Dave, if you work the bolt really slow, it probably "pops" the round out of the mag up into the upper left entry Area of chamber at which point the round then loses contact with the boltface and then subsequently jams itself, falls back down, then you run the bolt one more time to finish chambering it right? I've had 2 Savages do this. I'm unfamiliar with your model but if it has a detach mag, buy a new mag and try again. Otherwise your gonna have to play the bend mag lips game until you get it right. For stuck rounds, a bit of flitz on a bore mop ran off a die grinder fixed my case sticking issues