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So every rifle that comes from you has been tinkered with? Is that what your saying?
If you start with a working 30-30 and you want a working 38-55 what parts need to be changed? If that is directed at me, no. Not hardly. The vast majority are untouched, but I intentionally buy project rifles to play with. I must be the only gun looney to ever enjoy it??? I appreciate collectors as much as anyone, but I also like to understand how they work. Chris, I've only rebarreled one Savage to 38-55, and it was originally a 303. Loggah really helped me on that one by showing me where to relieve metal at the front of the rotor to make room for the 38-55 cartridge. I don't remember if anything else was needed to make it work. I doubt it. As with any of this, it's best to start with a factory rifle in your hands in the cartridge you desire to use as a blueprint. It has all the answers.
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What a wonderful rabbit hole we went down with a question about a receiver...
You fella's NEVER cease to amaze me.
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Sounds like a labor of love like writing a book on guns. Neither are profitable from the financial standpoint.
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wyo1895 With Savage never say never. For a copy of my book on engraved Savage lever actions rifles send a check for $80 to; David Royal, p.o. box 1271, Pinedale, Wy., 82941. I will sign and inscribe the book for you. [email protected]
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Kind of like being a musician. You do it because you love it and it brings you, and at times, others, joy. I have spent FAR more money on music related items than I have made using them. Still, I wouldn't trade it for anything. It is a tonic for my soul than can't be gotten through artificial means.
Here's hoping that All of us have a better 2021!
A friend posted a picture of the Replacements on my FB page that had this caption:
On New Years Eve, the theme for the evening should be "2020 24 hours to go..."
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...I want to be sedated!"
Ah for simpler better times when frenzy was experienced in three minute bursts compliments of the Ramones, and then we could take a deep breath and resume a placid existence!
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz
"Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
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Beat you to it. I was at my buddy's house that got me hooked on IPS's. I AM sedated .
I'm not greedy, I just want one of each.
Remember Ira Hayes
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I used to play the song in one of my last bands, except I used to sing "I want to be felated..."
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They are a pita to fit and build from scratch. Be prepared to try every part in your box looking for the right ones. You better have a bunch of extra parts, all of which are expensive to buy and require time to locate and accumulate. You need to understand every part interaction intimately and how to troubleshoot things that don't work right. You need tools, time, and money out the ass. PLUS, a non-matching numbers gun has zero collector value when complete, and is only a shooter. Good luck finding vintage wood, and even when you do you will pay dearly for it and it probably won't fit right. Frankly, It's more trouble than it's worth and the parts are worth far more than the completed rifle. If we were smart we'd part out every junker gun we could get our hands on. I say all that not to discourage anyone from trying, but be prepared, this is not a quick process where you just order all the parts and screw them together. These aren't AR's. Now, anyone sitting on extra parts you don't want anymore get ahold of me because I love working on these old Savages. LOL ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/nmwLy1q.jpg) 250 takedown with a fitted 410 barrel coming along. Gunna be a great truck gun ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/4cKgZVL.jpg) dang Roy, you are the savage man, wish I had your talent and TOOLS
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No, Lightfoot is the Savage man, I just like to putter.
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