I took the action out of the stock to make sure the mating surfaces were good and then re-torqued the screws to 30 in/lbs. I cleaned the rifle and shot 5 rounds at 100 yards. Everything ejected with no problem and the 5 shots went into 7/8".


I gave the scope 7 clicks left and shot 5 more shots. I got another 7/8" group but with 4 shots in one ragged hole. No problem with extraction and I think it has real accuracy potential. Savage did a good job repairing it.