No personal experience but I've read numerous accounts of short throats in Savage barrels. Measure the "Headspace" on a fired case and if within a reasonable range of published headspace numbers then you may need to get the throat opened up some.
If a new rifle, contact Savage. If older (or you don't want to wait, have a gunsmith make sure the barrel is correctly headspaced and then have him open up the throat. Load up your favorite bullet combination at the length you want to shoot so he can use your cartridge for reference as he goes to work with his throating reamer.
Before doing anything see if some factory 55 gr Hornady cartridges will chamber OK. If so revisit your handloads to see if they are the problem.
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