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Savage 116 vs Remington 700
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 1176467" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>Years back I checked three Savage actions I own and two or three others. Checked each action three times with three different methods. Results were close enough to each other to say good enough. All the actions came in between .00125" / .0018" compound error. In the same time frame I checked two Winchester actions, but doubted my accuracy due to the shape of the receiver. So I ran both across a CMM machine like I did the three Savages as a last step. The best one was out close to .012", and the other was close to .015". I checked a 700 action I had plus two others that friends had. Your looking .008" / .010". I got mine down to .00085" with some elbow grease and some serious four letter words. But also ended up with an odd ball thread diameter. I never found away I was particularly happy with to check the bolt. I ended up making a block that allowed the bolt to rest on four tooling balls. Still not all I wanted.</p><p></p><p>Never been in love with a Remington barrel. Not exactly overjoyed with a Savage as well, but they are better than the Remington. I've still not found a good Winchester barrel, and the typical Ruger is a small fraction better (Ruger cuts better chambers), but their throats are usually too long. </p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 1176467, member: 25383"] Years back I checked three Savage actions I own and two or three others. Checked each action three times with three different methods. Results were close enough to each other to say good enough. All the actions came in between .00125" / .0018" compound error. In the same time frame I checked two Winchester actions, but doubted my accuracy due to the shape of the receiver. So I ran both across a CMM machine like I did the three Savages as a last step. The best one was out close to .012", and the other was close to .015". I checked a 700 action I had plus two others that friends had. Your looking .008" / .010". I got mine down to .00085" with some elbow grease and some serious four letter words. But also ended up with an odd ball thread diameter. I never found away I was particularly happy with to check the bolt. I ended up making a block that allowed the bolt to rest on four tooling balls. Still not all I wanted. Never been in love with a Remington barrel. Not exactly overjoyed with a Savage as well, but they are better than the Remington. I've still not found a good Winchester barrel, and the typical Ruger is a small fraction better (Ruger cuts better chambers), but their throats are usually too long. gary [/QUOTE]
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