Re: 280 Ackley build help
First I would ask him if he reamed it at all. See if you get anything resembling a straight answer.
Second - you can check the barrel with go/nogo gauges to see if they protrude the correct amount from the breech of your barrel (forget what the correct figure is for each - sure you can find it).
As far as the baffle - it moves around but isn't floppy if that makes sense. It is tensioned by a spring loaded captive ball and should "click" into a longitudinal groove in the rear of the bolt body when you rotate it past the groove. If it doesn't "snap" into this groove - he lost the ball.
Re: 280 Ackley build help
i called and left a msg about the reaming, we'll see if he calls back with an answer. As far as the baffle, i want to remove it because i know somethings not right...how do i go about doing this correctly? i am sure something is missing or not right with it never had a savage with one this floppy
Re: 280 Ackley build help
just got a call back from gunsmith, told me he didn;t ream any on barrel
Re: 280 Ackley build help
Send it to Devin at Sinarms. He's a sponsor of the site. Great guy.
Re: 280 Ackley build help
+1 on Sinarms, Devin will do you right.
Re: 280 Ackley build help
Well, i wanted to do this myself in the first place, except for the blueing which is why i took it to the gunsmith, he insisted on doing the rest of the job so i left it. Now i am back to wanting to do it all by myself, again except the blueing as i have no means to hot blue
Re: 280 Ackley build help
i guess the few things i am wondering about now are....
first off how to properly remove the rear bolt baffle to inspect for issues?
and second, i see on www.reamerrentals.com they have 280 ackley headspace gages for rent, but they say original, when i talked to shilen they told me they use PTG SAAMI spec reamers, so i need SAAMI spec headspace gages, where can i rent those? i hate to put 60.00 out just to set this once
Re: 280 Ackley build help
They should be available from PT&G too.
Re: 280 Ackley build help
To remove the baffle is very simple. Remove bolt from rifle and turn the baffle while sliding it forward toward the cocking ramp cut out. The goal is to get the ball bearing into the cutout in the bolt body and it will com off. Just play around with it and you'll get the hang of it. Sometimes when I put mine back together the bolt will not close all the way in the receiver, just rotate it and align it and you'll be good to go.
As for bluing why not get a bluing kit and do it yourself?
Dan
Re: 280 Ackley build help
i got the baffle off and everything appears to be there, just looser than i remember my other savages being, as far as the blueing, i was always under the impression that blueing kits didn;t do as nice of a job as hot blueing in tanks??
also i swapped out the orig trigger last night with the 3 screw i bought from NSS...everything went good, but when i get the trigger where i think it's good i can get it to fire when on safe, but it takes a lot of thumping on the trigger with the handle of a screwdriver..so i adjusted the sear engagement a little more but then i get the creep back...i probably won;t ever get rid of the creep with this trigger? i have it pretty good right now i added a 1/2 turn to the pull weight which put more tension on from the spring and then adjusted a little more creep out with the sear screw and it seems pretty good and right around 3.5 lbs...but i can still make it fire, by hitting the trigger with a screwdriver a dozen or so times pretty hard. Since i am working on the trigger and action only, no stock or barrel (so i cant bump stock on floor) whats the best way to test safety to know it's safe?
Re: 280 Ackley build help
A dozen whacks directly on the trigger? That is pretty safe. I go with working the bolt as fast and hard as you can with safety off (if it fires when you slam the bolt home you have a problem) and with bumping the butt of the gun on the floor pretty hard.
Re: 280 Ackley build help
well maybe i can go back and adjust some more then, all the instructions i find tell me to put lube on both sides of trigger but nothing on sear, but the original i took out had something on sear surfaces...what was it and should i put it on new trigger that i installed?
Re: 280 Ackley build help
also what should i put on screws to keep them set? at least one of them is coutersunk in hole so if i put something on it i am afraid it will fill wrench hole making next time to move it impossible
Re: 280 Ackley build help
Some people like moly grease on sear surfaces, some like them clean. I think putting grease on can change trigger pull depending on temperature etc.
I use nail polish on the trigger screws - keeps them from moving but not as hard to remove as loc-tite.
Re: 280 Ackley build help
now i think im ready for headspacing...just need to find someplace that has SAAMI spec headspace gages for rent