I don't know about a savage per say however I do know for a fact that the standard mauser/ charles daly/ remington 798 bolt faces work just fine on the 6.5 x 55. That being said remington brass is the same base as any of the 06 / 08 family of cartridges. I've reformed 270 & 06 to the 6.5 x 55 the body fire forms on the 1st firing and it works ok.