Hi all,

First time posting here, looking to see if anyone in the community might have more insight on this.
I picked up a Savage 170 in .30-30 from my local gun shop the other week; for me it shoulders well and looks great, and I saw it as a decent boar-hunting rifle.
To get to the point though, the one problem is how much the pump rattles. What I've gathered from other posts made throughout the years is that yes, the pumps on these guns have always rattled a little.
However it's not just the forearm rattling against the magazine tube side-to-side, there's also a full 2-3mm of linear travel where the pump can slide back and forth freely.

Now I get that these were budget rifles back in the 70's, but the pump is loose enough for me to wonder if this is beyond just being large tolerances.
Are all 170's like this or am I looking at a legitimate issue like a worn-out slide lock?