Savage barrel threds

[jdugas003]

I have a new model 10 savage rifle, the new thread size is 1.118 . Can I get a bushing to reduce the action to 1.062

 

[Walt Krafft]

No. The minor diameter of the larger threads is smaller than the major diameter of the smaller thread. There would be nothing to hold a sleeve together.

 

[Stan Taylor]

You can always call me I will make you a barrel for the large shank Savage.

 

[memilanuk]

Plenty of good pre-threaded options available out there... just look for 'large shank' in the details.

 

[jdugas003]

I thought that large shank is when to 1.062 ,this shank is 1.118

 

[SBS]

Nominal small shank is 1.062 and large shank nominal is 1.125. In practice, both barrel threads run about .005-.007" smaller.

 

[jdugas003]

I don't usually work with savage but had several barrels made for shilen action ,dgr and dga and high ed ss they are small shank , thanks for info new barrel on it's way from kreiger

 

[Will Henry]

If you are trying to fit a small thread barrel to a large thread receiver, you will need to reduce the thread on the small thread barrel to 1" or less then bush it to 1 1/8 and thread that. A simple but time consuming procedure. I have done similar things to fit a Remington barrel to a Mauser, for instance. WH

 

[gstewart]

If you are trying to fit a small thread barrel to a large thread receiver, you will need to reduce the thread on the small thread barrel to 1" or less then bush it to 1 1/8 and thread that. A simple but time consuming procedure. I have done similar things to fit a Remington barrel to a Mauser, for instance. WH

I am assuming that you have enough diameter to still have a shoulder to the face of the action, right?

I made a stupid mistake ordering a straight 1 inch blank end to end. What is my best option?
Thanks,
Gale

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I am assuming that you have enough diameter to still have a shoulder to the face of the action, right?

I made a stupid mistake ordering a straight 1 inch blank end to end. What is my best option?
Thanks,
Gale

Make a 10-22 or AR barrel out of it

 

[Will Henry]

I don't know to what you are trying to fit this barrel to and the approach would vary accordingly. If you were fitting the barrel to an action with a 1 inch thread, it would be a simple matter of threading to fit and making a barrel nut. If the action was a 1 1/16 thread, I would turn the barrel to 7/8 for a distance of about two inches and thread it to 7/8 x 24tpi. I would make a sleeve to fit this which I would contour and thread to fit the action. Alternatively, instead of contouring the sleeve, I would just thread it to accept a nut. Sleeving, bushing, rethreading, these make it possible to fit almost any barrel to almost any action. There are those who say it isn't worth it and one shoyld simply get a new barrel but I have done this sort of work, over the years, for a lot of guys who couldn't afford a new barrel or who wanted to use a particular barrel for some personal reason. These jobs were rarely real money makers but I always enjoyed doing them. WH

 

[tobnpr]

^^^
To each their own, but I'd never do that (well, maybe with a .22 lr)
There's a safe minimum breech diameter, and 7/8" won't cut it for most.
According to Dunlap, cylinder walls should be no less thick than 2/3 of the diameter of the body of the cartridge.
For a .308, that's about 1.1" for minimum breech diameter.

Less than that, chamber is prone to swelling/bulging and all the problems that come with it.

 

[Doug Beach]

^^^
Unless I misunderstand what you are saying, this would suggest that magnums are unsafe in Remingtons, and -06’s are unsafe in Winchester’s, Sako’s, Tikka’s, and any number of military rifles. Seems unlikely.

 

[Will Henry]

This may well be true for that portion of the barrel which is outside the receiver but does not apply to a sleeved thread. If you sleeve a piece of 4140, with a piece of 4140, then thread that into another 4140 piece, the hoop strength is very nearly the same as it would be for a solid piece; especially if the clearance on the thread is minimal.
I have seen chambers which have bulged but these were usually carbon manganese and never chrome moly barrels. WH