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.270 win to .35 whelen
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<blockquote data-quote="Engineering101" data-source="post: 924716" data-attributes="member: 63138"><p>I agree with the comments made regards - just buy another rifle in the caliber you want. However I will throw out an idea since you mentioned switching barrels. If the second rifle you buy is a Savage, you could switch barrels on that rifle with relative ease. They employ a barrel nut to hold the barrel on and a floating bolt head to allow the bolt to self align to the chamber (one of the reasons Savages shoot so accurately right out of the box).</p><p> </p><p>Anyway you can unscrew the barrel nut and barrel and screw in a new barrel (with a go headspace gage in the chamber for the new caliber), torque up the barrel nut and you have a new cartridge to shoot. If you are changing from standard to magnum bolt face or vice versa you have to also swap out the bolt head by pulling the pin that holds the bolt head on the bolt and putting on the new bolt head and reinstalling the pin. (You may also have to tweak the amount of protrusion of the firing pin.) All this stuff takes about 20 minutes. I use Weaver cross slot mounts or rail mounts and Burris Signature Zee rings to mount my scopes so the scopes just slide off the rail and slide back on when you are done putting the rifle back together.</p><p> </p><p>I have 3 Savages, a 260 Rem Long Range Precision target rifle, a 22-250 Rem 12 FV, and a 270 Win 114 Classic. The 260 Rem has been a 270 WSM but is now a 260 Rem again for the time being. The 22-250 is now a 7mm WSM but with p-dog season coming up it will go back to a 22-250 shortly - but with an new 8 twist barrel. The 270 Win (which had a nothing little 22" toothpick of a barrel) is now a 300 RUM with a 26" varmit contour barrel. I bought the 270 WSM and 300 RUM barrels for $100 each at surplus just for something to play with. Turns out the 300 RUM is a shooter and I'm having a hard time thinking about taking it apart though the new 26 Nosler is getting me to think about it. Varmit or bull contour new stainless barrels from McGowen can be bought off the shelf for $329. You can also get upscale barrels made for you such as Brux but that can take several months. I have one and it shoots like a dream and picks up zero copper.</p><p> </p><p>One main advantage of this concept is you can put a really nice scope on your Savage and use it to death with what ever flavor of the month barrel you are shooting. If you have 5 or 6 rifles instead of 5 or 6 barrels, it gets pretty spendy to put a Nightforce on every one. And as you said, it is way easier to hide a barrel than a whole rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Engineering101, post: 924716, member: 63138"] I agree with the comments made regards - just buy another rifle in the caliber you want. However I will throw out an idea since you mentioned switching barrels. If the second rifle you buy is a Savage, you could switch barrels on that rifle with relative ease. They employ a barrel nut to hold the barrel on and a floating bolt head to allow the bolt to self align to the chamber (one of the reasons Savages shoot so accurately right out of the box). Anyway you can unscrew the barrel nut and barrel and screw in a new barrel (with a go headspace gage in the chamber for the new caliber), torque up the barrel nut and you have a new cartridge to shoot. If you are changing from standard to magnum bolt face or vice versa you have to also swap out the bolt head by pulling the pin that holds the bolt head on the bolt and putting on the new bolt head and reinstalling the pin. (You may also have to tweak the amount of protrusion of the firing pin.) All this stuff takes about 20 minutes. I use Weaver cross slot mounts or rail mounts and Burris Signature Zee rings to mount my scopes so the scopes just slide off the rail and slide back on when you are done putting the rifle back together. I have 3 Savages, a 260 Rem Long Range Precision target rifle, a 22-250 Rem 12 FV, and a 270 Win 114 Classic. The 260 Rem has been a 270 WSM but is now a 260 Rem again for the time being. The 22-250 is now a 7mm WSM but with p-dog season coming up it will go back to a 22-250 shortly - but with an new 8 twist barrel. The 270 Win (which had a nothing little 22" toothpick of a barrel) is now a 300 RUM with a 26" varmit contour barrel. I bought the 270 WSM and 300 RUM barrels for $100 each at surplus just for something to play with. Turns out the 300 RUM is a shooter and I'm having a hard time thinking about taking it apart though the new 26 Nosler is getting me to think about it. Varmit or bull contour new stainless barrels from McGowen can be bought off the shelf for $329. You can also get upscale barrels made for you such as Brux but that can take several months. I have one and it shoots like a dream and picks up zero copper. One main advantage of this concept is you can put a really nice scope on your Savage and use it to death with what ever flavor of the month barrel you are shooting. If you have 5 or 6 rifles instead of 5 or 6 barrels, it gets pretty spendy to put a Nightforce on every one. And as you said, it is way easier to hide a barrel than a whole rifle. [/QUOTE]
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