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There are many switch barrel rifles out there for those interested in such systems. How do you define a “switch barrel” firearm? Those like the Blaser rifles? Or would you include hinged doubles with multiple barrel sets specifically made for the stocked action?

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2. Avoiding legal hassles and government red tape bullshit surrounding ownership, registration, and quantity of firearms state sanctioned to be owned by the individual.

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Disadvantages:
1. Sight in repeatability or lack thereof......Many will need to have the sights adjusted between swaps. Some don’t - Blaser has the market cornered on this with their funky precise and highly expensive but very repeatable accuracy saddle mount system.

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2. You never seem to have the right caliber/sighting arrangement mounted for the shot presentation when hunting, e.g. 300 Win Mag required to reach out a touch a distant Elk when you have a .45-70 barrel mounted..... Extreme and probably not a totally realistic example, but it drives this particular point home.

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Not really relevant. Not any different to carrying a normal fixed barrel rifle. One is not "switching" barrels in the field.

The sort of nonsense gunwriters write to sell new rifles to unknowledgable consumers that "one must simply have this rifle chambered in this new fangled whizz bang cartridge X to do the job".

For example I have a Mauser M03, in .222, 6.5x65. 8x68S and .404. Obviously if I am hunting smaller game I am using the .222. If I encounter a lovely trophy deer, my loss. Unlikely situation. BTW a .222 in or above the heart will kill any deer, as will a bullet precision shot in the brain. Done it a lot of times, to farmed deer. Would be very hesitant to do it to a wild stag which can run away if poorly shot. But have done so as well to meat animals. If undisturbed. At reasonable range, not a hard shot at all.

If I am hunting water buffalo, or cape buffalo, or elephant or something big, I will have the .404 in the rifle. If I encounter a pig, an antelope or other medium game, I make do with a more than powerful rifle than needed.

If I am hunting deer or feral medium game, it does really matter if I have a 6.5mm or 8mm barrel in place. Make do with what one has.

I also have a Valmet/Tikka set of barrels, Under and over 12 gauge, under and over 9.3x74R double rifle, 12 gauge over 7x65R, and 12 gauge over .223. I will choose the barrel for the purpose, the U/O shotgun for shotgunning, clays, ducks, rabbits whatever. The U/O 9.3mm DR for buffalo, deer or pigs. The combination barrels I still have not used. Finds for scopes or electronic sights have not been available. Hopefully soon. I would use the combination barrels where a shotgun shot or a rifle hot might be needed, rabbits and foxes for the 12g/.223, or eg rabbits an dpigs for the 12 g/7mm. Adds versatility.

For the Mauser M03 or the Valmet/Tikka I have not experienced any problems with needing to sight in every time a barrel is changed. I do like to check though. For the Mauser M03 in .222 I do like to check as I require spot on precision for that rifle. 30mm off is not acceptable. Does not matter much with a .404 or 8mm.



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One of the lads on a small bore forum, has 3 stocked Savage actions.

He has 27 different barrels and chamberings that fit on those actions.
The bolts/actions are:

.222 ctg. bolt face, standard .470" bolt face, and magnum bolt face of .532".

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Others have flat-faced Mauser action rings and have incorporated Savage-type locking nut for table-top barrel changes.

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I've had 2 barrels for a CZ527 action for many years, chamberings: .17 Ack. Hornet on a CZ bl. that started out as a .17 Rem. and a tight neck .17 Rem. on a Pac-Nor barrel that started out as a .17AckHornet.

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What system was used for this?

Thanks for the post.

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T/C Encore

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For a dedicated precision system I love the Desert Technology SRS. I’ve had an A1 for several years now and have barrels/bolts in 243, 308, 6.5SAUM, 264WM and 338LM. It’s a very accurate and rugged system, zero repeatability is within 0.1mil when changing barrels. You just log the zero for each barrel and use offsets in your ballistics calculator, no need to reset the zero on the scope. With the Short Action Customs 5.56 conversions it gets even more useful, still need to pick one up. With the new A2 it becomes a legitimate hunting rifle due to the weight loss. Pair an A2 chassis with a Proof Research barrel and you would have a very accurate, compact rifle with a reasonable weight. Barrels are also a plus, many places can spin one up so you are not stuck with a proprietary system like a Blaser.

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Not as easy are some of the PRS action like the Big Horns. The tolerances are tight enough you can buy profit barrels for them so no fitting is required. You do need action and barrel wrenches/vises though. There are also the Savage style nuts, like the Bug Nut, Hat let you run a standard profile barrel. With swappable bolt heads your range of calibers is dictated by action length and bolt diameter.

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One of the high end hunting rifle systems I’ve always ogled was the Dakota Arms Traveler. One of these in 338LM and 416R would be a great combination.

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I thought Dakota stopped making them? Will have a look. I did like the idea of a Dakota years ago, a Mauser 98 sort of rifle, switch barrel factory available. I went for my Mauser M03 as the second hand price was right at the time.

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The Thompson Center Contender, Encore, and TCR-83/87 rifles are all switch barrel systems.

The Encore is the most versatile, like the Contender it easily goes from pistol to rifle and just any hunting caliber can be accommodated. At the shop we use an Encore as a test rig as custom chambered barrels are very easy to configure and set up with pressure transducers.

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We have clients who use Stolle Panda and other high end bench rest actions where they have numerous barrels and bolts for an/each action - and they are very very accurate.

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There are aftermarket bolts and bolt heads from Pacific Tool and Gague that help enable the transition of a factory bolt rifle to switch barrel application. The Savage barrel system has been applied to Winchester and Remington actions by many barrel makers (Remage barrel...) make quick work of getting a fellow on track for having a multi-caliber setup.
So many options!

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Very interesting the last paragraph. I have zero knowledge on the Savage barrel system, so much look into it.

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The Desert Tech might be an issue in Australia. I recall there being a concern of them being added to the list of banned guns but don’t know if it ever happened.

Edit: Found the link to the issue with Desert Tech in Australia, seems NSW specific and not really sure on final status.

http://forum.snipershide.com/threads/australian-nsw-members-read-me.6568533/

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NSW does have appearance laws. I don't believe SA does. Some guys here do use after market modification stocks and kits for various rifles. As for the Desert Tech would have to check.

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