Hello everyone. Did a very brief hi in the introduction section.

I'm generally a Ar15 shooter. I love quality rifles but am a function over form guy.

I needed a boltgun and went with a savage hog hunter in 308 cause it fit my needs.

I have 3 gripes/questions.

How can I get the mag to not suck so much. It looks like the centerfeed design came off a rem 8 but without the ability to use stripper clips.

Why are the sights so high?

Any way to stiffen the stock?

Can I swap the stock to something that has a trad stagger feed?

I need to mount a sling and shoot the crap outta it.
I may do a aimpoint/magnifier optic setup. I need to find a lower aimpoint mount.
Other that I actually enjoy the rifle