I unknowingly bought a .223 Savage centerfeed. I barreled it up with a 17 Remington Shilen barrel. It shoots better than I dreamed. I then bought one of the Cabela’s rifles, which is also a centerfeed. I have come
to dislike the centerfeed. One of the above has a detachable magazine,the 17 Remington. It refuses to feed and I in turn made it a single shot with a modified follower. The other rifle has a blind magazine that I also used a single shot follower, 17 Fireball.

I have a couple other Savages that are stagger feed and causes me zero issues. Want to feed single
shot, throw a round in and it eats it.

With all all their models and numbers, is there a way to know if it is a stagger feed or straight feed? A lot of the rifles on GB do not mention one way or the other. It’s just a pain to ask about every one I may be interested in. I am
guessin the round rear receiver will be a centerfeed?
thanks
jeff