I've been going over the mechanic's of the Savage bolt (in my head) for quite a while now and I've come to the conclusion that the top of the cocking ramp could be milled down quite considerably. I haven't measured yet but by feel I'm guessing around .040-.050. The way you can tell how much higher the cocking ramp unnecesarally pulls back the cocking pin is when your rifle is cocked and ready to "DRY" fire, open the bolt. Now did you feel resistance toward the top of the lift? If you did, it is the cocking ramp pulling the cocking pin and firing pin back off of the sear release catch. For what reason? it just makes more effort.

I know that lowering the top of the cocking ramp would not allow the firing pin to be held back as far but my goal would be to get the cocking pin as close to the sear release catch as possible.
Am I just wasting my time