Rainbow Demon, your info on .308 pressure's not all correct. Please refer to the following starting on page 13 for CUP and PSI data for the .308 Win as well as the .300 Savage paying close attention to the pressures for all bullet weights:
http://www.saami.org/specifications_...wnload/206.pdf
And regarding the Savage owner's objectives of wanting it chambered to .308 obviously outweighs his desire to have it be a collector item.