Re: Some Savage 110 questions
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: want2Baccurate</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Cserv</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yes it has a barrel nut. The nut steps down and tapers. </div></div>
The barrel will be what has the step down in it, not the shank. Sorry if I didn't explain it well. Look just forward of the nut at the barrel. If it has a "shelf" meaning the diameter immediately shrinks here, then it is a large shank model.
If you still cant figure it out, call Savage and tell them your serial number, they will be able to tell you if it is large or small shank when they look it up in the computer.
Edit: As far as I know, if You would like to switch between large and small shanks, the only thing that is required is the correct barrel nut. I have a 111 receiver, and it is small shank. As far as I know all long actions are dimensionally similar except for possible variations in bottom metal screw spacings. </div></div> The large and small shanks are more than just different nuts. The barrel thread diameter is different. 1.055" for the small shank and 1.125 for the large. If it's an older 30/06, its a small shank. Some of the really old Savages had the recess in the barrel like a remington. So the easy to find aftermarket barrels won't work out of the box. Any decent gunsmith with a lathe could modify one though. Personally, unless it's semtimental, I'd sell it and buy a little newer 110 to tinker with.