To nut or not

[chino1969]

Lou you are just full of information dude! The fella doing this for me since I don't have the lathe nor the nut's to thread that blank! has done a couple like this and have been getting very good reports back and I have yet to see anything bad come out of his work! now mind you this is not a BR rifle I just don't have the patience to do that stuff. We pretty much just set the headspace at .001-.003,if I recall) the only thng I deal with is adjusting seating depth and powder charge until I find the sweet spot and well after that I really don't change! the rifle we built back in 98 or 99 shot the same load for over 7500 rounds before the barrel went belly-up at least for me the groups went to around an inch @100. I'm pretty sure this thing is going to work out better than I can shoot. Oh sorry I'd give you a star but I only had the one gold one left from a spelling test I took back in the 3rd grade,only one I got) :thumb: Later,

Kirk

Kirk,
I love experimenting and that's how I get much of my information; I've actually compared both methods with guns I own. This is a great site for sharing information.

Well, I guess I'll just have to be satisfied with the gold star. Thanks for the thought!

Lou Baccino
Chino69

 

[chino1969]

Correct me if I'm wrong.
The standard small shank Savage and Remington have the same shank size just different threads. 1.060"
Any extra thickness in a Remmys barrel is there simply to provide a shoulder.

Switching to a Savage Target Action the shank size bumps to 1.120"
If you feel the need for a thicker barrel than that its time to go full custom. Or a rail gun

Good luck with your build.

I think the above is correct with respect to thread diameter and the extra thickness in the Remington being there for shoulder bearing surface. The thread size on the Savage and the shank size are the same, the Savage nut essentially taking the place of the shoulder.

If the Savage Target Action shank size is 1.120" dia. that puts it into the same contour as a Kreiger or Hart light varmint contour which still have a 1.060 X 16 TPI threading into a Remington or Rem. clone receiver.

Lou Baccino
Chino69

 

[Ksmirk]

Yeah I wish I had the room right now for a lathe and mill but then it may be a good thing I don't! I freakin' love to tinker with stuff. I'm that guy that you see is real quiet and you can tell things are going thru their head all the time heck I drew up an action for a "Want to do it someday" project and was pretty pumped until I found out what EDM time cost OUCH! oh well I still have the prints somewhere

This is a good site for information so far the folks are real helpful in about a month I'll probably be asking about 284 Win loads but then don't want to wear out my welcome. Later,

Kirk