savage 110 rimfire conversion

[6.5man]

I have a 110 action that's not in use at the moment, and was wondering if anyone has done any kind of conversion like this? Wat kind of modifications needed? Milling new bolt head, firing pin modifications, extractor, ejector? Any help/ideas would be appreciated

[sharpshooter]

It would take a whole different receiver, and a very different bolt. Essentially it's not a "conversion".

[earl39]

Why not put a 223 barrel on it and use an adapter made for that?

[Hotolds442]

Or trade the 110 action for a .22

[6.5man]

I already have several .22's and have built several custom rifles I shoot rimfire and high power silhouette matches and just wanted a different project to work on.. savage's version of a remington 40x is what I had in mind

[the Ranger]

how about .22Hornet or one of it's various improved versions? you would still need a custom bolt head, and it would probably be a single shot only deal.

[sharpshooter]

I already have several .22's and have built several custom rifles I shoot rimfire and high power silhouette matches and just wanted a different project to work on.. savage's version of a remington 40x is what I had in mind
You mean like this little well kept secret....
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/sharp-shooter/openbolt.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/sharp-shooter/media/openbolt.jpg.html)
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http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/sharp-shooter/xrchamber.jpg (http://s2.photobucket.com/user/sharp-shooter/media/xrchamber.jpg.html)
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[Smokey262]

So how did it shoot?

[missed]

That's sick Fred! Custom receiver with as many Savage parts as possible!!

[J.Baker]

I can just about imagine the beating Fred is taking from Lisa about now.

Lisa: "You did what?"
Fred: "I posted pictures of my rimfire prototype on the forum"
Lisa: "Why on earth would you do that? Now everyone and their brother is going to be emailing me asking how they can get one!"
Fred: "Well...some guy said he wanted a Savage that was like a Remington 40x"
[the beating commences]

[6.5man]

You mean like this little well kept secret....

Yes!! Very much like that, I had a single shot planned though. I would appreciate any details and info you could give me for this build.

[sharpshooter]

This was a project I worked on 3 years ago. It is basically a " proof of concept" prototype, using over 80% of current production parts. It sports a dual firing pin system along with the ability to adjust head space, just like it's centerfire counterpart. The magazine system is from a model 64 autoloader along with the extractors. The firing pin spring is from an Axis as well as the bolt assembly screw. The rest of the parts are centerfire variety, some being modified. The receiver and the bolt nose are custom dedicated parts. It drops into a factory stock with no modifications. The last time I shot it, it was keeping up with my 40X's with the same ammo.

[6.5man]

This was a project I worked on 3 years ago. It is basically a " proof of concept" prototype, using over 80% of current production parts. It sports a dual firing pin system along with the ability to adjust head space, just like it's centerfire counterpart. The magazine system is from a model 64 autoloader along with the extractors. The firing pin spring is from an Axis as well as the bolt assembly screw. The rest of the parts are centerfire variety, some being modified. The receiver and the bolt nose are custom dedicated parts. It drops into a factory stock with no modifications. The last time I shot it, it was keeping up with my 40X's with the same ammo.

Very nice, thank you so much! Maybe mine will become something similar one day. From what I can tell that's a centerfire bolt body that's been shortened with a modified locking lugs and bolt nose u mentioned correct? How much did you play with the idea of building it on a centerfire action before deciding to build off a custom action? Just curious because I would like to stay with the original 110 action if at all possible. Thanks again!!

[sha-ul]

I can just about imagine the beating Fred is taking from Lisa about now.

Lisa: "You did what?"
Fred: "I posted pictures of my rimfire prototype on the forum"
Lisa: "Why on earth would you do that? Now everyone and their brother is going to be emailing me asking how they can get one!"
Fred: "Well...some guy said he wanted a Savage that was like a Remington 40x"
[the beating commences]

Bwahahahahahahahahahaha

[mazda3gun]

That's about as custom as it gets!!!!! Way cool!

Glad to see I could use my 64 for something if I ever get bored with it. It really is a fun shooting semi-auto, couldn't imagine it in a beefed up platform. But you did!:rockon:

[sharpshooter]

Very nice, thank you so much! Maybe mine will become something similar one day. From what I can tell that's a centerfire bolt body that's been shortened with a modified locking lugs and bolt nose u mentioned correct? How much did you play with the idea of building it on a centerfire action before deciding to build off a custom action? Just curious because I would like to stay with the original 110 action if at all possible. Thanks again!!

You couldn't build it from a centerfire action because there is no material where the lug abutments need to be, and where the magazine is connected. Not to mention the port needs to be smaller.
If you look at a 40-X, the top opening of the port actually serves as a lug abutment,while the bottom abutment is machined into the bottom of the receiver where it is normally cut for a magwell.
To make this work with a long enough bolt stroke, you are stuck with the factory sear/ bolt release and the length of the bolt body to the back of the bolt lugs is critical. That is the reason for the full profile bolt nose, to keep it from rotating. The 40-X has a cylindrical bolt nose and the ejector /loading platform keeps it from turning, so it can operate in a longer port.
The only possible way you could do it on a centerfire action is to make it lock on the bolt handle, much like the 10ML, but then without a rotating bolt nose you would not have any ejection.

[missed]

Hey Fred,

Any updates or more information on your Model 10X ???? I have spent some Autocad Inventor hours trying to figure this out....Keep dreaming about chips flying then some .22 flying.....

[sharpshooter]

Just to compare notes...how many hours do you have on Inventor trying to make a version?

[missed]

Oh I'm sure you have more hours in it than I do! I really don't know how many hours. I have the drawing time plus i have spent time machining some machinable wax to get some physical ideas going. I would bet if I could get it pulled off an anchuntz or 40x would be way cheaper..... Have you thought about making another one?

[sharpshooter]

I don't have any of that fancy smancy software, so I was just wondering how long it would take someone with some experience with it to come up with a model. I can tell you that I logged my hours from start to finish, and including the mistakes I made (I made 3 different bolts) that I have < 100 hrs in it.
I'm already in the process of making 2 more. I did about 90% of the machining to the receivers and then sent them to heat treat. I left out the port cuts and the lug abutment cuts to minimize warpage. One will be a single shot, the other a repeater, but I haven't settled on what magazine yet. I've even considered a .17 WSM, but I don't know hiow long that cartridge will live.