Guys, I'm having fits trying to get this 10SBA to work for me. I just bought it about three weeks ago.

It's grouping well, but I keep having issues with the bolt dragging on the magazine.

I've taken the rifle apart and understand how the centerfeed goes together. I believe the issue is that little silver-colored bracket that holds the magazine in place at the rear. Should this bracket be a 90° bend or more open? Mine is more like 110° or 120°. I think when I torque the action down, it's pushing on that bracket and pushing the magazine upwards into the bolt.

However, it seems that if I bend it closer to 90°, the magazine feels loose and still rides along the bottom of the bolt.

Overall, the whole action feels nasty and the magazine lips are getting sharp edges from the bolt grinding on it. So now it's even chewing up my casings and leaving brass shavings all in the stock and action.

Savage said I would have to pay to send it back to them, so I'm hoping I can fix it myself.