Savage support?...

[Clintstone]

I got aSavage 10 BA Stealth in 308 a while back and I finally got a chance to start shooting it. Started with hornady 165 SST which shot really well...when I tried 168gr SMK Federal Gold Cup Match and it will not fit in the gun... upon trying to close the bolt the bullet jammed in the lands and got stuck... I was able to bump the round out ... what a mess... the 175 also would not fit... after comparing the stealth to my other Savage the max OAL is 2.16 on the Stealth with the 175gr SMK... and my FCP-k has a max AOL 2.219... that is .059 shorter... has anyone seen this before? I spoke with Savage support and the turn around is about 3 weeks... I gave them the info and I could not get them to tell me if this was covered or not... I reload but not sure how I feel about a factory gun that does not allow you to shoot factory ammo.
I tried to talk to support about getting another barrel and it seemed they had no interest in talking with me about that... Has anyone had a similar issue?

Does this seem like an issue to you?

 

[Clintstone]

I think the freebore is just off on this rifle...

 

[Twitch2120]

You know how companies tell you to try good quality factory ammo if a gun is malfunctioning? You can't. It's should be fixed for free

 

[Moondog1]

sub'd. Let us know how Savage takes care of this!

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

Yeah, Savage should fix this. Any .308 bolt rifle that won't work with Federal Gold Medal 168 gr. match ammo is a "defective" rifle.

I got a lemon from savage in December of last year --a Savage 64F (.22LR semi-auto, 10-shot clip magazine).

I sent it back, and earlier this month Savage replaced it with a brand-new gun of the same model.
The new one works great.

 

[Burdy]

Try this email, just don't say I gave it to you, lol:
esullivan@savagearms.com
Effie is her first name.

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[Clintstone]

I spoke to support and just did not get the warm fuzzies ... I have a gun smith that can fix the problem for $100... I am not sure I want Savage to have my rifle for months... I thought about buying a 24" barrel anyway... for now I am gonna reload for the rifle until I have time to follow up with Savage... I have several friends in their distribution group who I have reached out to.

 

[cmshoot]

I spoke to support and just did not get the warm fuzzies ... I have a gun smith that can fix the problem for $100... I am not sure I want Savage to have my rifle for months... I thought about buying a 24" barrel anyway... for now I am gonna reload for the rifle until I have time to follow up with Savage... I have several friends in their distribution group who I have reached out to.

Months? Thought you said 3 weeks.

I've seen numerous problems with Savage rifles over the years, always seems to be an issue with a bad barrel or headspace. Send it back and have Savage fix it.

 

[Clintstone]

I ended having the gun smith use a reamer to lengthen the freebore between .050 - .070 ... this is optimal for what I want to load... before changing the freebore the powder started crunching around 42.2 gr... now I can go all the way to 45gr without any powder crunching... in fact it just starts to compress... I start testing loads today and pretty happy with results. I found the center of a node around 44.4gr of Varget but I was able to go up to 45gr with no issues of pressure or crunching when seating the bullet. Very happy with the rifle.

 

[Clintstone]

Months? Thought you said 3 weeks.

I've seen numerous problems with Savage rifles over the years, always seems to be an issue with a bad barrel or headspace. Send it back and have Savage fix it.

After talking with Savage the turn around was going to be 6 weeks...

The main reason I wanted to use my gun smith was because after struggling to find a load I knew what I wanted and Savage really did not want to talk about that... so I wanted to get back to enjoying my new rifle... great rifle I am probably to picky... I can now use factory ammo although I load my own most of the time.