What you have is a first generation Savage to adapt a long action to shoot short action cartridges. This was prior to thier making true short acions. Stocks are a problem because the action bolt spacing was different due to a shorter magazine and a stock made to have a long magazine being all they make. You cannot add a long magazine as there is no notch in the action to take it. No stock maker makes a stock for a long action with a short magazine and the odd mounting bolt spacing that goes with it. I know, I had the same problem when I bought a 110 I thought was a real long action but turned out to be one of those modified for short cartridges. I was going to make it a 7x57 mauser. I ended up making it a .308 and sold it. Call Boyds and see if they can help you out. You may have to get a long action stock, fill in the empty place in the magazine well to support the short magazine and redrill the action mounting screw holes. You probably wont have to redrill the rearmost hole. Glue in dowels in the holes and redrill. Color with Minwax stain. You have a blind magazine stagger feed.
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