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More complications. Here is a 24" Westfield marked 250-3000 barrel that is a square threaded TD barrel. It indexes perfectly with an 1899 complete action, straight lever, early post 90,000 serial #. I also have a crescent buttstock and a forearm that might fit. All I have to do now is see if it's 1 in 10 or 1 in 14. This kind of thing is going to turn me into a tinkerbell. Do you guys think the action is strong enough for full house 250-3K loads?
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I wouldn't fire .250-3000 rounds in a receiver that I didn't know was heat treated for it.


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That's what I was afraid of. The twist rate of the barrel is 1 in 10.


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Free your inner tinkerbell David, sprinkle a little pixie dust and you can FLY! ...but I'd save that barrel for a later receiver with square threads and round-back bolt


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Whats the front sight look like? I have a Westfield 24" 30-30 takedown barrel and it has the 1928+ larger integral raised ramp front sight.


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Dayum, these square-threaded Westfield barrels are coming out of the woodwork!!


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Who knew?! Seems someone poked a stick into a little obscure piece of Savage history that bears further investigation.


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Damn it, where’s Sherman and the Wayback Machine when you need them?!


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Originally Posted by wyo1895
That's what I was afraid of. The twist rate of the barrel is 1 in 10.

Find a later cheap 99G to put it on ... would make a rare 99G that can shoot heavy .257 bullets accurately.

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Originally Posted by wyo1895
That's what I was afraid of. The twist rate of the barrel is 1 in 10.


Oh dang.


Not!


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You can get that receiver heat treated. There are several companies out there that will heat treat your receiver. Unfortunately when my previous computer crashed a couple weeks ago I lost at least 3 internet addresses of firms that did heat treatment. The internet is your friend. IIRC one of them was maybe Blanchard in Utah. Search for "heat treat" or variations on the theme.


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On giving this some considerable thought I decided that what I need is a 99F or 99G in 300 Savage that has been drilled and tapped and that is CHEAP since it's collector value has been ruined. This will give me a two barrel set with a scope. At first I thought I could use a Stith or Lightfoot mount but then I couldn't change the barrels quickly. Darn! now I need to buy another 99.
Heat treating wouldn't hurt the other action it's already white. I think you guys thought it is a squareback. It's an early rounded receiver, serial # is something like 141xxx. I have a real early 303 octagon barrel that probably should be rebored to something like 38-55 that could go on the early receiver. David


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Originally Posted by wyo1895
On giving this some considerable thought I decided that what I need is a 99F or 99G in 300 Savage that has been drilled and tapped and that is CHEAP since it's collector value has been ruined. This will give me a two barrel set with a scope. At first I thought I could use a Stith or Lightfoot mount but then I couldn't change the barrels quickly. Darn! now I need to buy another 99.
Heat treating wouldn't hurt the other action it's already white. I think you guys thought it is a squareback. It's an early rounded receiver, serial # is something like 141xxx. I have a real early 303 octagon barrel that probably should be rebored to something like 38-55 that could go on the early receiver. David



Oh yeah, David is tinkerbell material. Whatdaya think JeffG, should we induct him into the exclusive club?


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Originally Posted by Fireball2
Whats the front sight look like? I have a Westfield 24" 30-30 takedown barrel and it has the 1928+ larger integral raised ramp front sight.


I'm an idiot. Mine's a Chicopee Falls 24" 30-30 takedown with the larger raised ramp front sight. Not a Westfield. Now ya'll have to unprogram that thought from your heads!


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The front sight on my barrel is the 1955 and later dovetailed ramp. It's also interesting that it's a straight tapered 24" barrel. The only regular production 24" Westfield barrel was the lightweight barrel for the early 99DL like my Chicopee marked barrel. Boy, is this getting convoluted!


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This all makes sense if you don't think about it...


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I think they did whatever the hell they wanted.


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Roy hit the nail on the head. I may do an article for the CGCA newsletter on this subject. I'm hoping to see a gunsmith in Rock Springs Wed. I mentioned before I want to pull the barrel on the DL and see if it has square or tapered threads.

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Large volume gun manufacturers have been opening and closing facilities, changing management and product lines since the industrialization firearms ("military industrial COMPLEX", says it all). I don't think these subtle variances represent any more than some product/process changes and normal evolution of a manufacturing business. And it's not just we gun loonies who get lost down these rabbit holes!!

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Left the DL with the gunsmith to take the barrel off and check the threads. Should know the results in the next few days. David


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