Hey Bert, have a look here, please

[MarkCO]

Okay, I went and did some looking in the super secret squirrel chat room and found some posts about Savage 22 bores opening up when they are either 1. recontoured, or 2, threaded. Seems that the accuracy nuts found this out. The solution is to back-bore 1/2" or so. The bullet makes no contact that last little bit, and it tightens the groups back up.

Not positive, but being it is a Savage .22 and this appears to be a common practice among the specialists that shoot these guys from 100 to 300 yards, it seems reasonable.

So is it for sale?