I have savage model 11 223, I have shot thousands of rounds thru it. So many that the rifling had worn out at chamber. I bought a cheap Adam's Bennet barrel from midway few years ago at a close our price, 89$ I think it shot ok bout not as good as the original shorter barrel even though it was a heavy contour. I have also used the receiver for 7mm08 barrel I bought for deer hunting. I decided to pur the old 223 barrel back on just for a truck or four wheel gun. Problem was the firing pin didn't struk