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Two questions: Is there a link or site somewheres that CLEARLY shows how to do this? Does anyone make a substitute barrel nut easier to turn on or off without needing a special tool? Bob Shaffer | ||
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Ask that question at Savage Shooters.net. Should have all your answers. You can rebarrel without a nut like Remington but it takes a smith to do it unless you can cut and rechamber your own. | |||
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OK, thanks. Bob Shaffer | |||
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My BIL did his own in 30 minutes 'with the special tool'.......he is not known for his "advanced gunsmithing" abilities. Cost was less than $150 for an AB barrel and misc. Results were excellent considering he was working with a $250 rifle to begin with. | |||
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Yeah, I am looking into this for a batch of rifles... It is less hassle than I anticipated... Also check Midway for their switch barrel system... I have to order a barrel vice and set up something on my bench vise to hold the action without damaging the action... But I am looking at doing this on a Remington action, a Winchester Action, a Mauser will be my first project....and finally a Ruger... Speaking with a gunsmith I know whom has some fair notariety, once a barrel is threaded and chambered to one action, as long as it goes back onto that one action, there is no need to headspace it each time.... As i understand it, with the proper vises, it can be done in a short period of time.... of course the bolt faces have to be the same... no going from 223 to PPC to 30/06 to 300 Mag kinda thing.... I am looking to thin out how many rifles I have, but spend more time on barrels.. if they are changable easily enough... after looking into it, I am surprised more of we rifle cranks don't do this sort of stuff more often..... just like handloading, versus store bought... cheers seafire  | |||
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   Have over fifty barrels for Savage ranging from 20 Tactical to 458 Win Mag. Have three Savage bolts with 223, 30/06, and H&H Magnum boltheads. Have multiple stocks including McMillan. Have four scopes set in Warne rings which swap out with no problems. In other rifles... Have three Remington 700s setup for swap barrels with Savage-style barrel and nut and also without barrel nut. Have two Sakos setup too. Work done by John Dustin. Have Montana rifle setup for swap barrels without barrel nut system.  Have swap barrels for Weatherby Mark V and Ruger 77 too. Swap barrels are fun. Hammer | |||
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Hammer, If I lived next door, could I borrow a barrel? | |||
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That is what I am talking about.. that opens up a whole disneyland in my book! cheers seafire | |||
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Holy shit....I was excited when I got my 3rd barrel!! Could be better than wife swaping back in the 70's....but could also get you divorced!!! I'm impressed!! The year of the .30-06!! 100 years of mostly flawless performance on demand.....Celebrate...buy a new one!! | |||
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 Hammer, Immpressive! Yes Siree! Is that Left-Handed Savage in the photo? What about the magazine logistics involved are you switching magazines with the bolt-heads also? seafire, I've been pondering this for a long time, and O.K. I'll ask waht may be a dumb question? Is there a way to get around the barrel vise logisitcal issue with a Savage (or any other make)? Could the barrels be made so they could be hand-turned into the action and then held in place with a collar instead of the barrel nut? Or is the tightness of the threading critical to barrel/action tightness/safety? Could that barrel nut be another shape and used with a cresent wrench for example or clamped with collar and a Allen or Torx screw? Just food for thought....my old Savage is still in the gun safe awaiting new and marvelous inventions to make it into a multi-barreled gun. My Blaser set has five barrels and they are are expensive so this option is slowly becoming a financial strain. Then again, a set of EAW pivot mounts on that Savage would also be a nifty scope changing option too. Choices - Only 49 barrels away from catching up with Hammer! Cheers, Number 10 | |||
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A couple of observations about swapping the Savage barrels. First and foremost, getting the factory barrel loose is not "easy". I've done a couple and it seems they have a 6'8", 360 lb gorrilla do the tightening at the factory. The best way to do it is to use an ACTION VISE, and the tool. Most suggest using the barrel vise, but the action vise works much easier. Any vise made for a Remington will work swimmingly. Just put it in the vise, put the nut-wrench on, and hit it with a dead-blow hammer. Off it comes. Once the nut has been taken off, swapping is no problem, unless you are a 6'8", 360 lb gorilla that likes to tighten things up...... Also, Savage now makes two shank sizes on their actions, so be sure you get the right barrel size when you order. HTH, Dutch. Life's too short to hunt with an ugly dog. | |||
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Savage 116 is left-hand. Have magazine blocks and magazine followers for shorter cartridges, though haven't needed them. Currently switch barrels in about five minutes. John Dustin of Bayfield , Colorado, builds a switch barrel system that requires no barrel vise and can be done in the field in under a couple of minutes. Have two Sako rifles built by Dustin. One has barrels for the 264 Win Mag, 8mm Rem Mag, 416 Rem Mag, 458 Lott, and 470 Capstick. (Would hate to have less then the optimum barrel when the Cape Buffalo lowers his head.) The other Dustin rifle has barrels for the 6mm Rem, 6.5mm/06, 280 Rem, and 338/06. These too have quick change scope systems. Norm Johnson of Precision Shooting probably knows as much about swap barrel systems as anyone. Hammer | |||
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http://www.savageshooters.net/sharpshooters/ Sharpshooters supply carries the tools and will help answer any question you have about swapping barrels on a Savage. A barrel nut wrench runs about $40. Make sure you have a go\no guage or a properly sized case to check headspace when you swap barrels. | |||
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