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Trued/tuned Savage vs. Trued/tuned Rem 700
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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 1273636" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>Will, I will tell you how to fix a Savage target action if you want, my bench rest rifle is a Savage Target action with Right bolt, left load and left eject which I have converted to a right eject micro port. Original accutrigger running at 3 ounces without dropping the sear. Bolt runs with your finger tips. I've also made a drop port that is pretty cool that I could drop the little SS rounds out the bottom of the stock while loading one the left side.</p><p></p><p>You can make either action run good and just gotta give them the love they need. Both the Rem and the Savage run about the same run out the last one's I've checked. Run them with or without a nut, makes no difference as long as you use a quality one with a ground lug. I think it's worth squaring the the receiver face and the lugs to the center of the raceway of both receivers and clean up the back of the lugs on the bolt and the front of the bolt face on the Rem and replace the bolt head on the Savage with a PTG. Lapping lugs in has no place on a trued action. The Rem will need the handle removed and primary extraction timed and the Savage just shave a little of the bolt. </p><p>All that will be very little improvement over all compared to using a quality cut rifle barrel, if your wanting to just make a decent rifle yourself buy a great barrel, ground lug and quality nut and have fun cause it'll shoot once you get it nestled into a stock! I would really encourage you to get a Savage, they are a good way to get into the next level of hands on tuning and tinkering, if you have the coin I'd suggest a Bighorn action which will allow the same level of playing but it's already awesome sauce, don't get sucked into the Mausingfield it's a pile, the action face is far from flat and it needs toroidal lugs because of how poorly the bolt fits and they have to run a stupid light spring with short pin fall to get even a decent bolt lift, it's a full on mess!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 1273636, member: 13632"] Will, I will tell you how to fix a Savage target action if you want, my bench rest rifle is a Savage Target action with Right bolt, left load and left eject which I have converted to a right eject micro port. Original accutrigger running at 3 ounces without dropping the sear. Bolt runs with your finger tips. I've also made a drop port that is pretty cool that I could drop the little SS rounds out the bottom of the stock while loading one the left side. You can make either action run good and just gotta give them the love they need. Both the Rem and the Savage run about the same run out the last one's I've checked. Run them with or without a nut, makes no difference as long as you use a quality one with a ground lug. I think it's worth squaring the the receiver face and the lugs to the center of the raceway of both receivers and clean up the back of the lugs on the bolt and the front of the bolt face on the Rem and replace the bolt head on the Savage with a PTG. Lapping lugs in has no place on a trued action. The Rem will need the handle removed and primary extraction timed and the Savage just shave a little of the bolt. All that will be very little improvement over all compared to using a quality cut rifle barrel, if your wanting to just make a decent rifle yourself buy a great barrel, ground lug and quality nut and have fun cause it'll shoot once you get it nestled into a stock! I would really encourage you to get a Savage, they are a good way to get into the next level of hands on tuning and tinkering, if you have the coin I'd suggest a Bighorn action which will allow the same level of playing but it's already awesome sauce, don't get sucked into the Mausingfield it's a pile, the action face is far from flat and it needs toroidal lugs because of how poorly the bolt fits and they have to run a stupid light spring with short pin fall to get even a decent bolt lift, it's a full on mess!!! [/QUOTE]
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