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Good morning; I never received a reply from my email to Savage. I called their customer support line this AM and spoke with a rep. She stated that due to liability issues, they can not provide me with the information I requested regarding re-chambering to 22-250. She suggested that I call a local gunsmith, which I did. His response mirrored that of Goosebrown. They stated;
"You can swap bolts. A new bolt is about $100. You can also swap bolt faces for less but it's a bit of work.
There are two bolts/faces one for 222,223,222mag, 204 and 6x45. And one for 22-250, 243, all the BRs, 6 creedmore, 6.5 creedmore, 6.5x47, 260, 270, 280, 284, 7mm-08, 308, 30-06, and all the cartridges based on the 250 savage or 30-06."
The gunsmith stated that it should take between two and three hours at the most to make the changeover, depending on how much time it takes to adjust the head space.
"You can swap bolts. A new bolt is about $100. You can also swap bolt faces for less but it's a bit of work.
There are two bolts/faces one for 222,223,222mag, 204 and 6x45. And one for 22-250, 243, all the BRs, 6 creedmore, 6.5 creedmore, 6.5x47, 260, 270, 280, 284, 7mm-08, 308, 30-06, and all the cartridges based on the 250 savage or 30-06."
The gunsmith stated that it should take between two and three hours at the most to make the changeover, depending on how much time it takes to adjust the head space.