Hello, I went to go pick up my rifle at Bass Pro last Thursday and cleaned it up to get ready for the hunt opener yesterday in my area. Well, it turned out we couldn't find anything yesterday and started heading back to camp. On the way there I decided I'd at least give my rifle a try before heading back. I aim at a trunk at the bottom of a mountain while my father looks on with his bino's. I shoot thinking I'll mess it up as this is the 2nd time I've ever shot a rifle in my life, the first being when I was pretty young...and my dad says it hit the left of the knot I was aiming for! Pretty good I thought.

I then let him have a shot at it, he gets ready, pulls the trigger and...click. The rifle just clicks, I take out the bullet from the chamber thinking maybe it was just that, he gives it another go and another click. I leave the bullet in, put on the safety, take off the safety and he tries again, and it shoots this time. I try the rifle again myself about 15 more times, each time it's just clicking.

Can anyone point me in the right direction or should I just send it up to Savage? Bass Pro is an hour away from me and they won't take it back as far as I know but they're willing to ship it to them for me, but I'd have to drive all the way out again to pick it up.

Is this a common problem? My brother is thinking of getting one too to replace his Mosin Nagant that he also couldn't fire because of a stuck bolt, but big 5 is ok with taking his rifle back.

Needless to say, two unusable rifles meant the hunting trip was cut short