Savage 12 CF convert to Smokeless MLer

[chapmangleason]

My children bought me a Seekins Precision Havak Bolt Action precision rifle in 6.5 CM for my birthday, so the Cabelas Savage Model 12 308 that I bought this summer for $142 (had 250$ in Cabelas bucks) is going to be converted to a Smokless ML. I am familiar with
1) Arrowhead Sporting Goods and their barrels and breech plugs

2) Hankin Custom Rifles and his barrels and plugs

Has anyone tried a McGowen or PacNor barrel on a Savage Short Action Small Shank and use the Precision Rifle breech plug and bolt, www.prbullet.com/s-kit.htm


Are there any more options out there from other rifle builders or barrel makers?

Thank You in advance.

Chap Gleason

[Dave W]

Bestill Creations.

[rjhans53]

I just put a mdl 11 together using an old savage 50 barrel as a "will this work test", the pacnor 45 is going to get ordered in a couple of weeks. On the 11 the action screw spacing is different so I relocated and bedded in the front pillar in a savage ml laminate stock. The bolt head slot maybe could have a hair more up angle to it but it works well, goes bang ever time and I really like that you don't have to loosen the back screw to pull the bolt. I did put lukes savage breech plug with bushing in it, I think I'm going to like that too. Oh and I just put a pacnor 45 on my ML II and it's going to be a sub moa as soon as the local 100 yard range opens, it's 50% overlapping groups at 50 with 200 SST's in a blue harvester sabot being pushed by 56 of 4198.
Ron

[rambler]

Jan 7, 2018 19:59:41 GMT -5 Dave W said:

Bestill Creations.

+1

[dannoboone]

[quote author="chapmangleason" source="/post/214603/thread" timestamp="1515355474"Has anyone tried a McGowen or PacNor barrel on a Savage Short Action Small Shank and use the Precision Rifle breech plug and bolt, www.prbullet.com/s-kit.htm

Chap Gleason[/quote]

If the CF bolt is the same length as the 10MLII bolt, it might
work.

I have Cecil's system on a 10MLII with a PN .451 barrel. It is
as accurate as I will ever need, but it suffers from blow-back
around the module, no matter how I have set the head space.

[cuda]

I have Stevens SA with McGowen 45 barrel and Savage BP and the Savage 209 bolt head. We use 69grs of IMR 4198 290gr TEZ with a lube wad sabotless and Win 209 primer. A real deer killer too.

[epanzella]

I have a Savage 111 long action w/McGowan .458 bbl and Savage BP. I put a bushing below the 209 for a hard stop and headspaced it for a .001 crush fit. Zero blowby w/62 gr RL7 behind 200gr XTP and blue sabot. 2600fps. Shoots MOA @ 100 & 1.5 MOA @ 200.