Savage Modell 11 .243 win

[tbaker5390]

I have owned several Savage rifles and know that one of the great things about Savage is the ease and flexibility to rebarrel to a different caliber. What are my options with the Model 11 in .243 win?

[Dave Hoback]

Well, if you don’t mind replacing the bolt head, you can go smaller or larger case size. You have a Short Action, so need to keep to that, unless you want to single feed load. If you wanted to stick with the current bolt head, a rebarrel will do any cartridge that is 308 size case head.

What are you looking to do?

[UrbanRedneck]

Rebarrel to

6 cm
6.5 cm
308
7mm-08
338 fed

Lots of choices but 243 is not bad 6mm cm will prob have a faster twist and get you up into the 115 gr bullets for longer range.

[shotar]

Keep .243 Develop loads for your rifle, get good glass. My .243 is a woodchuck death ray.

[Timb]

I'm a big 308 fan. I've used mine for varmints to deer. It's accurate, doesn't recoil like the big boys, and has a long barrel life.

[RCE1]

I just put an 8 twist Criterion prefit on a friends 10GRS. After getting it headspaced, I took a good look with a Teslong borescope I have mounted on my lathe toolpost. What a beautiful barrel. Gorgeous crown, beautiful chamber, neck throat and leade. Fully lapped. It's amazing.

He loves the .243 but wanted a fast twist for eventual heavy bullet shooting.

[ShooterJ]

Rebarrel to

6 cm
6.5 cm
308
7mm-08
338 fed

Lots of choices but 243 is not bad 6mm cm will prob have a faster twist and get you up into the 115 gr bullets for longer range.

Also 358 Win and if you want to make really large holes, 375 Raptor...