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Actions for .338 Edge build? beginner needs help
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<blockquote data-quote="BillR" data-source="post: 490219" data-attributes="member: 462"><p>Cheapest gun to build a .338 Edge on will be a Savage 111 in a magnum action if you can find a really beat up one cheap. Their out there. I have seen them for as cheap as $150. After all, all you need is the action. Your going to want to change everything else anyway and can do that as you go along. Trigger, stock, barrel etc. With the mag bolt face you don't need to change anything on the bolt. Look for an action that has the small firing pin which will be a later one. Savage changed the firing pin hole in the later ones when they started building the RUM's. You might also look for a 116 in SS as then you don't have to deal with refinishing an action and you also get the small firing pin bolt with that along with a large shank barrel. You should also get the thicker recoil lug for the Edge.</p><p>The part that makes the Savage cheap to build on is the fact that you can do the work yourself as far as installing the new barrel and stock and trigger. You can also switch out the Edge barrel and go to another caliber really easy once you learn how to put the Edge barrel on. Takes about 30 minutes total time to do and can be done by yourself easily with the right tools which will be cheap to buy. </p><p>Now all that said, if you look in my safe all you will find is Remington actions. Its going to change shortly due to the above mentioned. All I need is a single shot and I'm not going to be carrying this thing around as a walking gun so it is going to be heavy. I have plenty of rifles for that. Its going to be purpose built for that one long range shot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BillR, post: 490219, member: 462"] Cheapest gun to build a .338 Edge on will be a Savage 111 in a magnum action if you can find a really beat up one cheap. Their out there. I have seen them for as cheap as $150. After all, all you need is the action. Your going to want to change everything else anyway and can do that as you go along. Trigger, stock, barrel etc. With the mag bolt face you don't need to change anything on the bolt. Look for an action that has the small firing pin which will be a later one. Savage changed the firing pin hole in the later ones when they started building the RUM's. You might also look for a 116 in SS as then you don't have to deal with refinishing an action and you also get the small firing pin bolt with that along with a large shank barrel. You should also get the thicker recoil lug for the Edge. The part that makes the Savage cheap to build on is the fact that you can do the work yourself as far as installing the new barrel and stock and trigger. You can also switch out the Edge barrel and go to another caliber really easy once you learn how to put the Edge barrel on. Takes about 30 minutes total time to do and can be done by yourself easily with the right tools which will be cheap to buy. Now all that said, if you look in my safe all you will find is Remington actions. Its going to change shortly due to the above mentioned. All I need is a single shot and I'm not going to be carrying this thing around as a walking gun so it is going to be heavy. I have plenty of rifles for that. Its going to be purpose built for that one long range shot. [/QUOTE]
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