100 - 300 yard benchrest gun

[82boy]

i have a model 116 fsak in 270 and want to turn it into a benchrest rifle.i was thinking about a 6mm br or 223 barrel.

What is your definition of a "Benchrest rifle"? (Building a gun that you will shoot off of a bench is not a "Benchrest rifle.") If your looking to build a true Benchrest rifle you would be better off, buying as custom action, and building it. It is not that you can not do it with the gun you have , but there is just a ton of better parts (IE stocks, scope bases, ETC) available for the Remington design rifles. With a custom action you will have a left port, or a dual port, which making shooting faster, (A big key in Benchrest shooting.) and once you put the money into a Savage (IE trigger, true and time, ETC.) your close to the same amount of money as buying a custom action. You have along action which even add to the trouble of making the 10.5 lbs weight restriction, and with the longer throw of the bolt makes cycling slowed down. Last off, a true Benchrest rifle will be chambered in some sort of PPC caliber, a 223 or a 6BR just will not hang with them.