I wouldn't try to polish that out myself. I would have it done by a smith. Also might try resizing a piece of new brass but I'm not sure it would help.
Who was the smith ? Hate to hear that he passed.
Just wanted to show it off a little bit to the ODT since the wife wasn't as excited about it as I was.
They never are as exicted abut it as we are ! Mine could care less as long as I don't trade her carry gun or deer rifle. Looks awsome by the way.
Like others have said it cost more to build off a 700 action because of tooling ect. I would spend the extra money build off a 700 and be done with it myself but like others said Savage is cheaper and still a good action. Either way if your wanting true accuracy I would build off either frame...