Savage 220F failure to Eject ????

[Westcliffe01]

So folks, my 2012 model 220F came in this week and I took it to the range today.

I was very puzzled after the first shot, since the shell extracts from the chamber fine, but absolutely will not leave the bolt. The bolt has a notch (7:30 position seen from the rear) for a receiver mounted ejector but the receiver has no ejector pin / rod/ blade whatsoever ??? I have looked at the receiver for clues where one would go, but it is not obvious.

Anyway, I was sighting in the rifle, so I pulled each shell off the bolt by hand, pretty tedious. I got it sighted in more or less at 50 and 100 (I think it is about an inch low at 100) and I did not go further in case the rifle has to go back to the factory. Box of 5 saboted slugs ~$13 so nearly as expensive as shooting a 50 cal... I was holding off thinking that the larger pistol cartridges were going to be OK'ed for zone 3 but that soon petered out... I figure if I shoot 15 rounds in a year that will be a lot.

So, anyone who has a 220F, could you take a picture of your receiver from the magazine well with the bolt drawn back, so that we can see if there is a mysterious ejector hidden in there somewhere ????

Edit: OK, had a closer look in better light and found the slot for the ejector blade, but as expected - no blade in there ...

I have been to the Savage website, but it does not recognize my serial number ???? So no schematic to look at.