Newbie on this forum, long time savage owner. Currently have 6 110/10 or variants, a 93 and 64 not to mention several various single shot shotguns.. Just rebarreled my first 110 from 30-06 to a .260 recently.

My ultimate goal is to build a 7mm TCU on a Savage. I have a 110 243 (long action). It has the baffle on it so the bolt does not go back all the way and the bottom of the action has metal not cut out as it would be on a longer cartridge. It is such that you could not make it a long caliber unless you did some machining. It also has the short box in it. The stock will work on a long caliber as I put in another action just to check.

I have read other post on this subject and am trying to make sure I understand correctly, it seems I have to have a long action .223 bolt head to make the conversion. The long action has a longer tail on it than the short action one does so I cannot just order the .223 bolt head which is typically for the short action. The long action .223 bolt head is hard to find. I really do not want to put a ton of money in this.

Are my findings correct?

I have searched high and low and have yet to find a .223 savage at any local gun store and seems the only ones I have seen for sale are all heavy barrels and are way out of my price range. Maybe I should pursue trading my 243 for a .223 or even an Axis in .223 in lieu of tracking down and spending money on a long action bolt head?

Thanks,

Rosewood