New BBl for my 112 Sav.

KHornet

KHornet

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I shot my old 112 Sav. 223, well over 6000 rounds before accuracy became unacceptable for Pdogs. Mostly I shot 40-45 gr. Hor bullets. I seldom ever shot max loads in it. Decided to rebarrel it when the best it would do was just slightly under 2" at 100. Along the way, it had a few hundred cast thru it, that didn't count in my
jacketed total. Ordered a replacement bbl from Shaw, and got the kit for $215.00 shipped. I know I could replace the bbl myself, but elected to have a gunsmith do it. Looking forward to having the old girl shooting small groups and many pdogs this spring.

Paul
 
Ian

Ian

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Shaw barrels have been good for me. The alloy steel ones like lots of cleaning between shots during break-in, but once they smooth up you're in business.
 
Ian

Ian

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No. I got a .308, a .308 "accuracy" barrel, and a new .270 barrel for a buddy.
 
JWFilips

JWFilips

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Paul,
Sounds nice! I have heard they make a nice barrel....Pretty good price.
Savage barrels are pretty easy to swap out you can set the head space from a fired cartridge
 
Ian

Ian

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The E.R. Shaw kits come with go and no-go gauges. The trick to installing the barrels is to have an action wrench fixed in a vise, a barrel wrench, and the barrel nut wrench so that you can hold the barrel still while torquing the nut. I think most of us attempt this without the barrel wrench, which makes it a trial and error thing to roll the barrel and nut into place at the correct torque and headspace. I can see why Paul would opt to have his gunsmith do it, it's really simple if you already have $300 worth of tools and some powdered rosin handy as part of a day's work.
 
fiver

fiver

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I got a chain wrench and a good assortment of pipe wrenches.
what could go wrong?
 
I

Intheshop

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Lack of heat Fiver,.....now where did I leave that striker?

KH,sounds like your rig is going to be "better" than new,watch out varmints,haha.
 
Ian

Ian

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I have actually used a blue-tip wrench to remove a Savage barrel once. Damned steel shot packed under the nut flange.
 
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freebullet

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Uhh, Paul....don't send it to fiver, lol.

My savage tool kit sounds the same as his or I'd offer help.;)
 
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