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<blockquote data-quote="Will Gray" data-source="post: 2291099" data-attributes="member: 65116"><p>I have several old Savage 110s, all shoot just fine with a good barrel, often less than 1/2" MOA. I like being able to change the bolt face from STD to MAG in just a few minutes. I have one with a 338 EDGE Shilen 30" bull .barrel that will do less than 1/4" MOA every time. Hogue stock and Vortex scope. Lately I have been working with a couple of Ruger American actions, add a Shilen barrel I worked up (tapered, threaded, & chambered) on my ancient lathe and with a Bell & Carlson stock has become a fine hunting rifle in 358 Winchester. I like the simplicity of the Ruger American. Three bolt lugs give great support to the brass. I like the protection given the shooter from a cartridge failure: there is no path along the bolt in either the Savage or the Ruger, unlike the Remington with its "three rings of steel" but you can look along the right side of the bolt with a flashlight and you can clearly see the face of the barrel with the bolt closed: there is a clear path from the bolt face area to the shooter's right cheek. Gunsmiths make good money when blueprinting a 700 action -- may be why they are so well liked, but I am a cynic. I have a long action 700 mated to a 416/300 RUM wildcat, just for fun and a short action 700 that I put an M-16 extractor on chambered for 358 Winchester, good hunting rifle. So many guns so little time...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Will Gray, post: 2291099, member: 65116"] I have several old Savage 110s, all shoot just fine with a good barrel, often less than 1/2" MOA. I like being able to change the bolt face from STD to MAG in just a few minutes. I have one with a 338 EDGE Shilen 30" bull .barrel that will do less than 1/4" MOA every time. Hogue stock and Vortex scope. Lately I have been working with a couple of Ruger American actions, add a Shilen barrel I worked up (tapered, threaded, & chambered) on my ancient lathe and with a Bell & Carlson stock has become a fine hunting rifle in 358 Winchester. I like the simplicity of the Ruger American. Three bolt lugs give great support to the brass. I like the protection given the shooter from a cartridge failure: there is no path along the bolt in either the Savage or the Ruger, unlike the Remington with its "three rings of steel" but you can look along the right side of the bolt with a flashlight and you can clearly see the face of the barrel with the bolt closed: there is a clear path from the bolt face area to the shooter's right cheek. Gunsmiths make good money when blueprinting a 700 action -- may be why they are so well liked, but I am a cynic. I have a long action 700 mated to a 416/300 RUM wildcat, just for fun and a short action 700 that I put an M-16 extractor on chambered for 358 Winchester, good hunting rifle. So many guns so little time... [/QUOTE]
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