Savage 24 firing pin problem

[sanpitch2]

I recently purchased a Savage Model 24 V-B Series, 30-30 over 20 ga. The shotgun barrel fires every time with a strong strike and indent on the primer, but the rifle only fires about 75 % of the time and the primer indents are not very deep. I purchased and installed a new firing pin and spring with no change in the performance of the rifle barrel. When I manually check the firing pin, it seems to have plenty of travel to strike the primer of a loaded shell. It seems that in the rifle fire position, the hammer may not be traveling far enough forward, or not traveling forward with enough force. Any ideas.
Thanks for any help.
Sanpitch2

[Drilling Man]

  Just one...  http://www.savage24.com/  There are guys there that have seen the same problem many times before, and can help you.

  DM

[sanpitch2]

Thanks Drilling Man. I'll check it out.

[trotterlg]

I have the identical rifle, if you need any measurments let me know.  Larry

[sanpitch2]

Thanks for your help. I did some more detail cleaning of the hammer and mainspring mechanism. Information on the Internet seemed to be indicating that people had issues using Remington factory ammo, both shotgun and centerfire rifle, which is what I was using. I bought a box of Winchester and a box of Hornady Leverevolution for experimentation. The primers in the Remington ammo are definitely set slightly further below the rim of the case. Some also claim that the Remington primers are made of stiffer material. The Remington loads still only fired about 75% of the time while the Winchester and Hornady loads fired 100%. I was planning to use the Hornady ammo, so this was a good discovery. Thanks again, Sanpitch2