Am pretty much convinced the problem is in the mag; check if your rounds snags in the chamber at the top end / where the scope rail is when closing the bolt; on mine the mag spring / follower is putting too much upward pressure on the rounds.
When moving the bolt forward and a round clears the mag, the cartridge jumps up from the back when it clears the mag lips, making the round go into the chamber crooked. Nose down, case head upwards. The forward moving bolt is then locking the misalligned round halfway in the chamber and makes it freeze up / jam. Take the tension of the bolt, the round alligns, and you can chamber it.
Haven't solved it 100 % but am on the right track by disassembling the mag and lowering the follower spring tension (bending the spring lightly)
Went from 3 jams in 9 rounds to maybe 1. Savage is sending a new mag so i can experiment a bit with the old one. The problem of only being able to load 9 rounds still exists..
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