Switching to prefit barrels but what action??
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Sell what you have and get that AI at with 2 barrels for $3500 in the for sale section
^^^^^^ This ^^^^^
Or, decide which action you prefer (or want to try) and build from there.
The availability and cost of prefit barrels, as well as other accessories, for your particular action plays a significant role here.
Yeah kind of couirous of a savage because how much you can do to them. Change bolt face floating head change out bolt knob thought that could be cool. But i gotta dump some money in my pickup so gotta put all this on hold now. Life
No. Bought the action a while back and then added everything else pictured. It is a S prefix action.
I also have a LRI blueprinted that I have set up in a 22" 308. 5 min barrel change. Action never leaves chassis.
Ken Farrell 20 moa rail that is short enough not to cover barrel nut. Remove handguard, use barrel nut wrench to remove barrel, unscrew barrel, screw on different barrel, headspace, and tighten. Install handguard. I use the NSS barrel nut wrench.
After thinking about this same question for way too long I just ordered a Bighorn Origin action. It seems to tick all of the right boxes for me. It is a 700 clone so you have lots of stock options, it takes savage small shank barrels, and (best of all) you can easily swap out the bolt head between small, standard and magnum. At $825 it costs a bit more than a trued factory action but you have so much more flexibility. The ARC Nucleus is another very similar option.
Proof is making prefits for Impact, Bighorn, and I believe will be making prefits for the newest Defiance action. Very competitively priced.
Does take time though. My 223 TL3 barrel took a few months.
Does take time though. My 223 TL3 barrel took a few months.
I would go with Curtis. Pre-fits are available and they just announced their 22lr conversion. Swap barrel and bolt and you have a 22lr trainer. Saves you a lot of money from having to buy a complete 22lr trainer.
Also, if you get a Curtis Vector, it comes with a quick change barrel feature that accepts prefits so you could swap barrels to whatever you want at the range.
Also, if you get a Curtis Vector, it comes with a quick change barrel feature that accepts prefits so you could swap barrels to whatever you want at the range.
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I've built 3 Remage systems and have found all of them to be world class accurate at a fraction of custom rifle costs.
Trued Remington action. Don't true or even "clean-up" the barrel threads. All my kits have come from Northland Shooting Sports.
