15 years or so ago, My neighbor had a Savage Bolt gun, not sure exactly which model.. It did have an small plastic cross bolt thru the 3 o’clock to 9 o’clock position in closed position.. It had failed and caused him a deer season… 3 months later I had company from Texas with a 7 mag in the Savage lineup.. same thing happened???? Question lies here: I just picked that 1978 / medium action… It has what appears to be a steel cross bolt in it instead of black neoprene??? Or which ever substance it was made of….. When was this a change????? Extremely curious is all.. Snake