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No doubts in my mind that single shot Savage action is stiffer than repeater one so it can better support the heavier barrel needed for accurate shooting. The performance between them would be very small but dedicated benchrest shooters can exploit it to their advantage. The performance of the repeater action can be greatly improoved with the help of barrel sleeve and free floating the action. GR8
 
Leakingaz said:
I'm really grateful for all the contributions here, does the stevens have floating locking lugs like the savage ?


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Just to confirm the stevens is the same action. Its the finish that is supposed to be different. Sometimes the finish will be lack lustre and sometimes it may be the same as a savage package rifle (semi lack lustre :D). Functionally they will be the same.
 
Here is one that I've heard conflicting information about - can you put an Accutrigger on the Stevens action? If they're the same then there should be no problem but I've heard people say that you cannot.

Jerry?
 
BigUglyMan said:
Here is one that I've heard conflicting information about - can you put an Accutrigger on the Stevens action? If they're the same then there should be no problem but I've heard people say that you cannot.

Jerry?
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Savage cuts their action for 2 trigger groups - accutrigger and non accutrigger. These parts are not interchangeable.... at least not easily.

It is also easier to put aftermarket triggers on the non accutrigger action thus my use of Stevens actions and Rifle Basix 2 triggers in my builds.

When we refer to being the same, it is the action, bolt, threads, base holes, barrel nut, recoil lug, magazines for the same gen of action. Everything else except the trigger.

Although the Savage package rifle uses the same non accutrigger as the Stevens.

There are of course difference between the large and stand shank sizing but that doesn't apply to the generic Stevens and Savage.

Jerry
 
MagnumPeanut said:
Prolly talking about A bbl block and free float action like Mystic did on a stevens action.
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Then sleeving the action will have no benefit as I have already proven.

See my website or 6mmBR.com gun of the week #75 (link in sigline below) for pics of what is being refered. Both of those use repeater actions and there was zero problems getting them to shoot superbly.

Both have put plastic on the walls.

My use of the block was not for strength as much as a heat sink. With so many rds fired during a relay, the last thing I wanted to do was cook a barrel. The block acted as a great big heat sink and that worked very very well.

The extra benefit of supporting the weight of the barrel and reducing the barrel whip were happy byproducts.

The process of sleeving is to increase the rigidity of the action so BIG HONKING barrels can be slung on the front without bending. Think 1.5" dia. 30" and longer barrels WITHOUT additional support from bedding under the barrel.

how often is this done?

This process has fallen out of favor as the installation of the sleeve can cause as many problems as it tries to solve. Larger diameter custom actions and different styles of bedding are far more popular.

If you need big, make it big. Relying on a thin layer of epoxy can be problematic.

Even for the heavier barrels used in F OPen, all standard actions are plenty strong to support WHEN proper bedding is used.

About the only thing seen are larger custom actions like the Barnard. But even itty bitty XR100's are winning their fair share of plastic.

YMMV.

Jerry
 
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