Anyone done a .450 Marlin on a short action savage?

[juanvaldez]

I had someone ask me to chamber a barrel in .450 marlin to go on his stevens short action. Other then the bolt head anything else to worry about?

Cheers

[irondog54]

No, but that really sounds like a killer idea! :o I would be interested in that!!

[dolomite_supafly]

Not 450 Marlin but this is a 45 ACP bolt gun I built for my wife.
This action is a Savage/Stevens 200 with the same bolt head as a .308 Remington, .473. The barrel is a 16 twist Shilen match barrel with a .451 groove that was finished like a Remington action with a shoulder rather than use a barrel nut. The barrel is cut to an overall length of 17" and 1" in diameter up to the chamber. The front sights are Tech Sights that are made for .920 barreled 10/22's. I had the end of the barrel machined for a press fit of the Tech Sites. The rear sights are Williams WGRS with a ghost ring.

Anyways, here are the pictures, enjoy:
Front sight:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/Adyth/Savage/frontsight.jpg

A few views:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/Adyth/Savage/overallside.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/Adyth/Savage/overall.jpg

Rear sight:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/Adyth/Savage/rearsight.jpg

Sight picture:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/Adyth/Savage/sightpicture.jpg

The rifle was built for my wife to use for nuisance animals that show up on our property. She has quite a few other guns she can use but they are either too loud to be used without ears or don't have enough knock down to reliably drop them if the shot isn't perfect. She is a phenomenal shot but sometimes the shots need to be made in the middle of the night in less than ideal conditions and in the past the animals have escaped to no doubt die a miserable death. She liked the idea of ghost ring irons over a red dot because there is nothing to turn on before shooting. The stock is going to be getting replaced at some point, this stock is my project stock that every Savage wears when I am working on them.

Here are some loads, the 250 grain SST's remind me of a midget 450 Bushmater:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v446/Adyth/Savage/250SSTand200GDHP.jpg
The others are 230 grain GDHP's that work really well. I recently picked up some Power Pistol and that really woke the gun up. I have loaded some 200 grain SWC's over the max load of PP and it is amazing how it shoots now, both in power level and the trajectory. It is pretty much point and shoot well past 50 yards which is all we need it for. Even with the max load the primers are still nice and round.

Dolomite

[Con]

Dolomite,
Interesting concept! Is it single shot or have you discovered a way to get the magazine to feed the short pistol case?
Cheers...
Con

[dolomite_supafly]

Dolomite,
Interesting concept! Is it single shot or have you discovered a way to get the magazine to feed the short pistol case?
Cheers...
Con


I was going to work out a mag but my wife liked the single shot setup. The ejector is flipped so she has pluck the case off the bolt face as well. In the end it is how she wanted so that is how it stayed.

It works really well for her and she loves it.

Dolomite

[sinman]

not a 450 marlin either but I just sent out a 458 socom today, it should feed very easily

[Apache]

458 socom on a Savage!?!?! Oh man! bet thats gonna be sweet!

Have always considered doing one.

Perhaps the owner will post about it. ;)