Re: Savage bolt question
if you want bottom metal, try CDI, Jeff will inlet the stock for $60, and sell you the bottom metal. i think you can even send the whole thing to him for install too. its well worth it when you get to that point.
one thing about the lift kit. you have to trim as much off the bolt assembly screw (BAS) as the case and ball bearing sticks out. it needs to be cut square. thats my only reservation in that process. try the polishing first. 600 grit wet/dry will work. just that alone made mine feel smoother. remember that what you are feeling is the cocking of the firing pin. thats always gonna be there. the lift reduces the contact area from two flat surfaces pivoting on eachother to just the tip of the bearing rotating on a flat surface. at least thats my understanding of how it works. i also had one guy say he drilled the primer pocket out and threaded the hole with the appropriate sized tap. he then used an allen/hex set screw with a rounded end and loctited it in place so the rounded end was set at a minimal protrusion, but enough to be the pivot point against the BAS. now all of this should be pretty close to how it works, i havent gotten that far yet and taken it all apart, but as it was explained, thats how everything should work.