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Wrench for a Savage smooth barrel nut.

A pipe wrench will work if you're not worried about scarring up the nut. Or you can buy a Wheeler Barrel Nut Wrench.

Nothing wrong with Northland or their Criterian barrels. Another option is Shaw.

www.shawcustombarrels.com

This is my last order from Shaw. Three new SS barrels for a model 12. One in 22 creed, one in 6mm-284, and one in 6.5-284.

Yes, three completed barrels for a total of $762, including shipping to my door.

11818 $762.20 3 11/02/2023 09:06 pm Completed

Last year we used Shaw to rebarrel and reblue a Win model 70 in 7mm RM. My son is tickled pink with the resulting groups.

Savages aren't that expensive. Leave the youth model alone give a full size 243 to the grand kid. Save the youth model undisturbed for the great grandkids or you won't get it back. Tell him he has to play by the pre established rules like everyone else no favoritism. You asked and I told you. Mb

I decided it wasn't worth the trouble to do anything with this youth rifle because it's very accurate and I have already loaded 100 rounds for it with Lapua brass and Nosler bullets. I prefer stainless rifles anyway and Savage has a lot of good stainless models I can easily put a long barrel on.

Thanks. Got one on the way.

Be advised that some Savage barrels are ridiculously hard to remove the first time. Partly because they use a gorilla to torque them down at the factory and partly because of the bluing salts (or whatever they are) that bind the threads. I bought a left hand Savage Axis in .270 Win that I wanted to turn into a .243 and it took a lot of pressure to break the barrel loose and then I had trouble getting the nut off the barrel.

That .270 was the only left hand rifle in an Academy store at the time. I worked there at the time and used my employee discount. I had swapped other barrels in the past and expected an easy time of it. I finally got the barrel off and sold it to a neighbor who had a .270 with a pitted chamber. After selling the factory barrel, I had a cheap action and stock for my .243 conversion. Later I got a deal on a .250 Savage barrel and swapped it out. That time was easy to remove.