Hmm, you know your action screws may be too tight, at least the rear one. savage action screws tend to run a hair too long for some reason. The bolt on my savage muzzleloader, which is the same action as the model 10, will not lift if the rear action screw is too tight , I bet if you back your rear action screw out a half turn, it would cycle perfect, also make sure your front one is tight also. it should be right in front of the magazine well, if you have a blind magazine (no hinged floorplate or det. mag.) or right under the floorplate hinge. I ground my rear action screw down a couple threads because I like my action screws tight. oh another thing, do you have the accutrigger on your model 10? if so, they come from the factory set at like 6lbs, but they are easily adjusted down to about 2.5 w/ the supplied tool, which im guessing you havent done since you would have to remove the action from the stock. The old triggers were pretty heavy and creepy too. but you can swap that out for a rifle basix trigger and would be a big improvement. Id be interested to hear how you make out , good luck.