It will have a screw spacing of about 4.5" right?
Intermediate series sometimes called a "J" series.
From what I've read they were made for almost 30 years from the late 50's to the late 80's so not rare.
After really sitting and looking at my rifle, it seems to be a bit of an oddball. Its a Savage 111 in .308. It has the original barrel stamped Savage 111 .308 so it was originally a long action, the stock is for a long action but the mag well is obviously for a 308. Just kinda strange that they would have a cartridge that can take advantage of a short action bolt and throw it in a long action rifle. Was this common practice in the pre-AT models? I really don't know of any advantages of having a long action over a short unless I planned on having various calibers, but even still I'd have to change the bottom metal as well as the barrel.
It will have a screw spacing of about 4.5" right?
Intermediate series sometimes called a "J" series.
From what I've read they were made for almost 30 years from the late 50's to the late 80's so not rare.
Nope its a 5.1" center to center on the action screws
It was very common as I have a .223 built by savage in a long action. You definitely have a long action with those approximate measurements.
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Thats so strange. Any idea the reason behind it or how they would even market this thing to people wanting a 308 or 223? Just seems pointless, and doesn't look like it would be straight forward to convert to a long action caliber.
at 5" you made it even older. at that time there was 1 action for everything.
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Ok then it is either pre-1959, or a custom build.
How about a picture of the bolt? I'd like to see if it has the newer style bolt head or the older one.
Bolt head
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Everything made from 1988 to 1997 was on a long action. Short action calibers used a short box and a corresponding machine cut for such. By using a long action for all calibers, the stocks would remain the same.
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