Original 243 Long Action

[scope eye]

I just picked up a 110 in 243, I have never seen one in a long action from the factory.
It is a older flatback, how common are these.

Dean

[Hotolds442]

I have its left handed twin in Stainless, and have owned two others.

[scope eye]

Thanks.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krD4hdGvGHM

Dean

[futurerider103]

I just built my son a wood stocked 111 last year on a flat back .243

[DanSavage]

I don't think they are very common. My first Savage was the 110 flat back stagger feed in .243 with a dark colored wood stock. I have modified it into a target gun, with a BVSS LA stock, and an array of different barrels for it. I've never had a problem with it either. The firing pin protrution was around .060". I brought it in to around .038". I bought it new around 95 or 96. It's been a great rifle. Some time's I put it back in the original stock and barrel to hunt with using 58 grain VMax at full throttle. I did chop the barrel back to 20" because the end of the bore was getting a little pitted from leaving it out side on accident for a coupe of months in my parents garage. It will shoot 1/2 moa with hand loads and very little load development. I use full house of 4007 ssc and a cci #34 primer with the 58 vmax

Dan

P.S.

I really love the old stagger feed design and can't stand the newer center feed.

[WinnieTheBoom]

I really love the old stagger feed design and can't stand the newer center feed.

How come? Just a matter of personal preference? I have heard that they went to center feed actions to "cut costs," but most people consider them to be more or less equal, just differently designed.

[futurerider103]

The my sons .243 111 is on the right. I cut the barrel to 20in and 2in of the butt to fit him better (he got it for his 12th bday last year). Gun on the left is my 110e .270
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/02/6bc82107e7e29d2bd50a022ebc904514.jpg

[JWW123]

I have several one of my favorite actions to build on mag is a little longer than a short action but not as long as a long action btw wally world sold a bunch of these from mid 90 s -mid 2000 s

[Maztech89]

I've got a couple of them in the safe.

[DanSavage]

How come? Just a matter of personal preference? I have heard that they went to center feed actions to "cut costs," but most people consider them to be more or less equal, just differently designed.

I use one piece base's only and it is tough for me to load the rounds into a center feed. Stagger feed is much more forgiving.

The center feed requires that a round has to sit on top off another round, and it wants to roll to one side or the other.

[sharpshooter]

How common are they? 10 yrs worth of production......I'm figuring over a million units.

[DanSavage]

How common are they? 10 yrs worth of production......I'm figuring over a million units.

Oh, I thought the long action's chambered for a short action cartridge using an extended rear baffle was only done to get rid of the last of the flat back long action's.

Mine did not have the 3 screw trigger to adjust the sear engagement.

[geargrinder]

I have one. It's a LH that started out as a 308. Long action with a short action mag cutout.

It was a 338 Edge for a long time. I have a 30" 7mm stainless varmint barrel that's getting a 28 Nosler reamer pretty soon.

It's a well suited action to run single shot.

[scope eye]

I don't know how old it is, but I tell you one thing it feeds and cycles like butter. It kinda makes you wonder how far we have come with bolt actions. They only thing I have done to it is change the spring wire and now it breaks at a nice crisp 3 pounds, mine did not have they three screw trigger either.

Dean