223 into 22-250

[retiredff]

I have a chance to pickup a savage 223 varmint rifle cheap. Is it possible to have a smith re-chamber to a 22-250?

Thanks

Tony

[jethro]

You will need to change bolt heads also. (different case head sizes between .223 (.378) and 22-250 (.473))

Need to check the magazine well size if its not a single shot to see if it can handle 22-250 [what model is the gun?]

In general, its probably cheaper/easier to sell the barrel and swap it out with a 22-250 barrel than go through the rechamber process.

JC

[Too may Savages, is that possible?]

As noted already, if you don't want the 223 barrel at all, sell it and buy a 22-250 barrel rather than rechambering might be a better way to go.  There is always demand for 223 barrels in any configuration.

It all depends on what the rechambering costs you.  Some smiths charge as much to cut a chamber as you would pay for a new lower priced aftermarket barrel or Savage take off barrel.

If the throat is gone on the 223 to the point that you can't reach the lands.... cutting a 22-250 chamber should give you a decent throat to work with for a while so that would be a way to resurrect a barrel that might not be serviceable as is, but again needs to be weighed against the cost of chambering vs new a barrel.

Whatever you do, you should probably invest in the tools to change the barrel yourself now. Your smith should charge you LESS to chamber if you just hand him the barrel rather than a complete rifle and you are the one who installs it when he is done.

[retiredff]

Thanks for the reply's. I had a chance to actually see the rifle at my lunch break. It was really rough looking(rusty,beatup stock), so I passed on it. I'm not sure on the model # but from the pics on the Savage web site it looked like a model 11 of some kind.

Tony