I'd go with a 22/250AI or a 22/243 before I considered the Swift. Swifts have a tendency to feed like crap due to the rim, you have to stagger them in the magazine. They are also prone to case stretching, requiring constant trimming.
Either of those choices would require only a bolt head swap and a new barrel. As for tools, barrel wrench, action wrench, and the appropriate headspace gauges are all that is needed.
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