Quote Originally Posted by bassnailer View Post
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.

When I bought my 12FV, they brought one from the the store room in back and I asked to see it before they started the paperwork. The bolt was rough and nasty so I asked them to bring me another one. The second one was just as bad so I ended up buying the display model which was pretty smooth. I'm a Savage fan but, their fit and finish sometimes leaves something to be desired.