Savage action to use???

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Building a rifle in the coming sooness, want to use a savage action as a start point. Will do work myself, aftermarket trigger, stock, barrels (plural, swiss army gun:)), bolt internals and such, coverage on that will come in later posts
Has anyone based a rifle on the plain savage/stevens action? Is it worth it to have the savage action blueprinted?(Most posts I've read say not really on a savage). Also savage is selling their target actions, anyone have experience building with these?
Saw a factory savage f class 6.5x284 at the range, looked good, shot great for the guy, I'd buy one but I want to build instead. Is it worth dropping the extra coin for the target action or will a little work on a regular unit put them on par? Money is not really a main concern, but I do want best value for my buck. Also, if the case is strong for the target action who are the canadian suppliers for them?
 
If you are going to build a 308 size3d action, trey and find a C.I.L. 950T
, they are a true J Model Savage single shot action.
great guns in 308 by themselves, BTW!

PM Hornhead, he actually has one for sale!
Cat
 
You have waved a red flag in front of our Mystic man... I expect Jerry will be able to fill you in on all the straight goods on Savage/Stevens actions. He has built a couple of match-winning tack drivers on Stevens actions... there is nothing wrong with them at all.

Check out the article written about his Stevens-based F-class rifle:

6mmbr.com/gunweek075.html

In terms of the target actions, they are nice. The advantages are their single-shot configuration over the repeater style and the option of an opposing side bolt/port configuration.

Team Savage was at the Provincials this year and I had the chance to play with their toys and talk to them about their stuff... Of course us Canadians opened a can of whoop ass on them, but the Savage kit is very nice.
 
Ellwood Epps has Savage actions listed on their website at the moment; which would simply save you from buying a whole rifle and tearing it apart..
 
Since I had that glowing intro, here goes. Start with a Stevens!

Unless you plan on hanging a barrel longer then 30" off the front, the standard action is more then stiff enough especially if you bed under the first 2" of barrel (as you should with any action). Remember the Savage action is considered stiffer then a Rem.

Don't bother with any blueprint work on the action. Not required. The floating bolt head ensures that the lugs WILL make contact with the receiver unlike solid bolt head actions.

The barrel nut allows you to align the chamber with the bolt face during install. You end up with a very straight lock up.

You can do some tuning on the caming surface to ease bolt lift but otherwise, my actions are box stock.

I have not used the new match Accutrigger but some are reporting their pull weights are above 8ozs. I use the Rifle Basix 2 trigger which can go a bit lighter and has a really nice pull. More set up required but I feel worth it.

I see no point in the target action for F class. I just put a single shot follower into the mag port and go for it. Then the larger barrel thread means you can't swap barrels with your standard actions.

THere is much more info at savageshooters.com and similar sites.

With a quality pipe, they shoot extremely well. They will likely never be blessed with a pinky weight bolt lift but that is no matter in the F class, varminting/hunting field.

Have fun...

Jerry
 
Thanks for the knowledge, I crave more. I checked out the link on mystics rig, I like it. I don't plan to copy the styling, but it has given me a few ideas. The barrel block design is nice, what sort of tolerances for fit around the barrel are there, are the blocks cut short and shimmed to size, or bored out to exact size? I am blessed in the fact I have several machinist friends. What happens with the savage style barrel nut? Are the barrels cut with a shoulder instead, or is the nut still a part of the system? I couldn't tell from the pics.
Its nice to see that someone took a step back and thought of the new way to skin a cat. Bringing in a stock for about 50$ is great.
 
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