I have bought two Savage model 12s in the past 6 months. The first was a 12BGTVS in 204 and the second one, about a week ago, a 12BVSS in 22-250. Both are sweet looking rifles except the crown. On both rifles there were obvious gouges around the muzzle. The 204 was so bad I called Savage about it. They were very courteous and mailed me a UPS sticker and had the rifle back to me, recrowned, in about a week free of charge. That was a great experience making me a Savage fan. But why can't they seem to do it right the first time?

Has anyone else noticed this?