What do you get when you cross a Marlin designed, Remington built action, with a Savage barrel and nut?......
Besides 45min-1hour of work (mostly opening the forend of the stock)?
well....THIS!
This rifle started as a .223....and the barrel installed is STILL a .223....for now. This was the gun I was asking which cartridge to pick for. My ffl buddy decided on .22-250AI, so that's what it will be.
pulled the barrel and installed the Savage 12 heavy take off I got from a fellow forumite a month or so ago.
Savage tools work fine....and somehow i managed to forget to take a picture of the separated action.
installed the savage barrel and opened the barrel channel for it.
gutted the mag, and replaced the .223 parts with a .308 follower I've had laying around from an ADL for a while.
Removed the bolt head from the long action standard face bolt (thanks again @troy fairweather for helping with shipping), and installed it on the short action bolt.
anyone want to convert a long action 783 to .223? I have a trashed barrel and a brand new bolt with your name on it!
and that's about it for now. I still need to rent a reamer and finish inletting and bedding the stock....but I worked on two rifles and a 1911 today, im dun.......
Besides 45min-1hour of work (mostly opening the forend of the stock)?
well....THIS!
This rifle started as a .223....and the barrel installed is STILL a .223....for now. This was the gun I was asking which cartridge to pick for. My ffl buddy decided on .22-250AI, so that's what it will be.
pulled the barrel and installed the Savage 12 heavy take off I got from a fellow forumite a month or so ago.
Savage tools work fine....and somehow i managed to forget to take a picture of the separated action.
installed the savage barrel and opened the barrel channel for it.
gutted the mag, and replaced the .223 parts with a .308 follower I've had laying around from an ADL for a while.
Removed the bolt head from the long action standard face bolt (thanks again @troy fairweather for helping with shipping), and installed it on the short action bolt.
anyone want to convert a long action 783 to .223? I have a trashed barrel and a brand new bolt with your name on it!
and that's about it for now. I still need to rent a reamer and finish inletting and bedding the stock....but I worked on two rifles and a 1911 today, im dun.......
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