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<blockquote data-quote="yobuck" data-source="post: 1494356" data-attributes="member: 12443"><p>I can only relate to the issues I had using the gun I started with. Being a lefty I have quite a few Savages, and frankly ive been very satisfied with the way they perform. This was my first attempt at building a gun from a standard Savage action. I did use a gunsmith for the build who obviously was the wrong choice for a Savage, and a different gunsmith finally fixed the feeding issue.</p><p>That said, I have a 700 rem that ive converted from 270 to 300 Wby by just enlarging the bolt face, and other than holding less ammo than with the original cartridge, the magazine works flawlessly with zero changes to it. So just more food for thought, but using a 700 action with the remage barrel change system might be something to consider also. </p><p>Tell you another problem I had with the Savage ive never had with Rem actions. The ejector with hot loads didn't hold up and needed to be replaced.</p><p>If you cant use hot loads in a 6.5 WSM, why even have the thing? There are lots of other good 6.5 choices.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yobuck, post: 1494356, member: 12443"] I can only relate to the issues I had using the gun I started with. Being a lefty I have quite a few Savages, and frankly ive been very satisfied with the way they perform. This was my first attempt at building a gun from a standard Savage action. I did use a gunsmith for the build who obviously was the wrong choice for a Savage, and a different gunsmith finally fixed the feeding issue. That said, I have a 700 rem that ive converted from 270 to 300 Wby by just enlarging the bolt face, and other than holding less ammo than with the original cartridge, the magazine works flawlessly with zero changes to it. So just more food for thought, but using a 700 action with the remage barrel change system might be something to consider also. Tell you another problem I had with the Savage ive never had with Rem actions. The ejector with hot loads didn't hold up and needed to be replaced. If you cant use hot loads in a 6.5 WSM, why even have the thing? There are lots of other good 6.5 choices. [/QUOTE]
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