So I will ask you all another question. What makes all the website experts here any more qualified or knowledgeable than those on any other web forum? Why should those at the Savage Forum be disqualified to speak on a question pertaining to a Savage rifle?
My personal take; it really is a judgement call. Look at previous threads, responses given, and take all of it into account. I was recently at odds with a young man here who in 18 months has racked up nearly 10k responses and most of them 1911 centric. I may not be an expert at any of them but his continued reply of Dremel Dremel Dremel, you can’t screw nothin up is always a trigger in my mind, particularly when he dismisses my citation of things what can be buggered up.
If I were you I would be rather focused on what
@South Prairie Jim is suggesting. (I’d also stake my reputation that he knew there was no meaningful difference between long and short action in the above instance, he was being cheeky).
There are some other suggestions worth noting but internet interpretation of “my car makes this noise” is not so straightforward aw we would hope. Still, an educated guess trends better than a WAG from someone who may simply mean well, and fingers crossed all of it with good intentions.
My reply was the rather generic type, knee jerk if you will, as a general response to Savage FP hole size. Barring that I look at brass, concentrating effort on die set up. I tend to bump the shoulder just a tad rather than necking only and while I have much rifle brass, I prefer to work a small batch till it’s spent.