Older 110 question

[dwa]

I have a savage 110 long action staggerfeed 243. I'm wanting to change it to a 6.5x 284. My question is Do I need to get a new follower and mag box?

[Robinhood]

It depends on how old your 110 is if it is worth it. Stagger fed or center fed is one question to get us started. To get the most out of a 6.5-284 you would need have a long action feed port and magazine or you could single load. Yours might be set up for a short action mag. Confusing until you think about it. savage used one action length for a while and it was a long action. If I remember correctly they cut t he feed port short for a short action cartridge and long for the long action cartridges. Got any pictures of the action and magazine out of the stock. Looking at the bottom would be best.

[Robinhood]

If you load for hunting the same magazine might work. If there are feed problems you could tweak the feed lips.

[dwa]

Ok thanks that what I thought its setup for a short action