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Can a damaged 243 WIN barrel from a Savage 99 be bored out and rifled to 7 mm - 08? Or can someone recommend a barrel maker who can furnish a 7 mm -08 barrel and fit it to a Savage 99? It is a non-takedown model.
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Here is a smith that has worked on 99s. http://www.gostomskisgunsmithing.com/
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I'm north of the 49th. I have a shillen match barrel in 7mm08 in a 99C that my oldest son hunts with all the time. Bloody thing is a tack driver! He is really happy with it. One conversion that I would recommend.
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What is the serial range and rifle style (rotor or magazine).
Savage...never say "never".
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It's magazine - don't have access to serial number - traveling
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Easy change from 243 to 7mm08, with a new barrel. I believe my was around a couple of hundred dollars to do. The magazines are the same. Mine was switched from 284 to 7mm08.
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Seems a rebore was several hundred dollars and that was a few years ago last I checked.
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Could do a 260 Rem to if so inclined.
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I had a perfectly good 99F 243 barrel rebored to make it a 260, so I think that your 243 could be rebored to 260 or 7mm-08.
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Jeff, Who did the job for you?
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I can't remember the guy's name, but I think that he is GRASSHOPPER's favorite 'smith, somewhere in MI.
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Re Gostomski, couple years ago saw a 1903 .308 he had built at the VAlley Forge PA show. Very well proportioned handsome rifle, excellent workmanship.
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Paid $300 last year Classic Barrel Works AZ
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