Savage 1899 misfires

I have a Savage 1899 in .303 Savage, serial 11.xxx, made in 1899 or 1900 depending on which dating system you use. It is a great shooter that I have shot quit a bit; however, it hasa reliability problem. It will misfire about 20% of the time unless I use Federal GM210M primers. That’s OK at the range but I want to take it up to Washington state and introduce my grandson to a real rifle.

I think that either the firing pin spring is weak or the firing pin itself is worn down a bit. I know there were different types of strikers made over time. Can anyone tell me what type it takes and where I can get a replacement? Numrich has been out of stock on the older types for a long time.

There's quite a few parts on e bay.https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odk...parts&_sacat=0

I had a similar issue with my 1899 .303. Changed from Remington to CCI and/or Federal primers and it quit misfiring.

Numrick's will forever be out of stock on those parts because they haven't been made in a coons age. On older guns like these the only place they can get parts for inventory is by buying the guns and parting them out.

Thanks. I'll keep looking on eBay. The Federal Gold Medal primers work OK, the CCI BR2's did not. I have enough of the GM201M's to last quit a while.