That was more detail than I could have possibly hoped for. That is great news....if I go forward with changing the rifle to F-Class, then the magazine issues are moot.

You said a "light varmint barrel" Although the Savage site says both Tacticals are heavy barrel, when you read the specs it says the FDE is heavy, and the Gray is medium-heavy with fluting. The 110 Varmint just says "varmint" barrel, not referring to it as heavy or whatever. Is there a reference to the various Savage contours? I spent a fair amount of time researching for them and found nothing. I also was unable to find a Savage store where I might have thought the barrels would have been for sale and those details would have been delineated.

Thanks VERY much for all the thorough info on the topic!