In many cases with a wrong size screw driver one can get the driver head between the wood and the bolt head and actually think that he is unscrewing the bolt when in fact he is not..and it does make one believe the bolt is bent...
I made myself a hole size screw driver out of round bar stock, with a fitted blade for the savage screw and it has a simple T handle..It has all the leverage in the world and its impossible to miss the bolt head with it. If a bolt head is rusted then it will break that joint 98% of the time without damage to the rifle.
Once you get the bolt out of the threads, then gently rock the stock, hit it in the butt lightly with a rubber head hammer (with the butt plate on) then rock it out and back at the same time..A 99 stock is damn easy to break at this point as the side walls of the stock are very thin and as it comes back it is no longer supported by the action frame.
Sounds like a very handy tool. Can't be too safe with those stock bolts.
