Gunsmithing 112 bt 308 to a magnum bolt face?

[PAYDIRT]

I have a Savage 112 bt it's a "f" series flat back receiver. It's a long action chambered 308. It just sits in the safe and I was thinking of rebarreling to a long action cartridge to play with for elr. I'll need to change the bolt head and I'm having problems finding one. Any Savage guru's care to help me??

 

[fdkay]

PT&G sells bolt heads as well as grizzly.
http://pacifictoolandgauge.com/sava...ion_port-right/1597-add_bolt_alignment_cut-no
Easiest answer is to chamber in .280 AI. Same boltface, very near 7mm rem mag performance.

 

[PAYDIRT]

Guess I'll have to call them to find out if that's for a lrg firing pin or small? I have the large, so if that's a small I'll have to change firing pins as well?

 

[Gibble888]

$25.99 at Midway USA

 

[PAYDIRT]

Wish it was that easy, I have the lrg firing pin. The ones you find so easy with a Google search are for G series and later, that have a small firing pin.

 

[skinnj1]

You can modify a small pin bolt head to large requires drilling out the back of the bolt head and milling a notch for the tab on the inside of a bolt body....

 

[PAYDIRT]

You can modify a small pin bolt head to large requires drilling out the back of the bolt head and milling a notch for the tab on the inside of a bolt body....

Thanks.