SO... there is this rifle...

CWLONGSHOT

CWLONGSHOT

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A dealer that I like has sold a few things for me and I have some "credit"...

He has a. ERY NICE Savage 110 Walnut removable magazine ala Win52.
Its a 243 so for me, little interest.

I have always wanted a Savage 110. Its something I would rebarrel.

I can get it for a fair price. Now I dont "need" it. (I know, I know, "NEED" is NEVER a requirement.)

I know the 243is a short action but IINM Savages of this era are all long action. So calibers open to me are pretty well open.

Should I act in this? :)

CW
 
JWFilips

JWFilips

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The 243 is a great cast bullet rifle if you shoot cast bullets at targets I would not use it that way on big game but it is a great varmint and target gun
 
Ian

Ian

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Find a .223 bolt head and magazine for it and make a 350 Legend. Mainly, just buy it; you can't go wrong with the action and stock even if you find out the barrel is shot.
 
oscarflytyer

oscarflytyer

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CWLONGSHOT said:
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I was actually leaning 35 Rem. I have a couple 358's. But my 35 Rems are two levers and a Pump. (Im a 35 cal nut too.)

CW
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No clue... Can you redo a SA 308 family to 35 Rem?!?

And yes, I have both. 35 Rem in Marlin 336 and Rem Mdl 14. And BLR in 358 Win. A bolt 358 would be the bomb. If it were a lever, I would say 356 Win. But, as its a bolt, screams 358 Win to me...

PS: I have a NOE 255 grn mold too!
 
Tomme boy

Tomme boy

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110, 112, 116 are long action receivers. You also need to check which action bolt spacing it is. I can't remember if the 110 series were changed like the 10 series were a couple times. That may limit you for stocks if you want to change them. The mag box if fixed has a block in it to shorten for SA cartridges.
 
L Ross

L Ross

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I just can't help myself, so I'll say it and suffer the shaming from their fans. I always thought the Savage 110's were......ugly. There I said it. As I read that harsh word, perhaps I should soften my language and replace it with homely.

Being the curmudgeon that I am, and taking into consideration that as soon after I learned to read in 1959/60, my Dad turned me loose on stacks of old outdoor magazines dating back to his childhood. I was soon reading Outdoor Life articles by Jack O'Connor, and have thereafter been tainted. There were Gun Digests, Sports Afield, Outdoor Life and others available even in our school library before the Pinkos took over education. Remember the pages of photos in Gun Digest of custom rifles by upper end smiths? Ever seen a custom deluxe, upper end, elegant Savage? Why not? Because they would be showing their nuts, that's why. I just can't get past that lug nut holding the barrel on.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Form follows function, but take two female singers for example, with beautiful voices, talent, fame. I'd rather look at Miranda Lambert over Barbara Streisand.
 
Wasalmonslayer

Wasalmonslayer

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I can appreciate L Ross’s comment I love a beautiful gloss blue rifle as well.
They might not be a model 70 or Remington 700 of past with deep blue and svelt lines but every time I asses a target I get past the homely look real quick!
All of mine shoot very well so I can look past it not being my most beautiful rifle!
Better go buy it.
 
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L Ross

L Ross

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Wasalmonslayer said:
I can appreciate L Ross’s comment I love a beautiful gloss blue rifle as well.
They might not be a model 70 or Remington 700 of past with deep blue and svelt lines but every time I asses a target I get past the homely look real quick!
All of mine shoot very well so I can look past it not being my most beautiful rifle!
Better go buy it.
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I feel that way about the Bergara B-14 .22. Pretty homely compared my 513-T, and not even in the same league as a Model 52 or 40-X. But it it very very accurate, and I can't even imagine what a 40-X repeater must go for these days.
 
Kevin Stenberg

Kevin Stenberg

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Popper I don't care what she looks like before / now / what her politics are. All i care about is how she sounded.
Wasalmonslayer I fully agree with you on the Axis performance and looks.
 
RBHarter

RBHarter

West Central AR
Ugly cocked bolt shroud and firing pin on 93,95,98s but Rem fixed that with the flush f pin .
At least the 110 didn't have that stuff hanging out of the bolt .
They also never had that stupid looking Mann , Carcano , Enfield fish belly looking magazine , or that knobby barrel bulge of the Riflemans rifle .......
They do have that washer and barrel nut thing , pressed checkering , cheap wood and a 280 polish but you can buy the even less attractive Axis in the lame plastic stock all but certain to shoot 2" or less for around $200 . They are also almost as parts available/diverse as an AR . They just ain't all that bad for a rifle that goes from billits to range with about 10 hr of human interface and 15 min of no fitting final assy time that has all of the precision work done in tool jigs with stop collars .

I'll be the first to admit that my 65' 110 isn't as attractive as the 72' 700 or the 57' M70 .
 
CWLONGSHOT

CWLONGSHOT

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This ine has a above average figured Walnut stock. It has a lighter toned, corinthian Walnut look.

I have always wanted a 6mm Rem... The 6mm reamer will not clean out a 243 chamber. But as the design allows (hoping enough threads) I can machine off enough so I CAN clean out the 243 chamber...

Just thinking out loud. Or in words...

CW

Edit: Speaking to looks... There are no "ugly" accurate rifles. So Ill reserve my opinion on looks till I can shoot it. ;)
 
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Rick H

Rick H

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The old masters reworked the whole rifle, and usually trashed the factory barrels too. Then, after all the modifications, and all the stock work, they would refinish and blue the entire rifle. There is no reason one could not barrel a Savage 110 in the conventional manner. Frankly I wouldn't want to. The advantages of that system outweigh the aesthetics for me. Us lefties appreciate the Savage bolts. Yes they are relatively cheap economy guns, but they are available left handed and usually outshoot any of the more recognized rifle brands.

Speaking of heresy: I have never understood the aura of the Winchester Model 70. I will concede they have an effective, simple and crisp trigger system, the dubious advantage of controlled feed (the originals anyway), and some models were very pretty, but all in all they are overweight and less accurate than their competition. Perhaps a bit like their number one proponent Jack O'Connor, while an excellent writer, he was by all accounts a bit of a leach and a drunken boor.
 
RBHarter

RBHarter

West Central AR
Except for the Mann and Enfield I have had examples of all along the the way .

Each of them have their endearing traits , ultimately the lines are mostly the same since 1935 or so .
 
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