That feeding issue mirrors my experience with every Savage I've shot in 6.5 Creedmoor, and I've seen numerous videos on YT of people experiencing the exact same thing. I think it's just the culmination of incompatibilities and tolerance stacking (i.e. mags designed to feed .308 Win rounds with more body taper, same exact feed ramp in the action used for every other cartridge, loose sloppy tolerances in the bolt face diameter combined with the fact all brass is undersized at the base, etc).
Might be able to tweak the feed lips if using steel mags to get more reliable feeding, but you've pretty much discovered the main reason I won't own a Savage in a Creedmoor and generally don't recommend them to people who ask.
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