How to rebarrel a Savage action?

[steezo757]

About that reamer....If I purchase a barrel that's already prefitted for the Savage and chambered in .300 Whisper/Fireball, when will I need to use the reamer?

And of course it has the Accu-Trigger. I have it on my .22lr Savage and love it.

[Gpz1100]

i didn't. i think that's used when chambering

[Spook]

Steezo, When you get the barrel It'll already have a chamber...no need for the reamer...I've always headspaced Savage barrels with a piece of sized brass and it works just fine.
There's an article I wrote years ago on Savageshooters.com that gives barrel change instructions with photos.....Piece of cake once you've done it a time or two.
I've built dozens of Savage/Whispers and find the action and cartridge to be an excellent match up, particularly with regard to feeding/ejecting.

[Gpz1100]

[steezo757]

DonT, thanks for the e-mail

Originally Posted by Spook

Steezo, When you get the barrel It'll already have a chamber...no need for the reamer...I've always headspaced Savage barrels with a piece of sized brass and it works just fine.
There's an article I wrote years ago on Savageshooters.com that gives barrel change instructions with photos.....Piece of cake once you've done it a time or two.
I've built dozens of Savage/Whispers and find the action and cartridge to be an excellent match up, particularly with regard to feeding/ejecting.

Thanks for responding. I'm definitely going to look up that article. By chance, do you have any .300 Whisper barrels laying around?

Originally Posted by Gpz1100

[Spook]

Steezo, I'm away on vacation for the next few days....I think I have a blank on order but I'll check it out when I return ....how soon would you need one?

[steezo757]

Originally Posted by Spook

Steezo, I'm away on vacation for the next few days....I think I have a blank on order but I'll check it out when I return ....how soon would you need one?

I'm looking to find one soon, but it doesn't have to be tomorrow. I actually have some items for sale on another site, in order to fund this barrel. Hopefully those items move fairly quick. Let's continue this conversation offline...PM inbound.

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Here's what just came in Today. I bought it for $530 shipped. It looks brand new. Now it's "OFF WITH THE BARREL!!!"