remington switch barrel or 2 rifles

[bornhunter04]

I've been looking at getting a savage 10/110 in 6.5 creedmoor (lefty)

My plan for the 6.5 is to make it a light weight hunting rifle. Take the barreled action and drop it in to one of the new manners light weight hunting stocks.

However, I talked to my gun smith last night and he said we could modify the remy 700 in .308 i have now to use a barrel nut system like the savages. Blueprint and true my action.

Put it in the new stock, throw on a match grade barrel in 6.5 creedmoor and then i could spend more money on glass and have a dual system while keeping the rifle light.


So, my question now is, do any of you have any experience with this type of setup?

Is any accuracy sacrificed in doing this?

What are the pro's/con's of doing this type of system vs having 2 dedicated rifles?

So what i'd have, is one rifle, switch barrel system, in manners stock with cdi bottom metal to run AICS mags. With better glass; think vortex razor.

Or, what i have now plus another rifle. Now, i have stock remington 700 sps-v in .308 with timney trigger in a hs precision stock with atlas worx bottom metal. (wanting to upgrade to manners w/ cdi)

Then i'd add the savage in 6.5 cm drop it into a manners stock and put something like a vortex pst 6-24 ffp mil/mil on it, or take the bushnell elite 3-12x44 off of my ar and put that on the savage.


cost Comparison:

1 - Rifle 2 Barrels

Gunsmith cost ?

Match Grade Barrel w/ flutes ~ $500

Optics - Razor HD New $2k

Manners Stock ~ $600

Total $3100 plus smithing cost

2 - Rifles

Savage ~ $800

Manners Stock ~ $600

Optic Vortex PST - New - $950 - Used - Less

Plus Rings/base ~ $200

Total: $2550

*The above cost's are nothing but a SWAG and could come in lower or higher

 

[JB02]

Re: remington switch barrel or 2 rifles

I would use a Surgeon action of a switch barrel system. The lug is integral to the receiver and you don't have to mess around with a barrel nut, go/no go gauges etc. It costs a bit more up front but you have a better system overall.

Sell your Remmy to offset the cost of your build once you have your new setup.

 

[Captain Kirk]

Re: remington switch barrel or 2 rifles

Any action with a integral recoil lug would be the better choice, but you can also have a Remington style action recoil lug pinned in place to make switching barrels easy. The nice thing about a switch barrel setup is putting top shelf glass and gear on it, vs spreading the cost over two rifles and cutting budget, glass, and quality.