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Offline rugerman

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Savage 110 failure to fire
« on: November 27, 2005, 03:56:28 AM »
My son has a Savage 110 270 left hand rifle that has been a gem for several years but  Thursday he had a FTF not once but 3 times. I looked at the fired case and it had a dempled primer, which I see as a weak firing pin spring or crud in the bolt. The rifle does sit for long periods of time and sometimes with the spring under tension could this be a part of the problem? I looked on savage's web site and they give no instructions on bolt disassembly anyone know a site with instructions and diagram? Any help greatly appreciated. By the way he did get the deer but said the clicks played hell with his trigger squeeze. Thanks rugerman
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« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2005, 08:49:03 PM »
It's likely dirt as I've never had a modern made mainspring go bad.. I'll include a link to a diagram. The process is fairly simple.

http://stevespages.com/ipb-savage-110.html

Be certain to decock the striker before starting disassembly..
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« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2005, 06:42:54 PM »
Here's a good article.......it's a Savage 10, (short action) but I'm pretty sure the bolts are built on the same design......

http://www.savageshooters.net/Articles/FiringPin.html
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Savage 110 failure to fire
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2005, 07:39:40 PM »
Sometimes people oil too much and if the weather is cold enough....it will slow the firing pin enough to cause a failure to fire.......or hard primers...or too much head space.......or...........
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« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2005, 04:10:13 PM »
Thanks for the replies. I think I have figured it out, When I asked him if the bolt handle was turned all the way down he wasn't sure so I pulled the bullets from the 2 rounds that didn't fire dumped the powder and tried them in his gun, both fired. Now I just have to get some time to try some more ammo and see if I can get a failure to fire with the bolt all the way down. Until then he'll be using my 7mm mag #1. Thanks again. rugerman
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« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2005, 09:45:15 AM »
Had a similar problem in a Savage 10GLX left handed .308, turned out to be a head-space issue.  Had the smith correct it and never a concern since.
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