riflewizard
02-08-2020, 01:11 AM
Hey guys.......long time lurker, first post.
I've built more than a dozen Savage rifles over the years and have tried a lot of things......some cool, some not so cool. I currently have 4 custom long actions in 7mm Rem, .300win, .338 Edge, and .375 H&H.....all of these have custom McGowan barrel's which I absolutely love.
Anyway, I'm at a gun show this past weekend, and on this dingy display table I see an equally dingy looking stainless 116 in .300 RUM. The plastic stock was cracked, Walmart scope dented, and the gun was all tacticool painted with a quality peeling Krylon spray can job. A real beaut. Walked away with it for $200 and got around to stripping it down today.
I trashed the factory stock and stripped the nasty paint off the metal parts. The stainless is tip top, gun/barrel looks hardly shot, and no scratches on the bolt which is no surprise due to canon level recoil in sporter weight RUM rifles. )
Behold a stainless 116......large shank action, staggered feed blind mag, controlled round feed, accutrigger, and a mismatched round rear/flat bolt handle. I've come across a lot of these rifles and have never seen a unicorn combination like this one. No complaints because I have a painted epoxy and steel filled Choate staggered feed varmint stock ready to go + a spare Trijicon scope just looking for a new rifle to sit on. Going to order my standard 26" McGowan fluted stainless barrel on Monday after I mull over caliber options this weekend. Might just do a 300 RUM since I already use that brass for the 338 Edge.
Gotta love Savage.......back in the early 2000's, I think those guys just grabbed whatever was in the parts bin and bolted together a rifle....LOL.
https://i.postimg.cc/gwSJ49k9/image0.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/hzXG5CfX/image1.jpg
I've built more than a dozen Savage rifles over the years and have tried a lot of things......some cool, some not so cool. I currently have 4 custom long actions in 7mm Rem, .300win, .338 Edge, and .375 H&H.....all of these have custom McGowan barrel's which I absolutely love.
Anyway, I'm at a gun show this past weekend, and on this dingy display table I see an equally dingy looking stainless 116 in .300 RUM. The plastic stock was cracked, Walmart scope dented, and the gun was all tacticool painted with a quality peeling Krylon spray can job. A real beaut. Walked away with it for $200 and got around to stripping it down today.
I trashed the factory stock and stripped the nasty paint off the metal parts. The stainless is tip top, gun/barrel looks hardly shot, and no scratches on the bolt which is no surprise due to canon level recoil in sporter weight RUM rifles. )
Behold a stainless 116......large shank action, staggered feed blind mag, controlled round feed, accutrigger, and a mismatched round rear/flat bolt handle. I've come across a lot of these rifles and have never seen a unicorn combination like this one. No complaints because I have a painted epoxy and steel filled Choate staggered feed varmint stock ready to go + a spare Trijicon scope just looking for a new rifle to sit on. Going to order my standard 26" McGowan fluted stainless barrel on Monday after I mull over caliber options this weekend. Might just do a 300 RUM since I already use that brass for the 338 Edge.
Gotta love Savage.......back in the early 2000's, I think those guys just grabbed whatever was in the parts bin and bolted together a rifle....LOL.
https://i.postimg.cc/gwSJ49k9/image0.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/hzXG5CfX/image1.jpg