.222 Rem 110

[Tilghman]

Hello All.

I picked up a 110 in .222 Rem today. It has a dark wood stock similar to the 110 package guns, sling swivels and a blued barrel. Currently it has no sights, but it did. The rear sight is the one screw version.

I spent a little time this evening checking old Shooters Bibles and Gun Digests from the '60's through early 2000's and cannot find any reference to a .222 being chambers in anything other that older model 112's and the 340's (I have a 340 in .222 also). The serial number begins as follows: E998XXX.

Can anyone shed some light as to when the 110's were produced in the .222?

Much thanks in advance.

Tilghman

[JCalhoun]

Interesting.

[DGilbert]

Can't say specifically about the 222 Rem chambering, but I believe that the 110V was only made from 1984-93, mostly in 22-250 and later in 223 Win (5.56). I guess it's conceivable that the 222 may have been a short run but could it have been rebarrelled at some point? I'd sure like to find one.

[Tilghman]

I considered a rebarrel as well. However, the barrel has the Savage script as on other Savage rifles. Perhaps, at some point Savage offered custom services.

I plan to make a call to Savage today and hopefully get the low-down.

Thanks

Tilghman

[Tilghman]

Tried calling Savage today. After being on hold for 20 minutes, I gave up.

[JCalhoun]

You want to send a PM to Maddog with the serial number and description.

[sharpshooter]

Made in 1989.

[J.Baker]

My guess would be that it was a custom order through the Custom Shop. In 1989 Savage was offering the .222 Rem in the Model 24's so making a 110 barrel with that chamber wouldn't have been an issue as they had the reamers and proof loads. Also, looking through the catalogs from 1986-1992 there's no Model 110 of any type or flavor that's offered with the .222 chamber as standard, and I can't ever recall seeing the .222 Rem available in the M110 line as a standard offering. It's most likely a 1-14" twist barrel as that's what was offered with the .223 back then.

[Tilghman]

Many thanks for the replies, everyone.

As I located more information I'll pass it along.