Switch barrel guns for hunting

I personally think the Savage action is much easier to use as switch barrel. The headspace is adjusted with barrel nut.

I'm thinking to buy one in 25-06 and find a spare 35 Whelen barrel for bigger holes.

Now, if you need it for traveling maybe you need a Takedown rifle? I've seen a post on this forum on takedown modification by a gunsmith.
 
I have shot three rifles that had a switch barrel capability, they were two Blasers, one was a 93 and the other a K95 (single shot) and the other was a Sauer 200 or 202:confused: . They were all very accurate rifles and the 95 was very very light. I don't care for european rifles of this type but the Sauer was more conventional in apearance and if I had to choose I would look at the Sauer, but I just can't get the 95 out of my mind, so small and light it was a high end model with lots of engraving and nice wood really slick affair. I think Dakota and HS also make switch barrel or takedown rifles. If I had to build one I would really look at the takedown feature that seems to be their weak points. The Sauer and the 93 get around this by having the bolt lockup directly into the barrel so they get around the wear problem which always seems to develope in these rifles.
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Jimbo69 said:
I personally think the Savage action is much easier to use as switch barrel. The headspace is adjusted with barrel nut.

I'm thinking to buy one in 25-06 and find a spare 35 Whelen barrel for bigger holes.

Now, if you need it for traveling maybe you need a Takedown rifle? I've seen a post on this forum on takedown modification by a gunsmith.
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....and the Rem 700 headspace is adjusted with a properly chambered barrel with a shoulder...can't see the advantage of a barrel nut....pin the lug and go for it....barrels don't have to be so tight that they can't be easily swapped....a simple barrel and action wrench setup and you're in business.
 
I would be inclined to duct tape a couple of 710's together, one in 06 and the other in 270. Saves on the amount of time required to switch out barrels and adjusting for the changes in POI, plus the cash saved; hell you could probably buy another couple of 710's.
 
Lazy Ike said:
I would be inclined to duct tape a couple of 710's together, one in 06 and the other in 270. Saves on the amount of time required to switch out barrels and adjusting for the changes in POI, plus the cash saved; hell you could probably buy another couple of 710's.
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And yes, he does have alot of experience with this task.;)
Ike I wonder if it would work better to swap out the scope too, matched to each barrel's shooting tendancy instead of sighting in each and every time. You'd still want to check it but it might save alot of those expensive Norma 9.3 loads from geting tossed at Sibbald.:D After all, it's only money, right?
 
My God..............I can't get the image of four 710's taped together out of my mind.:eek: :p

Anyways, as for Savages, IMHO the only way to even bother with them is to set them up like a Remington useing a Holland pinned lug.:) Although Savage certainly would work.

UM
 
Noel said:
And yes, he does have alot of experience with this task.;)
Ike I wonder if it would work better to swap out the scope too, matched to each barrel's shooting tendancy instead of sighting in each and every time. You'd still want to check it but it might save alot of those expensive Norma 9.3 loads from geting tossed at Sibbald.:D After all, it's only money, right?
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If I can get another set of Sauer rings we'll do this experiment on day when all I have is time and money.
 
Switch barrel

I bought a Savage Scout(.308 Win), and picked up a .358 Win barrel. Accuracy is very good, and it only takes a few minutes to change barrels. The family in this headspace group also include .243. 7-08.
 
Rembo said:
what cartridges were you thinking of doing?
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Plan A was .25/06 and .30/06 and .35 whelan. Then I got the silly notion to add some magnum calibre's Like 8mm mag and .416 mag. :D An extra bolt could be a f**kup waiting to happen.:D

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Ultramag said:
Plan A was .25/06 and .30/06 and .35 whelan. Then I got the silly notion to add some magnum calibre's Like 8mm mag and .416 mag. :D An extra bolt could be a f**kup waiting to happen.:D

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if one wanted to stick to one bolt (good plan;) )...one could probably cover the same applications with a .532" boltface....257 Wtby and up.....to where ever you want to stop...:D

how about a 257 Wtby, 300 Wtby (or Winchester)......,375 H&H and a 458 Win....same bolt face and all will feed from a long 700 action.....
 
I could do that............or I was also thinking about some improved cartridges............. say 25/06 IMP up to .375 whelan............that should keep my ass from becoming something's lunch.

Is there any velocity gian improving .35/.375 whelan ????

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I think you mean bolthead.
Y'know, I think the idea of switch bbl rifles is the whole "Wow! How cool would that be!"
But to be completely honest you'd be better getting 2 different barreled actions and a single stock, with a bedding block for uniformity, so you could switch them in between.
I looked at having a large frame Martini converted to a switch bbl action and it sounded great but the cost was overwhelming.
For a switch bbl Martini with 2 bbls I could've built 2 standard Martinis!
If you must have switch bbls though, why not get a T/C Contender?
It's even EASIER and the whole unit would be in expensive to set up, at least compared to a modified 700.
What exactly to do you plan to hunt with this?
Do you need quick follow-ups or can you cope with a single shot, which I might add you may find you can reload VERY quickly with a bit of practise, particularly if the extractor is decent.
 
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