I have a Savage Model 10 GRS in 6.5CM. Lately it has not been grouping well so I took it in for a checkup. Gunsmith says the throat is completely shot. It’s cracked, pitted, and full of copper fouling that he said you could never get out. The gun is only 2-1/2 years old and has seen maybe 1500 rounds. I could rebarrel the thing but at this point I’m tempted to just scrap it. Any idea what would cause this? This isn’t the first problem I’ve had with it. When it was 6 months old I had to send it back to Savage because the chamber was so rusted I could barely open the bolt after I fired it. It lives in a safe in a temperature control room with a dehumidifier in the safe. I’m tempted to contact Savage and see what they say, but given it’s well past the warranty period I am probably out of luck. I love the gun, it shot lights out until it didn’t. I’m lusting over the new Daniel Defense Delta 5 Pro. It might be time for an upgrade.
My Savage died
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Dusty Stevens
Shiner
Its so simple to install a new barrel thats the way id go. You can get nice barrels these days that anybody can install
Doug Beach
Silver $$ Contributor
Put a good barrel on it. Done.
Adam in WI
Practically lives here
Thousand bucks to screw a barrel into a Savage? Get a new gunsmith. You could do it yourself with a better than factory barrel for less than half of that.
Buy a pre-fit from one of the dealers, i.e. Ragged hole barrel, E.R. Brown or others, get a couple tools and install it yourself. Save yourself a lot of money. And from what you describe on the rust, etc. I would say clean your rifle's better when you get through shooting each time, before putting them away in the safe, even with the de-humidifier.
two or three points here:
1) i would not put a $1000 barrel on a savage, as much as i like them. last i looked you could pick up a krieger or bartlein for $500 or less. shaws are even cheaper.
2) personally theres no reason to even bring a smith into this equation, you can buy a prefit from several places as noted above and do it on your workbench. buy the tools so if/when you shoot out another barrel you can replace it at will.
3) douglas barrels arent worth the money imo. whens the last time you saw them on an equipment list? this is just one example, feel free to do your own research. https://precisionriflecomponents.com/top-barrel-manufacturers-in-local-prs-competition-2019/
1) i would not put a $1000 barrel on a savage, as much as i like them. last i looked you could pick up a krieger or bartlein for $500 or less. shaws are even cheaper.
2) personally theres no reason to even bring a smith into this equation, you can buy a prefit from several places as noted above and do it on your workbench. buy the tools so if/when you shoot out another barrel you can replace it at will.
3) douglas barrels arent worth the money imo. whens the last time you saw them on an equipment list? this is just one example, feel free to do your own research. https://precisionriflecomponents.com/top-barrel-manufacturers-in-local-prs-competition-2019/
Buy a Remington 700 clone, and be Happy.
Dusty Stevens
Shiner
That daniel defense goes for around $1500. Keep the savage. Youll be way better off. For $2500 you can buy a real nice good shooting custom rifle
Dusty Stevens
Shiner
Ive never seen copper i couldnt get out
hpshooter
Gold $$ Contributor
"full of copper fouling that he said you could never get out".
"When it was 6 months old I had to send it back to Savage because the chamber was so rusted I could barely open the bolt after I fired it. "
Evaluate your cleaning frequency and process. You will have throat erosion at 1500 rounds with a center fire rifle caliber. I would suspect that careful application of JB or Isso will remove most if not all of that copper. Purchasing and learning how to interpret what you see with a fiber optic bore scope will help you evaluate your cleaning methods which will be beneficial in the future regardless of which firearms you own.
"When it was 6 months old I had to send it back to Savage because the chamber was so rusted I could barely open the bolt after I fired it. "
Evaluate your cleaning frequency and process. You will have throat erosion at 1500 rounds with a center fire rifle caliber. I would suspect that careful application of JB or Isso will remove most if not all of that copper. Purchasing and learning how to interpret what you see with a fiber optic bore scope will help you evaluate your cleaning methods which will be beneficial in the future regardless of which firearms you own.
Dusty Stevens
Shiner
You check. Leave him out of it
ttfreestyle
Silver $$ Contributor
You can get a decent prefit that uses the nut for $350 ish.
okie
Gold $$ Contributor
WTF--where are you? 90210?
okie
Gold $$ Contributor
I have seen it so bad that I was too lazy to remove it
wedgy
Gold $$ Contributor
First get a new gunsmith, then some cleaning supplies like Wipeout, a cleaning rod and a brushand clean it. It will probably shoot great again. Or youtube how to rebarrel a Savage. Then order a barrel from Northland or similar, $300 for a new 6.5 CM barrel.
https://northlandshooterssupply.com/barrels/criterion-savage/
https://www.ebay.com/itm/EABCO-Accu...959262?hash=item3b388ee4de:g:REAAAOSwMJVdcnRD
https://www.ebay.com/itm/EABCO-Accu...959262?hash=item3b388ee4de:g:REAAAOSwMJVdcnRD
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