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The bolt release lever is located on the right side of the receiver, forward of the bolt handle.
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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.
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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.