Savage 10 Build, help me get started the right way.

[Russmerle]

I also just might be able to do the barrel swap myself, considering I am a maintenance tech and got a whole maintenance shop at my disposal. I might as well become a paid member and read the extra stuff.

Barrel swaps are easy; just make sure you get headspace gauges. Check out the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08BgrduQtD8 You may notice, I think the guy forgot the recoil lug though... The Savage model 10p w/ DBM doesn't have a lot of stock option. The only decent stock I've found available is the M40 style B&C stock. Another option you have is building a rifle off of a used model 10/110 and install your own precision barrel. Some guys that regularly shoot at my range swear by the model 110 action. They are on a shooting team and say you can swap barrels at the range with a barrel nut wrench, vise and headspace gauge... Look up "Jim Crofts’ F Class". He set a 1000 yard record with the Savage 10/110 http://www.custom-rifle.com/NRA-National-records.htm or http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/...-walnut-stock/ I met him at Lafayette Gun Club while doing RSO and he's a really nice guy to talk to... One thing about him and other shooters like him, they are very approachable, good to talk to and willing to share their knowledge...

Though you may be a fan of the .308 (as am I!); I'd like to live vicariously through you and watch you build a model 110 300 win mag heavy barrel precision Savage! That would be sweet... But if not, the model 10 w/ DBM has its stock limitations but mine would consistently shoot sub MOA with its original "plasti-stock" (not accustock).

Good luck and best wishes! Just do yourself a solid and search for the stock options before you buy the rifle/action.

Russ