Welcome to the forums! You'd be good to go using a long action, stagger feed, if you can find one. If you have your heart set on a detachable magazine, that will narrow things down and increase cost over a stagger feed. Any of the after market barrels will be well above the quality of the factory barrel. Contact Jim at Apache Gun Works (a site sponsor), he has very good prices for barrel in either chrome moly or stainless. Also check out Shaw, CBI/Criterion and McGowan.
If you use an older stagger feed action, install a Rifle Basix trigger and set it for about three pounds. For s stock, go on line and type in " Savage rifle stocks" and browse the results that come up to see what you might like.
The actual barrel change is not difficult at all. You'll need a barrel nut wrench and a barrel or action vise and a GO head space gauge. Members here can talk you through the installation and help clear up any problems you may encounter.
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