So I have an Axis on it's way and am anxious to get started playing with it. The gun is chambered in 7mm-08. I understand about the ability to swap barrels on Savage rifles. Looks to be within my capabilities. The only question I have is:

If you take a factory standard contour barrel and want to swap with a Factory Magnum contour barrel how much material will need to be removed from the barrel channel on the stock and/or will it be necessary to have two stocks? One for the standard factory and one for the factory magnum? The muzzle dimension appears to be 0.11 inches larger for the magnum. So is that just less taper or is the barrel also larger back where the taper from the barrel shank ends? I have looked at E. R. Shaw's website and it does not give those "in between" measurements.

Any help would be appreciated and will help pass the time 'til Walmart gets my rifle in.