Originally Posted by
foxx
Exactly.
As long as you stay with short action cartridges s.a. .223, .243, 308, 22-250, 260, 7mm-08, 6BR, etc., you can make it anything you want with very little modification (normally, just the bolt head, which is no big deal and not necessary if choose .260, .243, 308, 22-250, 7mm-08 or any other with a .473 bolt head like these. If you go .223 or .204 you will need to change bolt heads, but that's only about $30 more and magazine which is about $30 more.
All Savages are easily modified. Hog Hunters are especially popular choice for new donor rifles.