Gunsmithing Remington 700 question

[Curnow26]

HI
I was wandering if any one knows if remington changed there action threads when transitioning from the older model actions to the newer actions, I heard a refernce where some on took an savage heavy barrel from a large shank action and cleaned up the threads by turning them down and that it would work for 700 old actions. Then just screwed it on and head spaced it like a savage. Then tightend it down with the barrel nut. Is that possible? I have a newer action and thought that would be a good way to get a budget strait taper barrel!
Any help is appreciated, thanks

 

[2156SMK]

Re: Remington 700 question

Remington threads have been 1.062 x 16 since the 50's and that applies to guns produced this year as well.
Savage threads are 1.050 x 16 unless you get a short mag receiver which have larger diameter threads.