Neal,

I would be willing to ship the 3 factory barrels I've taken off to someone at Savage if it will help. The 3 I have all seem to have the same type of machining errors, in that it looks like chatter during the barrel boring process (I could be wrong there, as I am NOT a machinist). The 243 barrel is the worst. I would not be interested in shipping back the entire rifle, but I would ship the barrel(s).

The last thing I would want is to turn this into a "Savage bashing" subject. I really like my Savages, I just wish I didn't have to replace the barrel when I bought one.