I came across an old Savage 110L, with no barrel marking other than 6mm, and Doak Ray. Being a handloader, I took a chance, and bought it for $125 out the door. The first thing I did was take a chamber cast, where I confirmed that it was chambered for 6mm remington. The gun seemed to be set up as a varmint rifle. The laminate stock was bedded, the barrel is a long 26.5" plus a muzzle brake, and with scope comes in just over 11 pounds. From the chamber cast I knew the gun had been shot regularly, as the throat was clearly worn. Still I managed to find a load that shot 3/4 MOA, and happily shot about 800 rounds before accuracy really started to fall off. Once it got to the point I couldn't keep all shots inside of 1.5" with any load, I put it in storage. Based on the numbers hand engraved on the parts, plus the old style bolt, my best guess is the gun was made in 1963. No idea when the custom barrel was put on, or who Doak Ray is. I've done a little research on the subject, and it seems not just any 110 barrel will fit this gun. The question is now on what to do with it? I've thought about seeing if a gunsmith can set the barrel back, but from the bore scope, it looks rough for a long ways. It might be beyond repair. So my two options are to buy a blank and have a gunsmith fit the barrel in any caliber I want, or buy the bolt assembly, trigger, and barrel from a new model. I am leaning towards the first option, as the trigger on this gun is surprisingly good. I don't own a gun with a better trigger, and the accu trigger doesn't come close. Being such a heavy rifle, It is at home on a bench. I'm not sure what I want to do with the rifle. I don't varmint hunt. It's on the heavy side for a big game rifle. It would be a great target rifle though. Maybe a plain old 308 Winchester, one of my favorites. I've even thought about something as big as 338 lapua. I'm not a fan of the small bores. Any input?