The budget custom rifle

[wraithen]

Here is one I built, donor was a 110 converted to a .257 Roberts. I think I have about 900 into it with glass. I had the action blue printed.


Oh and I have a 7mm rem mag, what should I do with it? I do not think it will stay a rem mag.

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ummm... give it to me? 

[arrowflinger]

Here is one I built, donor was a 110 converted to a .257 Roberts. I think I have about 900 into it with glass. I had the action blue printed.


Oh and I have a 7mm rem mag, what should I do with it? I do not think it will stay a rem mag.

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ummm... give it to me? 

 

[wraithen]

Yorke, I do want to thank you for this post. I didn't understand or retain that the action was kind of a unique design for accuracy no matter what. I'm starting to suspect the barrel on my .223 stevens isn't the norm for accuracy. I also have been pretty mean to that rifle sometimes.

I guess I need to look into how to safely tweak the trigger and see if I'm comfortable doing something like that. I do know that I absolutely hate the stock on the stevens line. It's way too flexible for me to even want to bother bedding the action. The only problem I have with building one is finding the parts locally. Donor savages aren't common in my local area that don't cost near as much used as they would new, especially since I don't pay state fees for delivery of firearms.

[buckfvr]

Im going to start fresh with the 111 LRH in 7rem mag.....be here in about a week    If I decide it needs some work, it will get some work, but it IS a good starting point, IMHO. 

[Dan-o]

Good post yorke.

Cool and informative for most of us.

[AWS]

Savage stocks work pretty well for me.  I use shooting sticks instead of a bipod so there ar no stresses on the forend from the bipod or hasty sling.  I don't use a sling to carry my rifle it stays in my nimrod pack until I get to a stand or area I'm going to hunt.  I hog out enough material around the barrel channel so there is no chance for it to touch the barrel even on a benchrest.  I don't hunt in the summer so the stocks are a little stiffer in the cold.  I do use it for target shoots in the summer and haven't had any problems.

[yorketransport]

 

The factory stocks are pretty flimsy, but if you open up the barrel channel they aren't that bad. Just remember, if you screw it up it will be cheap to replace. 

I will typically take a piece of 1" pipe, wrap it in sand paper, and just start running it through the barrel channel. This will help clean up any mold lines in the stock and create an even, more open barrel channel. I'll take some sand paper to any other mold lines in the stock as well, like on the comb and bottom of the forend. When you're done, finish it up with some finer grit sand paper, then just paint the stock.  This was a standard black Striker stock which I took some sand paper and a little bondo to and molded it to fit my hand a little better. It's just a tan color base coat with a dark brown over spray and cedar branches used to add a pattern.


This one is a right bolt, left port Target action with a 19" 6mm BR Benchmark barrel which has been nitrided. The stock is a  Neal Cooper design which is made out of an industrial wood laminate. It was painted with an epoxy primer, then I rattle canned it to give it a smoke look.


I have a few others which are much more basic paint jobs. A dark green base coat with some brown stripes, brown with green stripes. Just give it a try. If you don't like it, just repaint it!

Yorke, I do want to thank you for this post. I didn't understand or retain that the action was kind of a unique design for accuracy no matter what. I'm starting to suspect the barrel on my .223 stevens isn't the norm for accuracy. I also have been pretty mean to that rifle sometimes.

I guess I need to look into how to safely tweak the trigger and see if I'm comfortable doing something like that. I do know that I absolutely hate the stock on the stevens line. It's way too flexible for me to even want to bother bedding the action. The only problem I have with building one is finding the parts locally. Donor savages aren't common in my local area that don't cost near as much used as they would new, especially since I don't pay state fees for delivery of firearms.

I've had bad luck with the 223 in general  in every rifle I've tried. To me it's just an unpredictable caliber. Try shooting the barrel dirty. A lot of factory barrels are pretty rough inside and shoot best when well fouled.

For the trigger, pull the gun out of the stock and just take some time to look it over. Stevens triggers are pretty simple and do allow for some adjustment without stoning or polishing anything. Just remember that adjustment you make can be undone. When I'm fiddling with a trigger I will sit for an hour testing it buy bouncing the rifle on the butt pad, slamming the bolt closed, and doing anything else I can to try and trip the trigger. If it goes off one time, I adjust it and try again. Just go slow.

I have had pretty good luck finding guns in the Tacoma area. Check out Seattleguns.com as well. There's usually something on there. And remember, it's easy to change the bolt head on the Savage. Your .223 bolt could be changed over to a  308 or WSM bolt face in 5 minutes. A new bolt head is around $30 I think. So if you find a good deal on a rifle with the wrong bolt face, buy it anyways!

Andrew

[arrowflinger]

yorke-

I have a 110 in 7mm Rem Mag and want to change the caliber, any suggestions? Sorry if this hi jacking the thread. you can send me a pm if you would like.

I'm following this closely also. Awesome guns.

[wraithen]

Anything with the common bolt face (.300wm, 338wm... etc) just involves a barrel. Anything else involves a bolthead swap as well, not to mention possible magazine work.

[arrowflinger]

Anything with the common bolt face (.300wm, 338wm... etc) just involves a barrel. Anything else involves a bolthead swap as well, not to mention possible magazine work.

willing to change, I have a .338 wm already.

[AWS]

Pics of my 22-250 target rig just completed



Winter coyote rifle in 22-204 (222 Rem Mag Improved a little more capacity than a 223AI and no fireforming)

[wraithen]

AWS, did you add that cheekpiece or was it part of the stock?

[wraithen]

Where is everyone finding these barrels and odds and ends?

[Huntbear]

Ok.. so I have been completely anti Savage bolt guns for years... I bought one of those cheap 110 with scope combos years ago.  The damn thing shot bigger patterns than my 870.   It was the biggest POS I ever owned, and it went down the road quickly.

Are these Savages really that good?  I now shoot my own builds, (a custom Rem. 700 and a custom blueprinted Howa) and one Sako TRG-s in 338 WM..

I want a 300 WSM that will shoot 1/2 moa or less at 400 yards with handloads... without dropping a grand or more..  Is this possible???

[AWS]

I added the cheekpiece to a factory stock.

  I search the net.  Sometimes I put out want adds for something special.  The 22-250 Barrel from a Predatormasters clasifieds want add, the donnor rifle right here on the HW, and the glass from a want add on 24hourcampfire.  I pick up and sell stuff on Savage Shooters, here on HW and Rimfire Central.  Chamberring reamers from PTG, triggers from SSS.

I keep a fund for rifles and when I find a deal I can jump on it.  If it gets low I sell some stuff I've accumulated that I ended up not using or I've moved beyond.

Most of my donnors are under 300 with many und 200.  I picked up a Rem 722 in 300 Sav for $150, a LVSF 22-250 barrel for $100 and a stock for $30 and had a Sako extractor installed for $100.

Poormans LVSF