Tuning A Savage Action?????

[Texas10]

I had a model 10 action faced by a local gunsmith, just cause it seems like the thing to do and I was building a new gun for target shooting. Not sure I would do it again. Reason?
Looking at the front face of the action, I can see that it has been work hardened and embossed with some kind of rolling tool, and I'm not sure cutting that feature out is the best thing to do. So on my most recent build, I lapped that area smooth with 1000 grit and a flat plate just to remove the ridges around the work hardening left by the tool. Far as I could tell, the embossing was perfectly concentric and flat and what I was doing was probably un-necessary. But it gave me confidence in the action.

[sharpshooter]

I had a model 10 action faced by a local gunsmith, just cause it seems like the thing to do and I was building a new gun for target shooting. Not sure I would do it again. Reason?
Looking at the front face of the action, I can see that it has been work hardened and embossed with some kind of rolling tool, and I'm not sure cutting that feature out is the best thing to do. So on my most recent build, I lapped that area smooth with 1000 grit and a flat plate just to remove the ridges around the work hardening left by the tool. Far as I could tell, the embossing was perfectly concentric and flat and what I was doing was probably un-necessary. But it gave me confidence in the action.

I don't know how you came to that conclusion, but you're seeing things that are not there. Nothing on the receiver is "rolled" or "work " hardened.