If I push the magazine upwards, it completely blocks forward passage of the bolt. If I twist it left or right, bolt won't move. Every rifle I have ever owned has had the magazine posiitively controlled in the axial, rotational and lateral directions. I notice that on the 22LR versions, there is a metal guide that the magazine inserts into which surely controls it better than the crap Savage provided on this rifle.

I have 2 unrelated issues: Accuracy (or lack of it) and feeding issues. I am sure that if I simply do what Savage should have done in the first place and locate the magazine properly, I can solve the feeding issues. But that is not going to help one bit with the accuracy issues.