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who trues savage action with minimal lead time

Dshooter

Sergeant
Full Member
Minuteman
Oct 16, 2013
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West side, MI
Hiders, looking for a good smith to true up a savage action and cut a barrel down. Trying to find someone with a short lead time. I understand its getting to be that time of the year but not wanting to wait 8-10 weeks. Thanks
 
Had Fred at SSS do mine(true/install new CIB)early in the year, turn around was a little over 3 weeks and I requested some custom bbl flutes. I never spoke to him but his wife kept me well informed during the process.

While the rifle shoots bug holes, might give Rayhill some business next time..
 
Hey guys, thanks a bunch for the recommendations. Called Rayhill and he called me right back. 7-10 day turnaround!! That's great! A little pricey but I'll try him out. Also call RW Snyder and left 2 messages and apparently he's too busy bs-ing here on the hide to return calls. Oh well....Rayhill it is and I'm excited! Thanks again
 
doesn't savage use a free float bolt head so you don't have to true the action.
set me straight plz.
They sure do....and it works great in a perfect world as in, the lugs are true to the bolt face and the action face is true to lug. Some people do run a virgin action with aftermarket barrels and some are OCD like myself and have them trued up
 
I just talked to Kevin today he finished my Savage in about 3 weeks, no biggie, he told me two weeks to a month. its about a month. I sent a different rifle to SSS at the same time, I ecpect it to take a bt longer but I am happy with the products SSS sells.
 
If you are sending parts such as a action and bbl to a smith, getting the action trued or at least checked would be very smart.

If you want to get the tools and do it yourself, most won't have a lathe to do that properly. Home builds have proven to be very accurate though and that is a feature that makes a Savage even better when considering a platform to build off of.