Anyone with experience swapping barrels on a savage rifle?

[teddy12b]

I've got an old heavy barreled 110fp in 30-06 that I bought back in '08. I've been kicking around the idea of swapping out the barrel. I've never done it and I don't know what the process looks like. I also don't know who all makes a good replacement barrel. If I go through with this, I'd like it to get into the range of silly accurate, like sub 1/2" at 100 yards. Beyond that I don't think I care much. Any suggestions?

 

[avboiler11]

Yup, swapped a bunch of them. There's a number of videos on Youtube that show the process.

You need, at minimum:

Replacement barrel
Barrel nut wrench
Bench vise
Hardwood vise blocks and powered brown sugar (works as resin for holding barrel in blocks)
Dead blow hammer
Go-Gauge for replacement barrel chambering
Scotch-brand clear tape

All kinds of good barrels out there, I'm a big fan of Criterion prefits through Northland Shooters Supply. Sub-1/2" @ 100yd is a tall ask, as it not only requires the barrel to be good but the system to be assembled properly, the barreled action placed into the stock/chassis properly, the barrel fed ammunition and/or reloads it prefers, and the rifle driver to be capable.

You can run any short action, standard bolt face chambering through a 110 long action magazine; my very first build was a 260 on a 110 that started life as a 270.

 

[mlockhart]

On utube Cavedweller1959 has done several of these barrel swaps

 

[Squirt239]

If this is the only one you plan on doing, it is an expensive swap to DIY, unless you have the necessary tools, etc.

Also, if you are going to go that far to do it, and want a tack driver, why not go ahead and blueprint the action? You're already there, might as well.

I may have a biased opinion, but I tend to believe spending money with a competent gunsmith to do something such as this, is worth the money, and will be cheaper in the long run.

 

[teddy12b]

If this is the only one you plan on doing, it is an expensive swap to DIY, unless you have the necessary tools, etc.

Also, if you are going to go that far to do it, and want a tack driver, why not go ahead and blueprint the action? You're already there, might as well.

I may have a biased opinion, but I tend to believe spending money with a competent gunsmith to do something such as this, is worth the money, and will be cheaper in the long run.

Like a lot of things I told myself I was only going to do once, it's pretty likely that it'll happen again and again.

 

[Auto94]

it is not hard to do you just need to make sure you have the write tools and do not forget to put on the recoil lug. I real like shilen prefit barrels

 

[Nevernoluck2]

Super simple job with the right tools

 

[DocIndy]

I have had AllenM rebarrel a savage to a 458 SOCOM and he did a great job. If you don’t want to tackle it, he should be able to.