Hi all. New to the forum. I am a smith/shop owner in north central SD and had a customer bring in a Model 11 in 270 WSM that had a badly overloaded round fired in it. the barrel and bolt head are toast. I dont normally work on Savage rifles, but this one was traded to me in exchange for the gunsmith bill. The reciever and basic bolt are OK. I am looking for a non-WSM caliber large shank short action barrel (something common like a 308, 243, 6mm etc) that i can build back onto this action and resell in my gunshop. trying to do this cheap as im already buried into it (guy basically abandoned the rifle in my shop, no money to pay the bill). WSMs dont sell up here and im looking to build this into a low dollar youth rifle in a light caliber for a beginning deer hunter.

Will savage sell me a barrel to replace this one in a non-WSM caliber? Was reading they make new barrels in the larger shank diameter. Also will they sell me a bolt head to replace mine? If not where can i get one?

Thanks in advance for any help!

SW