My Savage 112 Series J Project

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I like old Savages.
My 950T 223 Rem project last year turned out great and so I was on the hunt for something similar to build for this year.
A nice late 70's Savage 112 single shot varmint rifle in 22/250 Rem came along in the EE. I bought it and shot it. It was the perfect place to start.
Then I refinished the stock in oil. Next I had RKS Ron Smith rebore the 26" blued barrel to a 6.5mm gain 8 twist. He did a great job. I wanted to chamber it in 6.5/284 Norma so I took the newly rebored barrel to my gunsmith who chambered and bedded it. I gave him a dummy round 143 ELDX at 3.15" to throat it. It was bang on.
I got it out to the range yesterday to put a few test rounds through it. First I shot three 120 Sierra's through it to get it zeroed. Then I shot three 143gr ELDX 49.5 gr IMR 4350 @ 3.08" OAL as it was a load I have for another gun. They went 0.29" at 2900 fps. Wow, even dead center. This is going to be fun!
Just wanted to share.:dancingbanana:






 
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I bought one in salvage condition 25 years ago. Was a .220 Swift. Bulged barrel. Action was a bit stiff, but I wanted it for a rebuild project. Turned out that the action was stiff because the bolt was a hodgepodge put together by shortening a long action bolt body. Quite creative. Firing pin had been shortened as well, tip was shaped like a sharp crochet hook. Fortunately, because the barrel was bad, I didn't try to shoot it before tearing in down. Rebarrelled it with a 1:9 .223 barrel (no barrel nut, conventional shoulder), and changed the bolt head. Shoots really well. Still haven't refinished the stock because the checkering would either have to be recut or removed entirely. I've thought about recutting it, but I really don't like checkering.
 
Thanks guys.
I shot it again today. Same result IMR 4350 with two different bullets. Top the 143 ELDX, bottom the 140 Nosler RDF at 100 yrds.
Next stop 300 yards.
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