This allows barrels to be changed and head spaced without a lathe and is often considered a major advantage. The Savage system head spaces with the barrel nut system. Due to design considerations, the Remington can use barrel with a shank up to 1.250″, however, the Savage is limited to 1.060″. The threads have an external diameter of 1 1/16″, however, the Remington (top) has 16 threads per inch, while the Savage has 20 threads per inch. Both are often surface ground flat or exchanged for an aftermarket product by custom gun builders.Ī comparison of barrel shanks with the Savage’s (bottom) barrel nut removed. Neither has a reputation for being particularly flat. The design of both lugs is fairly similar (Savage, left, Remington, right). The Savage (top) uses a barrel nut system, while the Remington (bottom), uses a precut shank.īoth rifles use a flat metal recoil lug on the barrel shank. Perhaps the most noteworthy difference between the Remington and Savage, is the method used to attach the barrel to the action and determine headspace. I’ve personally found the Remington extractor more reliable than the Savage extractors.
The Remington extractor is a one piece spring that does not cut into the continuous ring of steel around the bolt nose. The Savage extractor slides in from the side and engages the case rim, it uses an extractor, spring and pin. Both use a spring loaded constant tension ejector. 150″- this is necessary for the “three rings of steel” Remington advertises (and shown below) as a safer system for rifles. The bolt lugs of a Savage (left) are flush with the bolts face, while the lugs on the Remington (right) are set back approximately. Savage has a floating bolt head, secured by a removable pin, that allows the bolt head to be easily changed if a different size is needed.Ī front view of both bolts. The bolt head, body and handle are all soldered together at the factory. Remington (top) uses a one piece bolt bolt body and fewer parts. The magazine well on the Savage is longer.
The proximity of the screws to each other on the Savage, make bedding with bottom metal a little more difficult. The Savage has both screws located in front of the trigger guard. The Remington (left) has an action screw located at the front of the receiver and on the rear of the tang. Note the location of location of the action screws for both models. The Savage (right) had a notch located to the bottom front edge of the receiver, this allows for indexing of lugs with an indexing pin.Ī bottom view of both receivers. Note: on older Model 700s, the safety locked the bolt when it was engaged.Ī front view of both receivers. When the lever is to the rear, the rifle cannot fire and the bolt can be manipulated, when the lever is forward, the rifle can fire and the bolt can be manipulated. The Remington 700 (right), uses a two position safety. The bolt release lever is located on the right side of the receiver, forward of the bolt handle. In its rear most position, the bolt is locked and rifle won’t fire (Full Safe), in the middle position the bolt can be manipulated without firing the rifle (Mid Safe), when the safety is off, the bolt can be manipulated and rifle fired (Off). The Savage (left) uses a tang mounted three position safety. occurs when the bolt handle cams against rear baffle assembly. Primary extraction for the Remington 700 (top) occurs when the bolt cams against the rear of the receiver. Nominal outside diameter of both receivers is 1.35″. The Savage (bottom) is equipped with Savage’s Accutrigger while the Remington (top) uses the current factory trigger.
Note the external dimensions of both receivers are similar. Note the larger ejection port on the savage. In this post I’ll be comparing a Savage Model 10 action (top), that was taken off of a current production (2016) Model 10 FCP-SR chambered in 308 Winchester, to a Remington 700 short action receiver (bottom), which was purchased as a new, virgin receiver, with. Initially, these were marketed as fairly affordable rifles, as time, production methods, raw material costs, and the economy has changed, these have both grown into mid-level offerings with both manufactures offering alternate models for budget conscious shooters.įor reference purposes, a schematic of the Savage 10/110 can be found here, and one for the Remington 700 can be found here. The Model 10/110 has been manufacturer since 1958, while the 700 has been since 1962.
Having built custom rifles on Remington actions and clones for years, and starting to build custom rifles on Savage actions, I felt it would be useful to compare the receivers of both rifles side by side.īoth models have been around a long time.