This smells like a case of hydrogen embrittlement It's rare but real.....
I've told my story about Savage arms several times before so won't bore you with it now.....but there's no Savage guns in my house. I think the Model 99s were great guns before they started chambering them for cartridges with pressures greater than the .300 Savage....but today I wouldn't give a dime for a truck load of savage rifles.....
Unless the piece is chrome plated, it,s not hydrogen embrittlement. GD
