Reply With QuoteWelcome and congrats on a 1st generation 110! Yours should show "Chicopee Falls, Mass" on the receiver.
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New member here. I just bought a 110 in 308 with a K date code . Should be a 1959. Best part is its all original and looks like it has been stored for decades. Stock has only a couple little marks and only blueing missing is where I guess they came with a front pressure point at the end of the stock. I did replace the old scope with a Leupold 2x7 x33. Have only shot a few rounds thru it.
It had old thick oil on bolt which I cleaned off but haven't tried taking bolt apart yet to clean better. I don't think it had ever been out of it's stock from what it looks like.
It only weighs 7lbs 8oz with scope. Must be stock design because it feels lighter then a Savage light weight I had but my grandson has that now.
I have to figure out posting pictures so I can show what excellent shape it is for it's age. Bore looks like brand new!
Welcome and congrats on a 1st generation 110! Yours should show "Chicopee Falls, Mass" on the receiver.
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Did some shooting today. Seems to have trouble feeding from magazine with more then 1 round loaded. Not sure why yet they go in slightly crooked.
Was zeroing in scope and was getting around 3 to 4 inch groups. I tried the business card under the barrel and it went to 1 inch groups.That was a surprise.
I do have another Savage 116 in 270 but it is a newer one. I wasn't really looking for anything special and just thought the the old one felt nice and was told it was probably from the 60's. Got it home and started looking up info and found this site had a lot of the info about the original 110's. That is what brought me here.I was really surprised it was one of first 308's in 110's.
Here is target after adding a pressure point and finishing zeroing in scope. Before it was getting a 3 or 4 inch group. Ran out of bullets with last shot. Was using 180 grain round nose and W748 powder. My targets are around 90 yards.
Nice! Mine, not so much, but is the oldest known (#71) per member Mad Dog's registry.
My serial number is 2609x. It has 11k in the circle on the barrel.I was really just looking for a light weight hunting rifle and had plans to shorten stock etc... but now I want to keep it original
. I have a Remington 600 in 308 I had planed on using but even though it weighs a few ounces less the 110 has a much lighter feel.
Welcome aboard. Enjoy. Whatta Hobby!
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Can see mine here.
Very nice.Originally Posted by PhilC
Do you know anything about original stock finish?Was trying to figure out what to do. Just leave it alone or add a little true oil.There is very little info about them and now I'm thinking just keep it all original. They aren't really collector items I guess. But I did find a Monte carlo type stock that fits the older style 110s but has some kind of super shiny finish on it I could redo and save the original.
I do have an old Bolt Action Rifle by Frank de Haas that has a lot of info on the pre 66 110's. I really was just looking for a light weight hunting rifle with a nice feel to it and it seems perfect.
That looks like a walnut stock. Kudos for not wanting to change it.
Other than it is the original, no. My dad loaned it to his brother for several years who, in my opinion, ruined the stock by screwing sling studs into it.
I don't really want to refinish the stock, if I do, the studs will be removed, holes filled and stained to match the rest of the stock. I'd probably re-point the checkering as well ad finish with hand rubbed Tru-Oil. Did that to my brother's 80s era 110 in 7RM, hand cut the stamped checkering, stripped the finish, walnut stain, and hand rubbed Tru-Oil. Asked him about it a year or so ago, said he never took it hunting, stock was too nice, and didn't want to mess it up. LOL.
Got the new stock yesterday. Fits perfect but this looks like it has pressed in checking compared to original stock has hand cut checkering. Not sure about that shiny finish either. Both stocks are walnut. I'm guessing I'll strip the stock. I like the plain original one look but this fits for using a scope much better.
Refinished new stock. It had a very thick coat of shellac I think. Just have 3 coats of true oil on it and will let it dry for awhile now. It really darkened the wood. I'm putting orginal stock away safe so I don't have to worry about denting or scratching it. I want to make a hunter out of it.
Something I noticed is the forearm on sporter original stock is thinner and gives a better grip then the Monty Carlo style. With the original stocks are kind of rare would it be bad to modify the Monty Carlo type with slimming it down ,maybe rose wood end etc..
I gave up on the Monty Carlo stock.I went to shoot it and it was over a foot high? Discovered the pressure point at the end was really pushing up the barrel .I sanded out the pressure point but it still is pushing up the barrel. Didn't want to sand too much so I just put the original stock back which I like the feel of better any ways. I just don't have the time now to mess around figuring it out.Put the original back on which fits perfect. Really good factory fit on that. So I just gave the stock a little protection.That will help with me banging in to stuff.
Last year I got a brand new wood stocked Browning AB3. Knocked it over before I even got it out side. Put a dent in it. Then hit the stock on my shooting bench. Another dent. Ugh.
I wonder if they make some kind of sling I could tie on so I don't have TO add sling mounts. I have one on a muzzle loader I have but I don't think it would look good on the 110.
Fixed up a sling with no holes in the stock.Used the screw hole in the pistol grip cap and a barrel band clamp for the front. Now have to work up a load for hunting.
I have a lot of 180 rn and about 70 Nosler 165 partitions.This will be for nice weather hunting.I have a 116 SS in 270 for bad days. I guess I should post a few pictures of that. It is pretty much just like it came from the factory.
Now I have to figure out what to do with the Monty Carlo stock.
Looks great! Don't remember off hand what my hunting load was. By the time my dad finally gave me the rifle I had moved on to 7RM as my primary hunting rifle. Did bring the -06 as a backup on an elk hunt but never needed it. Pretty sure I loaded 180gn Partitions and still have them on the shelf, will check load info later.
165 partitions with around 44.5 +or- .5 grains of varget, 4064, R15
I am sorry, I may have mispoke.
Nice choices. The Rem 600 was one I lusted over when much younger.
I've been using Win748 at 42 to 44gn. Powder has gotten real expensive here. Varget is 70 a pound here and 748 was in the 40's. I've gotten some Ramshot to try because that's way cheaper too.
I had one along time ago and sold it and then regretted it, found this one at a really good price. But so far as a carry around hunting rifle with the old style feel I like this old 110 better.Mostly I just sit to hunt deer but when i get bored I like to take a slow walk and that's when a nice light rifle with a good feel is nice.
I wasn't really looking for another rifle when I got the 110. I asked to see it and thought right away it felt very nice. Went back the next day and used up my gun show money I was saving up. I originally planed on shorten the stock and shorten the barrel but when I researched it a little and found out what it was and still all original I stopped those plans. That's how I came here because there isn't a lot of talk about these older 110's except here.
Now after switching stocks back and forth it went back to 3 or 4 inch groups. I'll never learn once something is shooting good leave it alone. Ugh.
We've all been there!
Had a week of rain so I got bored and got the Monty Carlo stock out and gave it a couple coats of Spar varnish with a lot of sanding in between to fill the pores. Almost have it smoothed out nice.
I found every where the stock was rubbing and fixed that. Took it out to shoot and was getting 4 or 5 inch vertical stringing. I read here where someone said to cut a credit card and place at the 2 spots where it should bed by action screws. When I tighten the screws now they just stop instead of a soft slow feel as you tighten. N
touch by the action screws. When tightening the screws it just comes to a nice solid stop. Now it shot at about 2 inch horizontal string which I think was me.
So I think next would be to bed the 2 action spots.
I also changed to a little bigger 3x9 Leupold scope so it fits farther back The eye relief was just not far enough back to comfortably shoot.
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