Good old SAVAGE..

**markm** · 08-07-12, 10:51

http://forum.accurateshooter.com/ind...opic=3792539.0

I have to conclude that the action was not threaded true at the factory. Then the barreled action was bent "straight" before shipping. I will keep everyone posted as to how Savage handles this situation. I think the F-class rifles are a great value and don't mean to rip on Savage. If they did let a crooked action leave the plant, disguising it by bending the action/barrel assembly I will be greatly disappointed.

**orkan** · 08-07-12, 12:23

**AR15barrels** · 08-09-12, 15:05

I remember seeing a video somewhere years ago where they toured the savage factory.
In that video, they showed the skilled operator who puts the barrel in a big hand operated press and bends the barrel to straight while looking down the barrel and rotating it in the press.

Does anyone else remember that video?
I think it was by one of the big mainstream gun magazines.

**AR15barrels** · 08-09-12, 15:14

Found one, but not the one I was thinking of...

http://www.gunsandammo.com/video/sav...assembly-tour/

At 2:20 we see them chambering in a drill press.

**xrayoneone** · 08-09-12, 23:32

Originally Posted by AR15barrels

I remember seeing a video somewhere years ago where they toured the savage factory.
In that video, they showed the skilled operator who puts the barrel in a big hand operated press and bends the barrel to straight while looking down the barrel and rotating it in the press.

Does anyone else remember that video?
I think it was by one of the big mainstream gun magazines.

Are you talking about this;

"Obviously, a gun cannot shoot straight if the barrel is not straight. The technique for straightening a barrel has changed little over the years. The tested looks through the barrel at a scribed line seeing what was described in the 1850’s as “very resplendent congeries of concentric rings, forming a spectacle of very dazzling brilliancy.” - Springfield Armory Historic Site

**AR15barrels** · 08-10-12, 01:46

Originally Posted by xrayoneone

Are you talking about this;

"Obviously, a gun cannot shoot straight if the barrel is not straight. The technique for straightening a barrel has changed little over the years. The tested looks through the barrel at a scribed line seeing what was described in the 1850’s as “very resplendent congeries of concentric rings, forming a spectacle of very dazzling brilliancy.” - Springfield Armory Historic Site

Yep.
It was one of those straighteners.
There is actually a portion of a second of a shot of the guys eyeball looking through the barrel as he bent it in one of the videos I ran into today, but I could not find the long form video where you actually watch the guy make repeated bends on the same barrel to get it straight...

**markm** · 08-10-12, 09:26

FN has this barrel straightening thing for their M16 line. I nearly lost my lunch when I first saw it. If a barrel doesn't pass straightness guage, the give it a BOING BOING on this medieval corntraption to straighten it out.