Hi Savageshooters,
I recently bought a savage 12fv in 223 and want to convert it to 6.5 grendel.
I did my best to search previous posts and came up with the following list that I believe should work.
This is my first time working on a savage, so I apologize for ignorance that may follow. Previous post covered #1 and #2, but I couldn't really find info regarding #3 relating to 6.5 grendel.

1. Pre-fit small shank barrel in 6.5 grendel
2. PPC bolt head
3. This one I'm not sure of...My rifle has the blind mag. I'm fine with that. Could I take a savage detachable 7.62x39 mag, remove the floorplate, and swap it with the 223 mag body/spring/follower? My 12FV is center feed and AFAIK so is the savage 7.62x39 magazine. I'm new to savage's so sorry if this idea is way off.

Aside from the tools to do the barrel change and head space gauges, is there anything I'm missing?

I'm planning on upgrading the stock down the road. Haven't decided to what yet.

Thanks for any info.