thomis
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I have a Savage Mark II FVSS. I believe that's what model it is, it has synthetic stock and bull/varmint stainless bbl. I bought it new in 2010. I probably have maybe 1200 rounds through it and I'm experiencing problems.
First, it is not feeding correctly. When you go to push forward on the bolt to load a round, it feels stiff and you have to force the round into the chamber the rest of the way. It fires fine but when you go to extract it, the extractors don't catch the rim of the empty shell. I took apart the bolt and cleaned the extractors really well. They were pretty gummed up with corrosion and I thought "well that's exactly what the problem was". I was 100% confident when I put the bolt back together I had fixed the problem. No. Same issues. Next thing I did was take a brush and rod and pull it through a few times. This fixed the problem and I thought I was in the clear, but five shots later, I have the same problem. I have examined the bolt, chamber and everything else I can see to the best of my ability and just cannot see what the problem is. I figured I would post here, maybe it is a common problem, something easy to fix that I just don't know about? My only other option would be to send it to Savage.
Another issue I have noticed is that the stock has warped over the years and up at the end of the fore end it touches the barrel on the right side and there is a big gap on the left. I wondered how much this would affect accuracy but haven't really noticed an accuracy issue.
First, it is not feeding correctly. When you go to push forward on the bolt to load a round, it feels stiff and you have to force the round into the chamber the rest of the way. It fires fine but when you go to extract it, the extractors don't catch the rim of the empty shell. I took apart the bolt and cleaned the extractors really well. They were pretty gummed up with corrosion and I thought "well that's exactly what the problem was". I was 100% confident when I put the bolt back together I had fixed the problem. No. Same issues. Next thing I did was take a brush and rod and pull it through a few times. This fixed the problem and I thought I was in the clear, but five shots later, I have the same problem. I have examined the bolt, chamber and everything else I can see to the best of my ability and just cannot see what the problem is. I figured I would post here, maybe it is a common problem, something easy to fix that I just don't know about? My only other option would be to send it to Savage.
Another issue I have noticed is that the stock has warped over the years and up at the end of the fore end it touches the barrel on the right side and there is a big gap on the left. I wondered how much this would affect accuracy but haven't really noticed an accuracy issue.