The spacing washer under the front TG and rear DBM/HFP frame assembly would indicate your rifle was produced in the early years (2003+) of the Savage Arms transition from stagger feed actions with blind magazine stocks to center feed actions with DBM/HFP stocks. Therefore, your LA bottom metal will work with any Savage LA, CF, DBM factory or aftermarket stock with the current LA, DBM inlet. You may need to do some minor dremel work on a bottom bolt release stock to fit the top bolt release sear arm into the newer stocks that have the inlet cut for a BBR trigger guard. Boyd's Gunstock has several styles and they are relatively inexpensive. Also check Numrich Gun Parts for discontinued factory Savage stocks. If needed, I used epoxy bedding under the rear stock hole to eliminate the need for the spacing washer and to raise the front of the old-style trigger guard (thin front lip) and rear of the DBM frame assembly (surround) so that it would set flush with the bottom of the stock. You may also need to use a dowel rod and sand paper to open up a sporter stock barrel channel and free-float your new 7mm-08 varmint contour barrel. I use several coats of BC Gunstock Finish to reseal the wood. I've never had problems getting a 243, 260, 7mm-08, 308 cartridge to feed properly from a Savage LA, CF magazine.
In summary, any Savage LA, CF, DBM inlet stock with side/top bolt release inlet will all work. The current, LA, CF, DBM with BBR TG inlet stocks will also work with some minor fitting work.
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