All Savage rifles I have bought in the last few years have had long throats. Ones purchased before that had "normal" throats. My Stevens 223 and 308 have throats so long nothing smaller than 55 grains/150 grains will reach the lands, and even then they are barely in the case. So, longer bullets are required if you wish to seat close to the lands.
Which makes total sense considering they are using faster twists than are standard in some cartridges. It appears Savage has lengthened the throats so as to make the NATO spec cartridges safe to shoot in their rifles.