kmw1954
Member
Been planning this for sometime and that time has finally arrived.
Last summer I picked up a Savage Model 11 barreled action from another member here.. They received it in a trade and had no history of it. Just that it is a Model 11 243 short action, DBM, Bottom bolt release. The factory poly stock was broken in half.
My intention for this was to build a budget target rifle for shooting to 300yds. .. Most probably chambered in 6mm of some form. Today with the world in the state it is of uncertainty my thinking has changed.
Also last summer I found a Model 12 223Rem Varmint barrel locally that was a brand new take off and the price was so right I couldn't resist. I was going to put this on my Model 10 223 sporter.
The times got the better of my thinking and that 223 Varmint barrel is now on my Model 11 and I will be shooting this for a while as I already have all the reloading components and tools instead of having to invest in new dies, brass, powders.
Yesterday I tried removing the barrel with the tools I have been purchasing such as the NSS Action wrench and the Wheeler Barrel Not wrench. The barrel nut on this gun is the smooth nut. Finally gave up after about 40min as it would not come loose. The smooth nut wrench would not grip it tight enough and the wrench would just spin on the nut.
Did some intense web searches and found these can be a real PITA and was warned a couple times about not to use a pipe wrench on it. Which then a member on another forum I chat with sent me a couple of pictures of a Savage he put a pipe wrench to and absolutely destroyed it. His recommendation was to Dremel off the nut. Which is what I ended up doing.
So where I am tonight is that I still need to set the headspace and torque the nut. Then I need to inlet the stock a bit around the end of the nut as the new recoil lug is thicker and moved the nut forward. From there I can start to but everything back together and get ready to shoot it.
Been a real learning experience.
Last summer I picked up a Savage Model 11 barreled action from another member here.. They received it in a trade and had no history of it. Just that it is a Model 11 243 short action, DBM, Bottom bolt release. The factory poly stock was broken in half.
My intention for this was to build a budget target rifle for shooting to 300yds. .. Most probably chambered in 6mm of some form. Today with the world in the state it is of uncertainty my thinking has changed.
Also last summer I found a Model 12 223Rem Varmint barrel locally that was a brand new take off and the price was so right I couldn't resist. I was going to put this on my Model 10 223 sporter.
The times got the better of my thinking and that 223 Varmint barrel is now on my Model 11 and I will be shooting this for a while as I already have all the reloading components and tools instead of having to invest in new dies, brass, powders.
Yesterday I tried removing the barrel with the tools I have been purchasing such as the NSS Action wrench and the Wheeler Barrel Not wrench. The barrel nut on this gun is the smooth nut. Finally gave up after about 40min as it would not come loose. The smooth nut wrench would not grip it tight enough and the wrench would just spin on the nut.
Did some intense web searches and found these can be a real PITA and was warned a couple times about not to use a pipe wrench on it. Which then a member on another forum I chat with sent me a couple of pictures of a Savage he put a pipe wrench to and absolutely destroyed it. His recommendation was to Dremel off the nut. Which is what I ended up doing.
So where I am tonight is that I still need to set the headspace and torque the nut. Then I need to inlet the stock a bit around the end of the nut as the new recoil lug is thicker and moved the nut forward. From there I can start to but everything back together and get ready to shoot it.
Been a real learning experience.