Welcome to the site ;D,

First off, I would see about putting your question in the right area of the board. The most traffic will be in the "Savage Bolt-Action Centerfire" thread.

Here;http://savageshooters.com/SavageForu...board,7.0.html

Lots of good guys that might be able to help.

You might want to see if you can work with that muzzle brake. I'm assuming that it is the factory one?

Look here; http://savageshooters.com/SavageForu...pic,509.0.html

Hope that helps.....