My MkII had extraction issues at first. Once you get the oil worked out of the chamber and action those problems should go away. You may still have a feed issue once in a while because there is no real feed ramp in the MkII's which is their major failing IMO.
Still I have no problems with mine now except that certain ammo just doesn't seem to feed well. It's like the mags don't hold that ammo correctly and it doesn't line up with the chamber.
The one thing you can't ignore though is that a Savage MkII (especially with the heavy barrels) will shoot groups that are phenomenal. I've shot measured 5 shot groups at 50 yards that were .111". I actually shot a better 4 shot group but I ran out of ammo before I could shoot the 5th shot so I didn't even measure the group. I'm sure that hole would have measured way below .1". It looked like one bullet hole. Sometimes these rifles just shoot incredibly accurate.
I wouldn't get a 10/20 though for any reason. A Marlin will exceed it in ever aspect. It's really not even close. I've shot many of each and I've never seen a Ruger shoot better than a Marlin.
One thing you might consider is a single shot adapter for your Savage. There is a guy on the Rimfire Central board that makes and sells them for like $30. I know it makes your gun a single shot but it likely won't have any feed issues. But I would just run a few bricks through your gun to work out the bugs and then see what it does. Lots of rifles need a break in period.
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