Quote Originally Posted by Orezona View Post
^^ I did this to my 116 WW. It cleaned up pretty good.

My Model 10 223, I took a buffer wheel on a Dremel to to the bolt body. I won't post pics or pretend to be an expert but it worked. It is possible the surface on the bolt body is nasty where the cocking pin rides. I used my imagination and buffed it.
I pulled the bolt out of the receiver to see about polishing the rails, and saw that the machining on the inside of the receiver is horrible. The scratches are deep enough that they will snag your fingernail and they have transferred to the bolt head (which also now has scratches deep enough to snag your fingernail). This rifle has never been fired, bought new at Cabela's a week ago. I am emailing savage with this photo; surely this is a defect. The inside of my other Model 12 is smooth as glass.