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Savage 110 in 300 PRC?

WEATHERBY460

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2 questions, will Savage offer the 110 in 300 PRC next year?

If not, what 110 caliber should I purchase if I want a gunsmith to convert it tp 300 PRC?

Thanks
 
I've heard rumors... but that's a long ways from anything even remotely actionable.

Personally, I'm thinking when the .300WM barrel on my 110BA (or equivalent 110FCP) finally gives up, it's gonna be 'reborn' as a .300 PRC. Already set up for the loooong CIP mags for .338LM, so 3.7" + OAL is no problem.

I kinda wanted them to field a .300NM version a couple years ago; figured it'd be an easy low-hanging fruit for them, given they already have the receiver w/ mags ready to roll.
 
Haven’t heard anything ,but I would assume they would since it’s the new “sniper round and easier to sell to me than a Lapua. I converted a 300 win 116 to 28 Nosler and it is a hammer.. CIP length mags work great with the action so shouldn’t be a big deal for them to do it maybe guys should start asking and maybe they will listen. They need better stocks that’s a given and a decent chassis rifle the stealth chassis sucks...
 
Not sure on your first question, but any of the long action magnums should just be a barrel swap to go to 300 PRC. 300 win mag, 7 rem mag are two of the more popular examples.

Plenty of pre-fit barrels out there-- I'm not sure what your GS charges to rebarrel a Savage but it might be worth it to look into a barrel vise and Savage nut wrench and just do it yourself.
 
any of the long action magnums should just be a barrel swap to go to 300 PRC.

From what I've been reading, that is kinda-sorta true...

Yes, a barrel swap is all that it really takes.

But to really let that puppy *run*, you may need longer OAL than typically found in 7mm RM, 300WM guns.

Most of the numbers I've seen have come from Remington style actions, and I don't have a 'regular' Sav LA handy to measure off of, so take this for what it's worth. I've seen 3.650" (or less) cited as a common max mag dimension for a lot of regular LAs, vs. the 3.7"+ for CIP magazines. If you look on some place like accurate-mag.com, there are two very distinctly different sizes available - and that's before you get into the 3.850" OAL CIP mags for .338LM, like on a 110BA/FCP.

I'm guessing the .300 PRC would run just fine from a shorter mag... just seems like you'd be handicapping it a bit right out of the gate.
 
I talked to Jim at NSS about a SAUM barrel for my SA Bighorn and Jim said that neither Criterion nor Shilen would chamber a small shank barrel for a SAUM, WSM or any other cartridge with a case diameter larger than the body of a WinMag case. Criterion and Shilen will probably make you a 300PRC barrel but it will have to be a large shank action, as Milanuk mentioned the 110 FCP-HS (or 110 Stealth) would be a great place to start since they are large shank actions.