Well, I can't speak to the Ruger, but Savage barrels are very easy to swap... maybe a little nerve-wracking the first go around, but once you do it & see what it's about, it's no problem. IMO, for probably right around what a smith would charge, you can have the tools yourself & do it as many times as you want from there on out... provided you don't need new go/no-go gauges for a different caliber.
I say go for it... it's very satisfying to totally tear apart a rifle & be able to put it back together the way you want, and then stand back and say "I built that!"
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