Choate's Tactical stock is has a CNC machined aluminum bedding block molded into the stock for a solid mount.
This stock is for Stagger Feed Short Action Savage rifles with a Action Bolt spacing of 4.275" Please measure the spacing for your action bolts before ordering.
There will be an 3/16 gap under the safety on all the Choate Savage Varmint, Tactical and Sniper stocks. The action should only touch on the V of the bedding block and back of the recoil lug. The gap at the back is normal for Savage actions when installed in Choate stocks.