Yeah, Craig, I will consider that, too. But I might like my new single barrel to be octagon, and that is easier with the method mentioned earlier.
I've used a Green Mountain octagon .25-20 blank on a takedown Martini and was very pleased with the appearance and balance achieved; just right for a light stalking rifle. A Savage 219 is even easier to take down than a Martini and a shotgun barrel that fits equally easily is a plus.
As an aside, I never understood why the old guys always made their "half-round" barrels start with an octagon section that required shaping the forend groove octagon, then went to a round barrel once it cleared the wood. A lot easier to do it the other way around, I've always thought, and the differential in balance still works out OK (heavier in back toward the action and hand).
I do know how to twiddle a Savage trigger into a decent pull. Not benchrest, but decent, thanks to Frank de Haas, RIP.
Last edited by Mike A.; 04/06/17 12:07 AM.
