I have never owned a Savage Center Fire rifle before but intend to buy one soon. I want a 30-06, a 25-06, and possibly a 257 Roberts later.

I like 26 inch barrels so it looks like the only economical way to do it on these calibers would be to switch barrels because I did not find any 26 inch barrels on the Savage site except in the heavy barreled rifles.

Barrel switching seems like a good thing but I may have been looking at more tools than are actually necessary to swap barrels. When I priced the tools that might be needed to do it, it seems like it might be better to just buy the rifles and have the barrels replaced by a gunsmith.

What tools would I really need to change barrels on a Savage?

Thanks