PT&G Replacement Bolt Heads for Savage Bolts
If you own a Savage rifle, here’s a product you should consider. Pacific Tool & Gauge now offers precision-machined replacement bolt heads for Savages. This product, available in a variety of bolt face sizes for $49.50 per unit, can benefit nearly everyone who shoots Savage bolt guns.
German Salazar’s excellent Rifleman’s Journal website features an in-depth review of the PT&G Replacement Bolt Head for Savage Bolts. Written by Norm Darnell, this detailed review explains the benefits of the PT&G replacements, compared to the standard Savage bolt heads. After polishing, the factory bolt head can become slightly dished. According to Darnell: “The area around the firing pin hole sometimes has an indentation deep enough to allow the primer to flow into this void. This makes an unsightly blemish on a fired primer and can lead to hard extraction or worse. One [Savage] rifle I inspected had a continuing problem with pierced primers despite reasonably mild loads[.]” Even after machining the factory bolt face to make it flat, Darnell encountered problems: “The firing pin hole seemed to wear excessively which was of some concern. Material strength of the … bolt head* appears to be the source of these recurring problems.”
After testing out PT&G replacement bolt heads, Darnell found that his problems were solved. With the PT&G replacement bolt head, “the cartridge case heads and primers indicated no case-head rounding or primer damage”. Darnell was convinced, so he proceeded to fit PT&B bolt heads “on all three of my 308 bolts and one 223 with one spare bolt of each.” It appears that PT&G has a winner here — a smart, very affordable product that remedies a commonly-observed problem with factory Savage bolt heads.
* In the article, author Darnell writes that Savage factory bolt heads are investment cast. Fred Moreo of Sharp Shooter Supply says this is not correct: “Savage bolt heads were NEVER investment cast. From the get-go they were machined from solid stock. In 1988 they went to special profiled 41L40 bar stock to save machining operations and heat treated to 35-42 RC.”
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Tags: Bolt Head, Pacific Tool, PT&G, Savage
I’m interested in ordering one of ur savage replacment bolt heads, how can I order one?
You can order from Pacific Tool and Gauge website.
You may need to modify bolt head clearance and headspace after installation.
I recently purchased a 7.62 X 39 barrel in 308. I need a bolt head for my Striker Savage 416 and I want to get it from you. I keep reading about machine work and head space considerations yet I set the head space with every barrel swap.
Can you forward info I might need to purchase the correct bolt head?
Thank you.
John
I’m looking for Savage bolt head for a model 16 in 35 Remington and /or a Remington model seven bolt with a 35 Remington bolt face…
Price and availability if you can please.
Thank you,
Jerry
looking for a 3 lug .440 savage head to fit a model savage 25 walking varminter
converting it to a 357 max…need replacement head of .440 thx