Have a rifle that has me stumped.

The particulars about the gun:

Bought used from Chain Store, No shot/PM history
Savage Stevens Model 200
Factory .223 Bull barrel
Factory adjustable trigger
Factory Stock (Not the junk Axis Stock)
Vortex Crossfire II Scope (Latest install)

I have tried:

Checked the crown and could not see any damage.
Friend ran a bore scope down it, nothing popped out at him
I cleaned the barrel numerous times:
Butch’s Bore Shine: No signs of copper/carbon fouled

Have installed:
Millet Tactical 6 screw rings
Burris 1" Signature Zee Weaver-Style Rings and .020 and .010 offsets in the
rings
3 sets of base’s
3 different Scopes
Factory and reloaded rounds

Problem:

On all range trips to try and get this thing shooting good, I ended up
running out of windage and elevation on the scope(all 3) and the gun still
shot 3ft to the left, and 2ft low @ 50yrds!! Yep that's right, 36" left
and 24" down!

The best I could bring it in was 18" left and 6" low @ 50yrds (With Burris
Signature Zee Weaver-Style Rings and .020 and .010 offsets in the rings).
Each time I pulled the bolt and looked down the barrel and could see the
green dot on the cardboard and then looked up at the scope and it was just
about dead on.

Thought the action might have not been drilled and tapped correctly so I
put a 3ft straight edge down the center of the base’s and measured the best
I could down the barrel to see if it did not run true but this all checked
out.

Here are some pic's... could this be the problem

Muzzle Right


Muzzle Left


Should this be the problem, I wonder if Savage will even look at it???


What is so disturbing is that even though the thing is shooting 3ft left
and 2ft low it still has less then a 1" MOA with 5 shots!!!

Any one have any ideas???

Thanks in advance

Update:
I Changed the Barrel out to a 300aac Blackout, ran the scope back to
factory settings and it shot dead on!
Only took one round to site the scope in...

Still would like to know what the problem was...