17 HMR or 22 WMR; the magazine is a single-stack box ahead of the trigger guard
Mark II.17 HM2 (Mark II F and FV; and .22 LR)Detachable box, 5 roundsSame as the 93Same layout; the roll-mark reads 17 HM2 or 22 LR, and the action and magazine are shorter
B Series (B22, B Series F/G, Timber, Precision).17 HMR (and .22 LR, .22 WMR)10-round rotary, centre-feedOn the top tang, behind the boltA tang safety and a rotary magazine; a high-combed, vertical-grip stock on most models
B.MAG.17 WSM only8-round rotaryTwo-position button, FULL SAFE fully rearward over the red dot (manual §7)Rear locking lugs; Savage: “thread-in barrel headspacing”, “cock-on-close”

The two facts most likely to settle an argument at a gun counter: a .17 HMR Savage with a rotary magazine or a tang safety is a B Series, not a 93, and a .17 Savage bolt gun in a Mark II-looking stock is a 93R17 only if the barrel says 17 HMR; if it says 17 HM2, it is a Mark II. The B.MAG and its recall belong to the .17 WSM (Volume 3 §3.5; .17 Rimfires, Volume 9).6

1.1.3 Reading a Savage model name

Savage’s service desk publishes the letter code.3 The entries that matter for the 93R17 family:

Table 3 — Savage's service desk publishes the letter code.[^faq] The entries that matter for the 93R17 family

Letter(s)Savage’s meaning
BLaminate stock
BTLaminated thumbhole stock
FSynthetic stock
GHardwood stock
VHeavy varmint barrel
SSStainless steel
LLeft hand
XPPackage gun (scope mounted at the factory)
SRSuppressor ready barrel (threaded)
TRimfire peep sights

So a 93R17 BTV is a laminated thumbhole stock with a heavy varmint barrel, and a 93R17 BTVS (catalogued later as BTVSS) is the same with stainless metal. A GV is a hardwood stock and a heavy barrel; an FV-SR is synthetic, heavy and threaded.

Two cautions. The code describes the rifle as it left the factory; a restocked rifle keeps its model name and loses its meaning. And the code is not applied with perfect consistency: the “T” of the 93R17 Classic T stands for its thumbhole, not for peep sights, and the TR, TRR-SR and BSEV names do not decode cleanly from the table. The model pages are the authority; the letters are a guide.

1.1.4 Every 93R17 Savage catalogued

The Internet Archive holds 247 captures of savagearms.com pages whose address contains “93r17”, from July 2002 to 2026. Each model page was retrieved as archived and its specification block read.1 The figure and table below are the result. The years are the dates of captures, not production dates; a model can have been made before its first capture and after its last.

Figure 4 — Every 93R17 barrel length published on Savage's own model pages between 2002 and 2026. Thumbhole models are filled. The dashed line is my rifle, at 21 inches, where every laminate thumbhole model s…
Figure 4 — Every 93R17 barrel length published on Savage's own model pages between 2002 and 2026. Thumbhole models are filled. The dashed line is my rifle, at 21 inches, where every laminate thumbhole model sits; only the walnut Classic T, at 24, does not. Source: original diagram from the archived Savage pages.

Table 4 — 1.4 Every 93R17 Savage catalogued

ModelBarrelStock, in Savage’s wordsThumbholeCaptured
93R17 GV21 in”Monte Carlo style walnut finished hardwood with cut checkering”no2002–2024
93R17 FV21 in”Synthetic with positive checkering”no2002–2024
93R17 BVSS21 in”Laminated hardwood”no2003–2024
93R17 F, FSS, Camo (early)20.75 inblack synthetic; Realtree Hardwoods HD camono2003–2004
93R17 FXP, GVXP (early packages)20.75 insynthetic; walnut-finished hardwood; 3-9×40 scope fittedno2006
93R17 F, FSS (later)21 insyntheticno2012–2024
93R17 BV21 in”Brown laminated hardwood with wide beavertail”no2006–2024
93R17 BTVS / BTVSS21 in”Brown laminated vented thumbhole”, stainlessyes2005–2026
93R17 BTV21 in”Brown laminated vented thumbhole”, bluedyes2009–2025
93R17 BTVLSS21 inlaminate thumbhole, stainless, left handyes2012–2018
93R17 BSEV21 in”laminate Evolution Stock” (skeletonised, with an enclosed grip opening), spiral-fluted stainlessyes, of a kind2012–2018
93R17 Classic T24 in”Satin lacquer American walnut thumbhole stock with wraparound checkering and contrasting black forend tip”yes2008–2012
93R17 Classic24 inwalnut with checkeringno2007–2010
93R17 TR21 in, later 22 inwood, tacticalno2012–2018
93R17 TRR-SR22 inwood, tactical, threadedno2010–2024
93R17 XP camo, XP snow camo22 insynthetic, scope packageno2008–2018
93R17 FV-SR16.5 insynthetic, threadedno2014–2024
93R17 Minimalist18 inlaminate Minimalistno2024

The pattern is stark. Every thumbhole 93R17 was catalogued at 21 inches, except the walnut Classic T at 24. The only sub-21-inch lengths other than the short FV-SR and Minimalist are the 20.75 inches of five early rifles from 2003–2006, and none of those had a thumbhole stock.

1.1.4.1 What Savage catalogues today, and at what price

Savage’s own model pages were read again on 19 October 2026.6 The MSRP is Savage’s figure for the model as a whole; where a model page also carries the .22 WMR version, the range may span both calibres.

Table 5 — What Savage catalogues today, and at what price

Model (Savage’s page name).17 HMR SKUBarrelMetalStockMSRP, 19 Oct 2026
93/93R17 BTVSS96200, 9621021 in heavystainlessbrown laminate, “custom thumbhole” (right- and left-hand versions shown)$599–$669
93R17 BTV9625021 in heavybluedlaminate thumbholediscontinued
93/93R17 BSEV9677121 in, spiral-flutedstainless”laminate Evolution Stock”, Royal Jacarandadiscontinued
93R17 BV9673421 in heavybluedbrown laminate$529
93R17 BVSS9670521 in heavystainlessgray laminate$549
93R17 GV96701, 9671721 in heavyblued”high-luster hardwood”$379
93R17 GVXP9622221 in heavybluedhardwood; 3-9×40 scope fitted$479
93/93R17 F9670921 inbluedblack synthetic; iron sights$339–$349
93/93R17 FSS9671221 instainlessblack synthetic$429–$439
93/93R17 FV9670021 in heavybluedblack synthetic$369
93/93R17 FVSS9670321 in heavystainlessblack synthetic$449–$459
93/93R17 FXP9620921 inbluedsynthetic; 3-9×40 scope fitted$429–$439
93R17 Camo9671121 inbluedsynthetic, Next G1 camo$399
93/93R17 FV-SR9669916.5 in, threadedbluedsynthetic; one-piece rail$409–$419
93/93R17 Minimalist96636, 9663718 in sporter, threaded ½-28bluedBoyd’s Minimalist laminate; 10-round magazine$429
93R17 TRR-SR9678222 in, threadedbluedtactical hardwooddiscontinued

Savage’s page for the walnut Classic T no longer exists; its address now returns Savage’s model search. The only thumbhole 93R17 still in production is the BTVSS, at 21 inches, and there is still no 20-inch 93R17 anywhere in the catalogue. The hub’s .17 Rimfires dive, Volume 9 prices every other .17 HMR rifle on the market, from Savage’s B Series and A Series to Ruger, CZ and Henry.

1.1.4.2 Telling them apart

The plate below puts the thumbhole 93R17s beside the stocks they are most often confused with, all from Savage’s own product photographs. The same side, the same orientation, and the same source; the scale is not matched, because Savage scales each product image to fill its frame, so the rifles’ relative lengths in the plate mean nothing.

Figure 5 — The 93R17 variants, right side, muzzle right. 1: 93/93R17 BTVSS, stainless, brown laminate thumbhole, vented forend, 21 in. 2: 93R17 BTV, blued, thumbhole (laminate, per Savage), vented forend, 21 …
Figure 5 — The 93R17 variants, right side, muzzle right. 1: 93/93R17 BTVSS, stainless, brown laminate thumbhole, vented forend, 21 in. 2: 93R17 BTV, blued, thumbhole (laminate, per Savage), vented forend, 21 in; the scope is in Savage's photograph. 3: 93/93R17 BSEV, stainless spiral-fluted barrel in a skeletonised Evolution laminate stock. 4: 93R17 BV, blued heavy barrel in a brown laminate sporter stock with no thumbhole. 5: 93R17 GV, hardwood sporter stock. 6: 93/93R17 Minimalist, 18 in threaded barrel, Boyd's laminate, 10-round magazine. Each image is scaled to its panel, not to a common scale. Images: Savage Arms model pages, savagearms.com.
Figure 6 — The details that decide it, cropped from Savage's product images. 1: the BTVSS thumbhole, a hole through the grip. 2: the BV's plain laminate pistol grip. 3: the three slotted vents along each side…
Figure 6 — The details that decide it, cropped from Savage's product images. 1: the BTVSS thumbhole, a hole through the grip. 2: the BV's plain laminate pistol grip. 3: the three slotted vents along each side of the BTVSS and BTV forend. 4: the AccuTrigger, a trigger in two pieces, the shoe and the AccuRelease blade within it. 5: the two-position safety on the receiver behind the bolt handle. 6: the Minimalist's 10-round magazine, longer than the flush five-rounder of the other models. Images: Savage Arms, savagearms.com.

Table 6 — Telling them apart

FeatureWhat each showsWhere to look
ThumbholeBTV, BTVS/BTVSS, BTVLSS and the Classic T: a hole through the grip. BSEV: a skeletonised stock whose grip opening is enclosed. Every other 93R17: a plain pistol gripThe grip, from either side
Laminate, hardwood or walnutLaminate shows parallel plies of alternating colour wherever the wood is cut through. Hardwood (GV) and walnut (Classic T) show continuous grain. BVSS laminate is gray; BTV, BTVSS and BV are brown; BSEV is multicolouredThe edge of the thumbhole, the forend vents, the barrel channel
Forend ventsThree slots each side on the BTV and BTVS/BTVSS; none on the BV, GV, synthetic or Minimalist stocksThe forend, below the barrel
Blued or stainlessSavage’s “Natural” receiver colour is stainless (BTVSS, BSEV, BVSS, FSS, FVSS); “Black” is blued carbon steel (BTV, BV, GV, F, FV, FV-SR, Minimalist)Barrel and bolt
BarrelHeavy straight contour on the V models; spiral flutes only on the BSEV; a thread at the muzzle only on the SR models and the Minimalist; 16.5 in (FV-SR), 18 in (Minimalist), 21 in (most), 22 in (TRR-SR), 24 in (Classic T, Classic)The muzzle, and a rod down the bore (§1.5)
TriggerAccuTrigger (two-piece, blade in the shoe) on every model catalogued from about 2005–06; a plain one-piece shoe on the earliest rifles (§1.6)The trigger, from the front
MagazineFive-round box flush with the stock on all but the Minimalist, which has a 10-round magazine that projects below itBelow the action, ahead of the guard
Calibre and family17 HMR or 22 WMR on a 93; 17 HM2 or 22 LR on a Mark IIThe barrel roll-mark

1.1.5 Which thumbhole 93R17 is mine

The barrel is 21 inches. My inventory sheet recorded “20"", and that figure was wrong. Nothing in Savage’s catalogue ever supported it: no 93R17 on any archived Savage model page from 2002 to 2026 has a 20-inch barrel, and Savage’s catalogue read on 19 October 2026 lists none either (§1.4). The first edition of this volume left the question open and laid out how to settle it; with the barrel at 21 inches, it is settled.

A 21-inch barrel in a thumbhole stock rules out two of the earlier candidates at once: the walnut Classic T, whose barrel is 24 inches, and an early 20.75-inch rifle in a replacement stock. What remains is the laminate thumbhole family, all at 21 inches.

Table 7 — 1.5 Which thumbhole 93R17 is mine

CandidateFitsHow to tell
93R17 BTV (discontinued)Laminate thumbhole, vented forend, 21 inBlued barrel and bolt
93R17 BTVS / BTVSS (BTVSS still catalogued)Same stock, 21 inStainless barrel and bolt
93R17 BTVLSSSame, left hand, stainless, 21 inBolt handle on the left
93R17 BSEV (discontinued)Laminate stock with an enclosed grip opening, stainless, 21 inSpiral-fluted barrel and a multicoloured skeleton stock; unlikely to be described simply as “thumbhole wood” (an inference)

Three checks finish it.

  1. Blued or stainless. A stainless barrel and bolt are the “S” or “SS” of BTVS and BTVSS; blued metal makes it a BTV.
  2. Laminate. Laminate shows parallel plies of alternating colour wherever the stock is cut through: the edges of the thumbhole, the vents in the forend, the barrel channel (§1.4, “Telling them apart”). Continuous grain with no plies would point away from every candidate above, and would mean a non-factory stock.
  3. Read the roll-mark. Savage marks the barrel with the calibre; the model designation, where present, and the maker’s address (Lakefield or Westfield) are what to record.

1.1.6 Does it have the AccuTrigger?

The sheet says the trigger is “factory”. On this family that is not one thing.

Savage launched the AccuTrigger on its centrefire rifles in 2002.7 It reached the rimfires a few years later. The earliest archived 93R17 BTVS page, captured in December 2005, already reads “with AccuTrigger” and lists “New AccuTrigger” among the features; the 2007 printed catalogue says of the 17 series that “every model in this series comes with the added adjustability and safety of the AccuTrigger”; and the BTV page captured in 2009 reads “now with AccuTrigger”.18 Every thumbhole 93R17 Savage catalogued therefore carries it. The earliest 93R17s, from 2002 to about 2005, did not, and Savage describes that earlier trigger plainly: “The average trigger weight on the original rimfire trigger is 4-6lbs. The trigger is not considered to be adjustable.”3

The AccuTrigger cannot be added later. Savage’s answer to “Can I buy an AccuTrigger for my firearm?” is that it “is not retrofittable to a gun that did not have it originally. The receiver is machined differently so it is not compatible with other receivers.”3

The visual test is the trigger itself. An AccuTrigger has a narrow blade, the AccuRelease, standing proud of the centre of the trigger shoe; the shooter’s finger has to depress it before the trigger will release the sear. A plain trigger shoe with no blade is the earlier trigger. Volume 4 explains what the blade does and why it is not a trigger-shoe safety of the Glock type.

For the rifle documented here, whether the trigger is an AccuTrigger is not recorded. As a 21-inch laminate thumbhole 93R17 (§1.5), it should be: every one of those models was catalogued with it.

1.1.7 The rifle documented here, as recorded in September 2026

This is the unit, as distinct from the pattern described above. It comes from the owner’s inventory sheet, last modified 17 September 2026 and read for this dive on 19 September 2026. The owner has stated that the sheet’s statuses are current. Where the sheet is blank or ambiguous, this dive says so rather than guessing. Optics in particular move between rifles, and the entry below says only what was fitted at that date.

Table 8 — 1.7 The rifle documented here, as recorded in September 2026

ItemAs recordedWhat it means here
Model93R17Sub-model not recorded; a laminate thumbhole model (§1.5)
Barrel21 inThe sheet’s “20” was wrong; corrected October 2026 (§1.5)
StockThumbhole, woodLaminate or walnut not recorded
TriggerFactoryAccuTrigger or not is not recorded (§1.6)
ScopeVortex Crossfire 4-12×44Fitted as of September 2026. Generation and reticle not recorded; Volume 6
Scope mount”M”The entry is a single letter and is not interpreted
Modification”Bolt Release”Not explained on the sheet; see below
Suppressornone recordedThe rimfire can used on other rifles is not listed against this one; Volume 6

The “Bolt Release” entry. On the Model 93 there is no separate bolt-release lever: Savage’s manual and its 2022 service article both release the bolt by holding the trigger fully rearward with the safety off.25 Savage’s own B.MAG, by contrast, does have a separate bolt release. So the note may record an aftermarket part, a repair, a habit of use, or something else entirely. It is recorded here as written and not interpreted. The same entry appears against another rimfire on the same sheet, which suggests a deliberate note rather than a slip, but that is not evidence of what it means.

1.1.8 How the rest of this dive is organised

  • Volume 2 — The cartridge, in brief. A summary of the .17 HMR pointing to the hub’s .17 Rimfires dive, which now carries the cartridge; what stays here is this rifle’s barrel, the load Savage tests with, and the ammunition test the rifle owes.
  • Volume 3 — Why this is a bolt gun. The 2009 .17 HMR semi-automatic episode in brief, Savage’s delayed-blowback answer, and why a bolt action is untouched by it.
  • Volume 4 — How it works. The 93 action and the AccuTrigger, part by part, with diagrams; what Savage does and does not publish about the barrel and headspace.
  • Volume 5 — How to keep it working. Field strip and what Savage says not to strip; cleaning a .17 bore; maintenance; malfunctions and repair, and what goes back to Savage.
  • Volume 6 — On the rifle. The Vortex Crossfire, mounts, suppressing a .17 HMR, and the Michigan position for hunting use.

The general .22 rimfire material, including rimfire manufacturing, suppressor fouling and small-game terminal performance, is already covered in the hub’s .22 Rimfire dive and is linked rather than repeated.

1.1.9 What could not be verified

  • Which sub-model my rifle is. A 21-inch laminate thumbhole model; BTV, BTVS/BTVSS, BTVLSS or BSEV until the metal and the roll-mark are recorded.
  • Production dates for any sub-model. Only website capture dates were available; Savage’s printed catalogues other than 2007 were not consulted.
  • Whether any 93R17 variant was made for a distributor or retailer outside the website catalogue. Such “special” runs exist in Savage’s service vocabulary; none was found.
  • The meaning of the sheet’s “Bolt Release” and “M” entries.
  • The BTV’s stock material from its photograph. Savage calls it laminate; its product image could be read either way, and the page’s word is followed.
  • Whether and how the rifle has been shot or hunted. Not recorded.

1.1.10 Bibliography

Footnotes

  1. Savage Arms model pages for the 93R17 family, retrieved as archived by the Internet Archive (CDX index query over savagearms.com, 247 captures of URLs containing “93r17”, July 2002 to 2026), each page’s specification block read directly. Key captures: 93r17gv.htm (2002-07-19); 93r17fv.htm (2002-10-16); 93r17f.htm (2003-02-04, 20.75 in); 93r17BTVS.htm (2005-12-06, “Brown laminated vented thumbhole”, 21 in, “with AccuTrigger”); 93R17gvxp.htm and 93R17FXP.htm (2006-01-10, 20.75 in); 93r17classic.htm (2007-11-21, 24 in); 93R17Classic_T.htm (2008-01-27, 24 in, walnut thumbhole); 93R17BTV.htm (2009-03-22, 21 in, “now with AccuTrigger”); /firearms/model/93R17BSEV, 93R17TR, 93R17TRRSR (2012-05-22); /firearms/model/93r17-* (2018-08-07); /firearms/model/93-93r17-* and 93r17-* (2024). Accessed 2026-09-19. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. Savage Arms, Instruction manual — Mark I, Rascal, Mark II, Model 93 and B.MAG (rimfire bolt action), savagearms.com/DAM/assets/pdf/Manuals/manual_rimfire_boltaction.pdf, as archived 2022-12-19 (PDF created 2016, revised 2019). §2 two-position safety; §3 installing the bolt, including the matched-bolt warning and serial-digit check; §8 B.MAG bolt release. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  3. Savage Arms service FAQ, service.savagearms.com/hc/en-us/articles/ (answers dated 11 April 2013 unless noted), as archived 2020–2024: “Is there a larger capacity magazine available for the 93 series” (214237263); “What do the letters in the Savage Arms model names mean” (214237303); “What is the average factory trigger weight on a non-accutrigger rimfire” (214237803); “Can I buy an Accutrigger for my firearm” (214239543); “Where are the rimfire rifles manufactured” (214238423); “Where can I find scope bases for my Savage rimfire” (214239863); “Are Savage actions control round feed or push feed” (214238983). Accessed 2026-09-19. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  4. “Savage Arms”, English Wikipedia, consulted 2026-09-19 — Lakefield Arms founded 1969 in Lakefield, Ontario, bought by Savage in 1995, 200,000–300,000 guns a year; the Mark II and Model 93 series descriptions; ATK’s announced purchase on 13 May 2013; Vista Outdoor’s sale to a management-led group on 9 July 2019. Secondary source; the Lakefield production figure is attributed to it and not repeated as fact elsewhere. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  5. Savage Arms blog, “How to Remove the Bolt in a Savage Bolt Action Rimfire Rifle”, 31 March 2022, savagearms.com/blog/post/how-to-remove-the-bolt-in-savage-rimfire-rifles, as archived 2025-03-20. Lists “Model 93/93R17” with the Mark I, Mark II, Rascal and B Series. ↩ ↩2

  6. Savage Arms current model pages, savagearms.com/firearms/model/: 93-93r17-btvss, 93r17-btv, 93-93r17-bsev, 93r17-bv, 93r17-bvss, 93r17-gv, 93r17-gvxp, 93-93r17-f, 93-93r17-fss, 93-93r17-fv, 93-93r17-fvss, 93-93r17-fxp, 93r17-camo, 93-93r17-fv-sr, 93-93r17-minimalist, 93r17-trr-sr (and 93r17-classic-t, which no longer resolves); b-mag, b-series-f, b-series-g, mark-ii-fv. Read 2026-10-19 through the shared fetch engine; MSRP, SKU, barrel, receiver colour and stock as printed. Product images from Savage’s image store, saweb.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com, the same day. ↩ ↩2

  7. Savage Arms blog, “AccuTrigger Anniversary: Celebrating 20 Years”, 9 January 2023, as archived 2024-09-01 — AccuTrigger launched 2002. ↩

  8. Savage Arms, 2007 Catalog, savagearms.com/images/pdf/catalogs/SavageCatalog2007.pdf, as archived 2007-10-12, “17 Series” pages. ↩

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