Doesnt matter if you or your gunsmith headspaces your rifle. If you do it right they should be the same.
Its really simple. Snug it up on a go gage, put on the barrel nut wrench, whack it with a heavy hammer hard about 4-5 times and then double check it with a go and no go gage, and chamber a dummy round to make sure.
I used to torque my barrel nuts, but I like the whack it method better since you can do it without a barrel vise. If you are going to torque
the barrel nut then you need a barrel vise. Manditory with something like a mauser where you need a good barrel vise and an action wrench.
Savages are not like mausers, Remingtons and winchesters. Typically with those rifles the barrel has a shoulder IE no nut and you have the barrel short chambered then once mounted you finish ream the barrel to head space it.
With a Savage you just adjust the headspace with the nut.
No never wished I had a gunsmith do it. First one I did I could not believe how easy it was.
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