• Cartridges of the Savage Model 110: 1958-1999

    Over the course of the first 42 years of production the Savage Arms Model 110 was offered in a wide variety of cartridges, many of which were only offered for a few select years. The data below has been compiled from the information contained within my extensive collection of Savage Arms catalogs and details which cartridges were chambered in the Model 110 and what years those chamberings were cataloged.

    It should be noted that while a cartridge may not be listed as having been offered that year, that doesn't necessarily mean no rifles were manufactured in that cartridge that year. As most of you know Savage has always had a custom shop (now called the Special Order Department) from which you could special order a rifle with the features and chambered for the cartridge of your choice - so long as it was a cartridge for which they have chambered 110's for in the past. I myself just last year special ordered a Model 16 Lightweight Hunter chambered in .250 Savage even though Savage hadn't chambered any rifles in that cartridge for several years.

    Additionally, since at least the mid 1990's Savage Arms has made a habit of producing special runs of firearms for major distributors and retail chains such as Jerry's, Talo, Bass Pro and Cabela's just to name a few. These non-standard, non-cataloged models are built to the customers specifications which may include being chambered for a cartridge not listed below. One such example that we know of was for Cabela's in the late 1990's and included models chambered for the .257 Roberts.

    Remember, this list of cartridges is only for the 110-Series of rifles from 1958 - 1999. I will do a separate article on the cartridges offered from 2000 through 2019 in the near future.



    Cartridge
    Years Chambered
    Twist Rate(s)
    .222 Remington 1975-1978 1:14"
    .223 Remington* 1976-1977; 1987-1999 1:14" (1976-1991)
    1:12" (1992-1994)
    1:9" (1993-1999)
    .22-250 Remington 1966-1971; 1975-1999 1:14" (1966-1994; 1999)
    1:12" (1995-1998)
    .220 Swift 1975-1978; 1993-1999 1:14" (1975-1993)
    1:12" (1994-1999)
    .243 Winchester 1959-1973; 1975-1999 1:10"
    .250 Savage 1992-1995 1:10"
    .25-06 Remington 1971-1972; 1975-1982; 1992-1999 1:10"
    .260 Remington 1999 1:9"
    .264 Win. Mag. 1963-1970 1:9"
    .270 Winchester 1958-1999 1:10"
    7x57 Mauser 1976-1977; 1992-1993 1:9.5"
    7mm-08 Remington 1982-1983; 1992-1995; 1999 1:9.5"
    7mm Rem. Mag. 1963-1999 1:9.5"
    .300 Savage 1991-1995 1:10"
    .308 Winchester 1959-1970; 1978-1985; 1989-1999 1:12" (1959-1990)
    1:10" (1991-1999)
    .30-06 Springfield 1958-1999 1:10"
    .300 Win. Mag. 1965-1973; 1983; 1989-1999 1:10"
    .338 Win. Mag. 1963-1969; 1987; 1991-1999 1:10" (1963-1969)
    1:9.5" (1987-1992)
    1:10" (1993-1999)
    .425 Express 1995 1:10"
    .458 Win. Mag. 1994-1999 1:14"
    *.223 in 1:9" twist was initially only offered in the Model 110FP in 1993. In 1994 the new Model 112BT in .223
    also got the 1:9" twist rate. In 1995 all Model 110's in .223 went to the 1:9" twist.
    Comments 2 Comments
    1. LLOYD17's Avatar
      LLOYD17 -
      Thanks for informative write-up.

      I’ve got. 110L in .308 that dates to 1959.

      Cheers
    1. Jefff's Avatar
      Jefff -
      Looks like the 270 and 30-06 are the kings of longevity on the list. I have a mid-80’s and a 2011 Cabelas 116 in 6.5x284