Hello SavageShooters,

My Neighbor has an older stock 111G .223 long action gun that he never shoots. I'm completely new to Savage and have a few questions.

I will wind up replacing the barrel, stock, trigger, and add a scope in hopes of using it as a varmint hunter up to 600 yards max.

Also, his gun has no external magazine, would it be hard to change it over?

From what I read, there are some twists with the long action .223, Is it harder to find parts for them? or upgrade them?

Also, if you could please recommend a book or youtube series on DIY gunsmithing Savage weapons I would be very interested.

Lastly - Shot in the dark here, but because it is a "long Action" rifle could I later re-barrel and bolt to a bigger cartridge down the road?

Thanks for your time,

SDMike

Edited to correct auto-correct (that's my story and I'm sticking to it) of Salvage to Savage!