Quote Originally Posted by ellobo
I read every post and looked at every picture taken of that action and as far as I can see it is a screw-up in manufacture and has nothing to do with heat treat warping, twisting or any other heat treating problem. Savage as much as admitted that some rifles wre ground that way for cosmetic reasons. Evidently the problem got resolved because the posts quit. I wonder how many good scopes got tuined due to this and the average rifle buyer did not have a clue as to what was happening.

El Lobo

I don't see where the posts "quit". The thread was still very active just a couple of days ago, and only started on Dec 8th, 2010. Several other people came forward during that time to report their rifles were the same as the OP's, but then the moderator mysteriously closed the thread "by request". WTH does that mean? If the problem was solved then the OP should have stated such.