Accurizing question

[Thor]

Just got 2 new Savage 111's in 270 Win and 300 Win Mag. Both have the laminated grey/black stock and AccuTrigger. 270 will be med range deer gun. 300 WM will be a Long Range Project. Got a few questions:

Looking for any opinions of the Savage laminated stocks?

Can I have the actions pillar bedded in the laminated stock with the factory barrel and later swap in a custom barrel without any problems?

I would think that would be fine since the barrel is free floating after the barrel nut. I realize that the factory stock would limit the barrel contour options without going to a new stock custom cut to the new barrel contour.

I may go to a custom stock in the future if there were issues with the factory laminate. I would swap to a custom barrel when I went with a custom stock.

I've never bedded a rifle before.... that just doesn't sound right. Is that something a Newbe can do or would I be better off sending it off to one of the guys on the site? (ie, Shawn, Kirby, any others?)

What would something like that cost? Don't know if either has a website to reference. Web search didn't reveal anything.

Thanks for any thoughts.

Jace

 

[winmagman]

Can I have the actions pillar bedded in the laminated stock with the factory barrel and later swap in a custom barrel without any problems?

Yes, pillars should not interfere with any future barrel changes, in fact several Savage models come with pillars.

I've never bedded a rifle before.... that just doesn't sound right. Is that something a Newbe can do or would I be better off sending it off to one of the guys on the site? (ie, Shawn, Kirby, any others)

Here's a link to Kirbys response when I asked the same question.http://http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f22/bedding-savage-11840/ I found it to be pretty helpful, followed the instructions and came away with a rifle that will put 3 in a nice little cloverleaf.

Chris

 

[Thor]

Thanks for that info.

Doing it myself may be more than I want to tackle knowing what my goals are for these two. Sent an email to Kirby. Hopefully, he will be able to help me out.

Jace

 

[Dead Beat]

the savage is probably the easiest action to bed !!!i was leary before i bedded one

JIM