The chamber should probably be checked for roughness, or a burr. But, this may not be the problem.
Since this is a new rifle, I suggest that you call Savage customer service and describe the problem to them.
Back in the late '50's I had a new Rem. 721, .270 that behaved the same way. Having heard that some 721/722's had extractor problems (the extractor was redesigned for the 700's) I called Remington customer service and they had me return the rifle. When returned to me, the rifle was fine, but even though I tried to follow up with CS, they would not tell me what the actual problem was.
Last edited by keyshunter; 09-06-2011 at 02:41 AM.