What do you mean dry fires with no round in the chamber? Do you mean it was misfiring? Can you explain what was actually happening? Then we can can likely guide you to what the issue & fix is.

And welcome to the forum. BTW: feel free to post in the Introductions section & tell us a little about yourself. Where you are from, your shooting career, love, hate or indifference to Savage firearms; whatever you feel like saying.