112 fvss same action / barrel as newer 112 Magnum Target?

[M88T]

Thank you all... from what everybody said, I am now convinced that I have a 112 BVSS in Win Mag. The stock looks like the pic above, laminated wood stock. Both the barrel and action are all stainless steel.

[efm77]

They have the same outside dimensions but they are not the same action. There is a serious safety concern that's been addressed numerous times if you're thinking of putting a 338 Lapua barrel on a standard small shank action. The 112 Magnum Target is a single shot that has the large barrel shank. It also has a smaller ejection port to add rigidity as well as thicker locking lugs and lug recesses. The Lapua actions also undergo more heat treatment to make them stronger to withstand the added bolt thrust generated by the large Lapua case. I've read many reports of locking lug setback when a Lapua barrel has been installed on a standard action.

[M88T]

" I've read many reports of locking lug setback when a Lapua barrel has been installed on a standard action."

Thank you emf77. That answers my question. I have no intention of changing out that 300 Win Mag barrel to a 338 Lapau. One of the main reasons I bought it was because it WAS 300WM, as I didn't have an accurate 300WM in my collection. So there ARE differences from my 112 BVSS and the newer 112 actions. Thank you.

[efm77]

No problem. I wish they still made the 112BVSS. I thought of that as their version of the Sendero. I ended up building my own with a synthetic stock about 10 years ago because they stopped making them.

[Ryfulman]

They have the same outside dimensions but they are not the same action. There is a serious safety concern that's been addressed numerous times if you're thinking of putting a 338 Lapua barrel on a standard small shank action. The 112 Magnum Target is a single shot that has the large barrel shank. It also has a smaller ejection port to add rigidity as well as thicker locking lugs and lug recesses. The Lapua actions also undergo more heat treatment to make them stronger to withstand the added bolt thrust generated by the large Lapua case. I've read many reports of locking lug setback when a Lapua barrel has been installed on a standard action.

So I’m reading this post and couldn’t help but notice the implication that the target actions are “more heat treated” than savages’s normal hardening process.
And being the inquisitive person that I am I’ve gotta ask how the processes differ.
So I’ve gotta ask how does savage normally harden the actions.
If you know of course
Thank you

[sharpshooter]

Before you get confused, it's the Lapua Magnum actions that get the different heat treat. Savage induction heats the receivers and then they are oil quenched. The whole process is automated and takes about 45 seconds. The machine does 2 at a time. The difference in the process from the standard receivers to the magnums is the quench temperature.

[efm77]

Sorry I did not mean to confuse that all target actions were heat treated differently than the standard ones. I just meant that the Lapua actions are. Thank you Sharpshooter for the clarification. I too always wondered what was done differently in the heat treatment. I had only ever just been told that it was different, but not what the difference was.

[simo hayha]

Anyone know screw spacing on 338 target single shot

[efm77]

Pretty sure it's the same as any other long action for the front and rear screws. Not sure about the center screw though without measuring it myself. I may be wrong but I believe that the screw spacing for all long actions has always been the same. The only ones changing I've ever heard about were the short actions.