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Can a Remington 700 barrel be fitted to any other "similar" actions without major modifications? (i.e. Howa 1500 or Savage)
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Metric threads on the Howa, don't know about Savage.
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Remington 700 factory barrels are threaded 1 1/16" X 16 tpi.
Savage barrels are 1 1/16" X 20tpi (small tenon) and 1 1/8" X 20tpi (large tenon)
Howas are asian metric threads.
The cost to rebarrel or set a barrel back using a quailty gunsmith runs $150.-$350.
The cost of a Remington factory barrel $80-$100. The quality on a scale of 1-10 is a 3 or 4 at best.
The cost of a new top end aftermarket barrel blank $275-$375.
Why would anyone use a "used factory barrel" that is inferior to begin with.
Most quality gunsmith will not setback a factory barrel as it is nothing but a headache for the customer and the gunsmith.
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I have put Factory new Rem take off Barrels on other guns. I put a 264 Win SS barrel Sendro on a Win. 70 SS Clasic. Gun Shoots a five shoot group at 100 yards around 5/8". Bought the barrel someplace for $100. He had $150 more dollars in it when it left here. The 600 yard one shot kill on trophy Mule deer in Wy. Priceless! Put one a model 788 once, it was a pain in the a..! Shot well, would not like to do that agian. So the Savage thread is Like the 788 I would not do it. I get a new Savage barrel. The Howa barrel is the same thread as the Weaterby Van Guard. I hope this helps!
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The only real close fit I know of is for a Farley custom action. Actually, Farley designed his action so a "shot out" benchrest barrel could easily be fitted to a Remington action. For most use, a non-competitive BR barrel is perfectly fine for varmints.
But I doubt anyone would fit a Remington barrel to a Farley action.
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I have had great results for the money with new Remington takeoffs sticking them on Rugers and Remingtons. My gunsmith charges approx $120 to install including setback/rechambering. I have found the barrels as inexpensive as $40. Rugers require the threaded shank be reduced by .100" IIRC but the threads per inch are the same. While I will admit that the Rem barrels don't clean up a nicely as a custom, in general they have shot very well. In the last 20 or so years I have made five 284 win, three 7 rem mags and one of the following 338-06, 308, 30-06 AI, 358 win, 280,22-250, 6mm rem, 25-06, 25-284,7 STW, 300 win mag, 375 taylor. Ah I guess I hav e a problem huh? At least I got to play with all these chamberings in an inexpensive manner.
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A gunsmith friend of mine has used Remington barrels on Weatherby actions and vice versa..... why? Good question but before Remmy came out with a .257WBY chambering of thier own he put a few 25 Roy bbls on model 700 actions. Or so I am told.
For me, If I want a different barrel I will spend the extra dollars for a good aftermarket number, but I can see the economy of using a factory take off for some.
I have bought a few barrels and had one re-bored but I am pretty well settled now on what I like and want, not as frequent a barrel changer as some which impacts my decision i.e. when I take the time and spend the money to get a rifle re-barreled I pretty much know what I want, I want it to be excellent right now, and I plan to keep that rifle and barrel for a VERY long time.
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