Re: Savage conversion question
Everything works when people talk.
Barrel makers and stock makers are the people you should be talking with, their answers are, by definition, more accurate than ours.
A .260 and a 6.5-284 share both bolt face diameter and bore diameter. The Savage F Class barrel is untapered, and can be set back indefinitely, as long as one is willing to have the action threads recut so they continue to have enough length along the barrel
I honestly don't now if their F Class action fits the same inlet as the standard 10/110 action, but no matter. If you want a McM stock for it, talk to them. They may ask you to send the barreled action to them. Theoretically, it makes no matter whether it's before or after rechambering, since there's no barrel taper to alter the barrel channel inletting spec.
But me, I'd do it after, just to make certain things work together smoothly in their final form. Me, I'd also take the opportunity to have it pillar bedded by McM while they have the barreled action.
For simplicity sake, if you send them the action, it does not need to have the rings and scope mounted, and maybe also the scope base.
Personally, I say it needn't be fixed if it ain't broke. My only lament about the Savage F Class rifle is that they don't make it in a factory .260 chambering. But one wonders whether their custom shop could be persuaded to do a rebarreling in a .260 chambering. I think it would be a smart capability for them to cultivate, and aside from that, the rifle's perfect. In fact, one wonders why they didn't make it available from the get-go, since the rifle is just a smidge this side of being a full-blown custom rifle anyway...
Greg
