Let me preface this question with" I am not a Savage guy." Not that they are bad rifles but I have never owned one and know little to nothing about them. I have a family member with a young son that wants a rifle he can grow with. I suggested a Savage 22-250 so he could eventually step up to a 243, 7mm-08, 6.5, or 308 at some point by simply swapping barrels. Is there a particular model y'all would suggest?
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Easiest barrel swap on a Savage
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mine is based off a model 11.
Any short action would really do ok as long as it's the newer 4.4 bolt spacing for better stock or chassis selection.
Any short action would really do ok as long as it's the newer 4.4 bolt spacing for better stock or chassis selection.
Anything in a 10/12/16 action will work. 4.4” spacing has many options for stocks etc. My suggestion is a Cabelas exclusive. They go on sale with rebates for sometimes just a much as the actions are going for. Stainless vs Matte blued would be the only dilemma I could see
Or just buy a savage or what not, shoot it, sell it and upgrade to something else in the future. Although there is nothing wrong with savage. One of my most accurate rifles is a 260 on a savage 10 action/Criterion barrel
Or just buy a savage or what not, shoot it, sell it and upgrade to something else in the future. Although there is nothing wrong with savage. One of my most accurate rifles is a 260 on a savage 10 action/Criterion barrel
The cheapest model, it's easy to swap a barrel. How old is your son, my 10 year old nephew shot my 6.5 CM in a chassis with a heavy barrel and a brake. He was able to watch the rams at 500M fall in the scope.
It is actually my grandnephew , my niece's son. He is 3 lol. Her fiance called me asking about a good rifle choice. Gotta admit it was hard to keep from laughing out loud but hey at least his heart is in the right place.
Tell him to build a .22LR. My four year old was shooting when she was three. My 7 year old is already shooting local .22 PRS style matches and doing very well.
On the centerfire topic, the advice above is great. I ran a match rifle for two seasons built off of the Cabela's exclusive 12fv. It has the varmint trigger and the top bolt release. I made several upgrades and the rifle ran really well for a Savage after the upgrades. I paid $249 after rebates which was a lot cheaper than you can typically buy an action for.
If you are a diy tinkerer, a Savage can be made to run. If you don't like to wrench on stuff you're better off buying something else.
On the centerfire topic, the advice above is great. I ran a match rifle for two seasons built off of the Cabela's exclusive 12fv. It has the varmint trigger and the top bolt release. I made several upgrades and the rifle ran really well for a Savage after the upgrades. I paid $249 after rebates which was a lot cheaper than you can typically buy an action for.
If you are a diy tinkerer, a Savage can be made to run. If you don't like to wrench on stuff you're better off buying something else.
Shank size will matter when you buy barrels. Your options are large and small. I believe most of the barrels that Northland stocks are for large shank.
All of the custom actions that will accept "Savage prefits" run the same threads as the small shank barrels. I have used small shank actions for every one of my guns. There is no shortage of available prefit barrels.
Most everything these days can accept barrel but prefits. I have moved most of my rifles over to a barrel nut. You don’t have to pigeon hole hisself to just savage if he likes something else. Remage, howage, rugage tikage etc
Only real choice is what chassis do you want and which models do they inlet for.
If that doesn't matter, accutrigger or standard trigger. You'll have to search the used rack for the standard trigger.
I need to grab an oryx one of these days for my 112 (old model, 22-250 varminter on a long action).
MDT/Oryx is the only chassis I could find.
I found many companies don't make a chassis because of the huge variety of Savage actions over the years.
If that doesn't matter, accutrigger or standard trigger. You'll have to search the used rack for the standard trigger.
I need to grab an oryx one of these days for my 112 (old model, 22-250 varminter on a long action).
MDT/Oryx is the only chassis I could find.
I found many companies don't make a chassis because of the huge variety of Savage actions over the years.
Antithesis had a 50/50 shot and guessed wrong...
The VAST majority of prefits from anyone are small shank. Custom action companies like Bighorn, ARC, and Alamo put Savage small shank tenon threads in their actions for that reason.
Large shank was for the factory short mags only, until Savage started "truing" actions on some of their higher end models like the Stealth.
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yea.
Even before the bighorn and ARC actions came out the small shank tenons were more common.
Now even more so.
Man you guys are rough some days. Did not think I needed to qualify by saying check and see if the contours/calibers you are looking for are stocked. 
All I know is I have purchased 3, and inquired about 1 other Savage barrel from Northland. Each time I was told if they had large and/or small. All but one was only in stock as large.
On the bright side, now the OP knows their is a large and small.
All I know is I have purchased 3, and inquired about 1 other Savage barrel from Northland. Each time I was told if they had large and/or small. All but one was only in stock as large.On the bright side, now the OP knows their is a large and small.
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