Savage 116 long range build

[Bls8827]

I currently have a savage model 116 and I want to make it a long range precision rifle. Can anyone help with what barrel I need and where I can get parts for it?

[want2ride]

Is it a short or long action? What do you want to turn it into?

[Bls8827]

Is it a short or long action? What do you want to turn it into?

It's a 300 win mag, looking action. I want a 1000yd rifle

[wbm]

A 300 Winchester Magnum would definitely qualify as a 1000 yard rifle.

[charlie b]

How much money are you going to spend? Bartlein, Kreiger, and Shilen are what comes to my mind, but, there are some others like Schneider, Liljia, Hart, etc.

I would ask why not a 6mm or 6.5mm if you are 'only' going to 1000yd.

[Bls8827]

I want to spend around 2500. It will be over a year or 2. I already have the 300 that I want to build off of. 1000yd is my minimum I would like to push it as far as I can

[want2ride]

I get a lot of parts right from Savage, but also from northland shooters supply, Brownell's, and Midwayusa.com

[Apollo117]

The 300 WM will achieve 1000 yards and more.

Is there a specific goal you are trying to accomplish that requires a specific cartridge? Like a goal of reaching beyond 1000 yards as inexpensively as possible? Or reaching 1000 yards and more with an obscure cartridge?

As someone else posted, there are plenty of barrel makers.

To change barrels you'll need at least an action vice, go and no-go gauges, and a barrel nut wrench. Some people get by without an action vice. They use a padded vice instead. Some people take the opportunity to replace the factory recoil lug and barrel nut when they install a new barrel.

Good luck. Sounds like a fun project.

[Bls8827]

The 300 WM will achieve 1000 yards and more.

Is there a specific goal you are trying to accomplish that requires a specific cartridge? Like a goal of reaching beyond 1000 yards as inexpensively as possible? Or reaching 1000 yards and more with an obscure cartridge?

As someone else posted, there are plenty of barrel makers.

To change barrels you'll need at least an action vice, go and no-go gauges, and a barrel nut wrench. Some people get by without an action vice. They use a padded vice instead. Some people take the opportunity to replace the factory recoil lug and barrel nut when they install a new barrel.

Good luck. Sounds like a fun project.

My main goal is to be very accurate. So at 1000yds I'd like to shoot consistently tight groups. And still be able to shoot 1400 or even a mile if I wanted. I don't want to hit a steel plate at 1000yds I want to hit an apple.

[Shortbox4x4]

Using it as a single shot or a repeater?

Later, Frank
Bartlein Barrels

[Bls8827]

Using it as a single shot or a repeater?

Later, Frank
Bartlein Barrels

It will be a repeated shot

[Shortbox4x4]

Well as a repeater than.....if single shot I would’ve recommended changing to the 300PRC. The PRC vs the WM on running them at equal pressures....the PRC will give you 60-75fps more velocity but you are not going to run the PRC with the long heavy bullets out of a magazine.

Also wanting to run it out of a factory magazine the WM will be a SAAMI type chamber length for the overall rounds. Realistic velocities with a 220gr bullet your basically max’d out at about 2750fps. And with that being said about 1200 and maybe 1500 yards will be max distance and shooting good groups/real world accuracy.

Past 1200 yards and even for 1200 for that fact you better be on your A Game and shooting moa or better groups and do it consistently. Reading the wind is going to be your biggest hurdle.

Anyone saying they are running a 210 or heavier bullet at running them over 2800fps is not a normal max working pressure load. I’ve got plenty of pressure test data at work on 300wm and it just doesn’t happen. I don’t care if you don’t get heavy bolt lift or the double click on the bolt and or flat primers etc...at 2800-2850fps. With a 220gr bullet out of a 26” pressure test barrel with a SAAMI chamber the pressure is running on average at 72k psi.

[Shortbox4x4]

Set it up with out the factory nut and you can run a heavier contour. Set it up like a Remington. Either way you still need a action wrench and barrel vise.

If it’s strictly a long range gun go with a 28” or even a 30” barrel length. Help you get a little more velocity.

[hamiltonkiler]

Silly post. Good luck hitting an apple 1st shot down the pipe at 1000yds plus.
It takes a marksman. A barrel and optics get you there. And a 220gn smk


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