Gordo, on my 10ML & 10ML's in stainless, the very first thing I did was to lap the bore. I used J&B bore compound and tight (tighter the better) fitting patches, and replace the patches every 25 passes or so. It takes about 200 passes to smooth out the bore. Stainless steel, during the button cut rifling process, which Savage uses, can leave very fine raised razor blade edges on the lands of the rifling. Lapping will help smoothe the bore and remove the razor edges. You could very well have razoe edges on your lands, causing the tight spot feel.