Obviously with the cap or a brake on it there is no need for a nice recess.

Someone that has one of these can weigh in if that is normal appearance.

Its not neat but its also normally covered up.

I saw some experiment that beat the daylight out of the muzzle and shot ok to pretty good. This looks ok but not public presentation intended.

I think where it can go bad is if the barrel itself is worn on the end and the bullet gets odd existing.

I don't see excessive copper, there will be some and savage has a pretty rough buttoning operation.

Just buying parts is not going to solve this. Worst rings will still shoot 1 inch if the setup can do that.

You may have a bad barrel, if the bases and all the scope screws, action screws and stock clearance is ok time to contact Savage.