RustyShackle
10-30-2016, 08:43 PM
Rusty The only time I have seen anything similar is when a junior Savagesmith try's to remove the barrel by holding the action through the loading and ejection ports. That would cause a twist as well. Fred and a couple of others have posted on this. I am sure one gets by the inspectors every now and then
Seems to me the stock would pull much of this out when tightening. There would probably be a "spring" feeling as you tighten the action. One end would be more prominent. This would be the litmus a test to confirm the issue being described. If you look at a lot of savage actions you often see where the actions where run through something like a centerless grinder/polisher/sander to clean up the OD. The marks I have seen remind me of the part dwelling for whatever reason and the abrasive gouging spots in the OD.
Yes, it was a bizarre find. The odd part is that the straight edge was perfect along the bottom of the receiver so somebody got a little overly ambitious or something when machining. Savage replaced the rifle and was more than fair about the whole thing. It did take them a considerable amount of time to get it replaced, but I’m sure they are made in batches and I was just in between runs.
Berserker, glad to hear things were figured out!
Seems to me the stock would pull much of this out when tightening. There would probably be a "spring" feeling as you tighten the action. One end would be more prominent. This would be the litmus a test to confirm the issue being described. If you look at a lot of savage actions you often see where the actions where run through something like a centerless grinder/polisher/sander to clean up the OD. The marks I have seen remind me of the part dwelling for whatever reason and the abrasive gouging spots in the OD.
Yes, it was a bizarre find. The odd part is that the straight edge was perfect along the bottom of the receiver so somebody got a little overly ambitious or something when machining. Savage replaced the rifle and was more than fair about the whole thing. It did take them a considerable amount of time to get it replaced, but I’m sure they are made in batches and I was just in between runs.
Berserker, glad to hear things were figured out!