New barrel for 219 savage

[augercreek]

Have any of you fitted a new barrel with a different calibre than what the 219 was chambered for? I know it would involve making new lugs for the hindge pin and forearm.Were they brazed on or how? I have one in 30-30,but would like one in 7-30 Waters or 7.62X39.

[Rusty Goose]

I have an older model 219 and have considered the same thing (re-barrel in different cal). After looking at mine closely, it seems to me to be a bigger job than I first thought. I was dreaming of a 500S&W chambering.

[bstarling]

I did a stub job in 357 mag on a 20 gauge small firing pin 220B. Works just fine and easy to do. A LOT easier than trying to make a lug assembly and weld it to a new barrel. I'm certain you could do the same thing for 30/30 or similar rounds. The 219 and 220's have the same configuration in the bottom lug and lock up.

Bill

[augercreek]

Bill,what do you mean by stub job? Cutting off say 5" of the 20 gauge breech end and then turning the new barrel to fit the bore? That does sound a lot simpler.
Jerry

[uscra112]

Yup. Make the new barrel a reasonably snug slip fit into the cutoff breech end of the shotgun barrel, silver-solder it all together, and you're good to go. There's a guy who has a thread here that does this for Contender and Encore barrels, although I think the lug in his case is a machined-from-solid part. It's also widely done in the manufacture of double-barrel shotguns, including some very high grade ones.

[Clark]

I have made the front half of converting break action single shot shotguns to rifle 3 times.

It is a horrible amount of work for a putz like me.

I have a couple old Sav 219s that are waiting for it.

I would not walk across the street for my Sav 219 d l rifle, it is not coming apart again. I agree with De Haas, the earlier the 219 Sav the better.