Questions on Savage Rifles

[Terry]

I was hoping someone would have good way to Check headpacing or measure mine savage 6.5 stealth evolution as well as 308 berserker stock.
I am aware if the go-no-go gauges and will be purchasing one, however to ease my curriosity is there a way to check it. By the way I have no reason to believe that either of my firearms have a headspace problem..I would just like to have the knowledge to look if issues arise. Thanks

Remove the firing pin from the bolt. Place an empty sized case in the action. Close the bolt. How does it feel? Is there any resistance to closing? Place one piece of scotch tape on the back of the case. Trim any excess off. Try again. How did it feel. Repeat, adding one more piece of scotch tape until it will not close. Anything over two peaces may be too much headspace.

 

[Blackthorn]

Just a hint on headspace checking Savage rifles. When you dissasssmble the bolt put the firing pin assembly back into the bolt body without the cocking piece. This keeps the bolthead retaining pin from sliding out. It doesn’t happen very often but there is a chance the pin can slide out into the bolt raceway and bind the bolt up. When this happens it can be difficult to get it back in position.

 

[BLCKWLF]

I was hoping someone would have good way to Check headpacing or measure mine savage 6.5 stealth evolution as well as 308 berserker stock.
I am aware if the go-no-go gauges and will be purchasing one, however to ease my curriosity is there a way to check it. By the way I have no reason to believe that either of my firearms have a headspace problem..I would just like to have the knowledge to look if issues arise. Thanks

Using the Headspace Gauges is exactly how this should be done. My only concern with using a sized case is how do you know it was sized correctly? Using a Sized case introduces more variable to the problem and I don't recommend doing things that way.

 

[corsair4360]

My complaint about Savage is one not in this thread, but the lack of aftermarket trigger support. I have two Savage actions and I shoot left handed. One is a left hand 6.5x284 repeater now heavy barreled and in an aftermarket stock. The other started out as a 6br right handed, now is re-chambered to 6XC on a solid bottom target action single shot. My big complaint about Savage is that the triggers are just OK, but not what my 700 clone trigger is in trigger pull weight and in crisp release. I shoot regularly at 1,000 yards and the Savage triggers do not help but frustrate me. The 6.5x284 has been hardly shot since I re-barreled it and restocked it. I attempted to find a left hand trigger for it, never found one. The 6br, now 6xc shoots well, and the trigger is slightly better than the 6.5x284 but nothing like my 700 clone. I will gladly sell either of them (not give them away however).

 

[#40Fan]

I didn't think there was a difference between left and right hand Savage replacement triggers.

 

[Terry]

I didn't think there was a difference between left and right hand Savage replacement triggers.

There is not.

 

[BLCKWLF]

My complaint about Savage is one not in this thread, but the lack of aftermarket trigger support. I have two Savage actions and I shoot left handed. One is a left hand 6.5x284 repeater now heavy barreled and in an aftermarket stock. The other started out as a 6br right handed, now is re-chambered to 6XC on a solid bottom target action single shot. My big complaint about Savage is that the triggers are just OK, but not what my 700 clone trigger is in trigger pull weight and in crisp release. I shoot regularly at 1,000 yards and the Savage triggers do not help but frustrate me. The 6.5x284 has been hardly shot since I re-barreled it and restocked it. I attempted to find a left hand trigger for it, never found one. The 6br, now 6xc shoots well, and the trigger is slightly better than the 6.5x284 but nothing like my 700 clone. I will gladly sell either of them (not give them away however).

The Accutrigger, particularly the Target version is pretty stinking good. But if you want something else, Timney and RifleBasix are top of the line. Of Course there are all kinds of spring kits you can use as well.

As far as left handed, I know the Bottom Bolt Release is ambidextrous so it will work on right or left hand models, the top bolt release models were all the same too I thought, I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure there are no left handed triggers cause they are all ambidextrous.