Questions about my 110 overhaul for hunting
I'm getting ready to overhaul my Savage long action (circa mid-1980's) small shank for the 2016 deer hunting season. I'm looking at either a B&C medalist stock, a McMillan M40 stock or a Manners Elite Hunter.
I'm leaning toward the B&C for price but have questions about the barrel channel. I'm looking at a medium weight barrel, maybe 26" in length. Maybe a varmint contour. What's the biggest barrel I can put in a B&C stock?
I lugged around a scoped, heavy barrelled M14 last year and it wasn't too much trouble for me. I was successful too and bagged my first deer with it. It weighed around 12 pounds, so lugging around a Savage with a varmint or bull barrel won't bother me.
I'm not looking for F-class accuracy. Just 5 rounds under 1" at 100 is fine. I'll probably go with a NSS recoil lug and a Criterion barrel in 1/11" twist. I'm going from 30-06 to 308 since I have thousands of pieces of 308 brass which I use to shoot out of my three M14's.
This will also be a switch-barrel gun that I'll use with a 300 WM, eventually.
Thanks,
Tony.