OK, I feel like a real dummy here.

Up to now, my experience with bolt CF rifles has been limited to Win 70s, Mauser 98s and a Sako or two.

Just got my Savage 12 F Class. Followed the directions to put in the bolt:

Hold back trigger, press and hold down the cocking indicator and insert the bolt.

Did that and it worked fine. But when I pushed the bolt forward, I hit this round black "button" thing in the bolt (shown in photo with red plastic rod pointing to it) before I was able to push the bolt forward enough to close it.



What gives? I tried to "unscrew" the black button but no-go. I can't seem to move it. And I don't see anything in the manual about it. Do I just chop it out of there with a fire ax?

HELP!