Savage 110 Date of Manufacture/type

[Cerisecons]

Good morning, I'm looking to possibly re-barrel and change the stock on my old Savage 110 in 308win, but don't know the exact type(SA first Gen etc) as parts houses ask for this information. The s/n is 58512.
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Additional information, on barrel there is a circle with "12S" , a letter "L", a circle with "24S", the letters SP in a circle and to the left of the "PROOF TESTED CAL. 308 WIN" a circle with 25S.
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[J.Baker]

Mid to late 1965 production (1st Gen). Your rifle should have the old-style shrouded bolt with band-style extractor.

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Pre-1966 on left; Post 1966 on right

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Pre-1966 on top; Post 1966 on bottom

None of the pre-fit barrels offered will fit your rifle as in 1966 Savage changed to the current bolt design and all the pre-fits are for the newer style bolt. You could replace the entire bolt assembly, but doing so is cost prohibitive in this day and age. By the time you bought a complete new bolt and the new barrel you could just buy a brand new rifle in your caliber of choice.

This isn't to say you can't rebarrel your rifle, you'll just have to have a reputable gunsmith do the job for you.

[Cerisecons]

Well thank you, yes, that's the bolt etc. It's a bummer as I have all the reloading components, dies etc for the new cartridge I'm planning, 260 Remington, luckily most of the components besides the case gauge was acquired w/o cost. Guess I need to add another rifle to the fold, probably try to find a good used one as 260 doesn't appear that often.

[Cerisecons]

Good morning, OK, in my search for a nice used Savage 110 to possibly re-barrel to the 260 as noted above, I found a possible target, but have a few questions, first it's an E59xxxx serial, so appears to be 1985 ish vintage, second it's currently in 7mmRemMag so it's a long action, can this action accept a 260 barrel and a bolt swap?

I'm sure this is an elementary question, as I'm certainly not savvy on Savage rifles, yet[emoji6]

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[J.Baker]

Yes, that action would work, but I would make two suggestions....

1. If looking at older staggered-feed Savage's made prior to 2005-ish, find one that is already setup for a cartridge in the .308 family (308, 7mm-08, 243, etc.) or the .30-06 family if you want a long action (270, 30-06, 25-06, etc). The reason I say this is because staggered feed box magazines are getting very hard to find which could sideline your project in short order if you have to change it out.

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2. Look for a newer 2005+ centerfeed rifle to base your build around, but avoid on in a short magnum (WSM's for instance) as these use a different firing pin assembly/front baffle/lug thickness that would need changed out when going to a standard .473 bolt head.

[Cerisecons]

Thank you for the information, I figured the LA might be an issue for mag length etc.
I'll keep my eyes open for a newer than 05 SA.

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[J.Baker]

Shouldn't have feeding issues with the long-action, but I can't say for certain as I haven't done it on an older staggered feed. I do have a .284 Winchester in an centerfeed L/A that feeds just fine with an '06 magazine.

One thing to consider - I assume you're planning on shooting the longer VLD-type match bullets, and as such the long-action would give you more room to seat the bullets out further.

[Cerisecons]

Thank you, Great point, as I had been considering that, I'll have to check the LGS to see if it's still available.

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