New member needs help

[ART338WM]

Hello fellow Savage owners. I at present own five Savage rifles. Two 116's, two MK-IIs (my boys 1st rifles) and one 10ML-II smokeless muzzleloder. I am posting because I suspect my extractor on one of my 116 Weather Warriors is broken because the rifle will not eject a cartridge. To my knowledge I don't have a gunsmith near my home who doesn't have a 6 month or more wait on repairs, and I wish to avoid shipping back my rifle to Savage, so I would like to fix this problem on my own if possible.

My questions are:
#1-How hard is it to dissasemble the bolt and more spacifically the bolt head, fix and likely replace the extractor or broken part(s) there in
#2-There are numerous videos at youtube showing a 110 bolt disassembly, is the 116's bolt as I suspect the same design as the 110 and there for will disassemble/reassemble the same way?
#3-Does anyone know if Savage will simply fix the problem if I send them only the bolt or will I have to send the entire rifle?

Thank you,
Arthur.

[bootsmcguire]

#1: Not terribly. Just be sure to do it inside of a plastic bag or else you will likely have little parts fly off into the depths of your work area.

#2: 110 and 116 are the same yes. Only difference is the SS rear baffle and bolt handle and BAS on the 116

#3: Only way to know for sure is call and ask, but most likely they will want the whole rifle.

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