Savage 12 re-barrel

[Orcon]

I'm looking to rebarrel my model 12 chambered in 300wsm. I'm planning on just having the 'smith put a proper shoulder and do away with the barrel nut system. Has anyone else done this? How fat does the tenon need to be to have enough of a shoulder?

 

[horsemen61]

No clue but why would you get rid of the savage barrel nut?

 

[Orcon]

Just because it's going to be custom chambered from a blank rather than a pre-fit. It seems unnecessary to worry about the barrel nut at this point.

 

[horsemen61]

I see that makes sense to me

 

[troy fairweather]

what cartridge are you going with.

 

[Varminterror]

The small shank Savage action is 1.35” OD, you’ll want to be no larger than that. For my money, I’d simply buy a standard 1.20” or 1.25” blank, and leave the small step. The recoil lug is already a step down in diameter from the action OD anyway.

700’s use a slightly larger barrel thread than Savages, and they run 1.20” and 1.25” shoulders, so running the same blank in a Savage would have ~10thou more shoulder than every Rem ever built.

If you have a large shank Savage, then a larger diameter blank would be necessary, as the action thread is 1.0625”.

 

[Orcon]

It's going to be another 300WSM but throated for 215 or 230 grain Hybrids, haven't made up my mind yet.
It's a large shank action, so 1.25" shank or larger?

 

[horsemen61]

Not to derail this thread but question for Varminterror what is the difference in small shank and large shank savages and how would I tell on my model 10 which one it was?

 

[troy fairweather]

Not to derail this thread but question for Varminterror what is the difference in small shank and large shank savages and how would I tell on my model 10 which one it was?

 

[Orcon]

Measure the length of your barrel nut. Standard shank measures 7/8" , Large measures 5/8"

 

[Varminterror]

It's going to be another 300WSM but throated for 215 or 230 grain Hybrids, haven't made up my mind yet.
It's a large shank action, so 1.25" shank or larger?

I flubbed my math earlier - I typed 1.125” for large shank, which is 1 1/8”, whereas the Savages are 1 1/16” = 1.0625”. So a standard 1.20” or 1.25” blank would be fine for the Large shank Savage. Rem 700’s are 1.062”-16, Savage WSM’s are 1.0625-20.

 

[Varminterror]

Not to derail this thread but question for Varminterror what is the difference in small shank and large shank savages and how would I tell on my model 10 which one it was?

@troy fairweather dropped the photos and dims of the barrel nuts above. The WSM’s and select magnums were done on large shanks, the rest small. Usually if a guy has a large shank, they know it.

 

[troy fairweather]

@troy fairweather dropped the photos and dims of the barrel nuts above. The WSM’s and select magnums were done on large shanks, the rest small. Usually if a guy has a large shank, they know it.

i sold my savage 114 300rum last year, it was a early gun with the small shank, if it was the large i would have keeped it. wanted to do a 338 edge.

 

[horsemen61]

Thanks y’all