I don't have a Savage to compare this to, but I do have a Tikka and had a R700. When I draw the bolt back to the rear most position I noticed I have a bunch of slop between the bolt and the action (I can wiggle the bolt fom side to side quite a bit). But the Tikka and R700 bolt/action seem to be pretty well fit. Has anyone else noticed this "slop"? I've noticed when I work the bolt hard that sometimes I'll get binding if I get the bolt out of alignment b/c of the "wiggle".