Hello.
I recently purchased the above referenced firearm 2-5-14. Went to Cabela's and got 2 more magazines couple days ago. Was thinking about going out this week to the range but first decided to run some rounds through it as follows (just at home cycling the ammo into the barrel):
1) load magazine into the rifle (and make sure the mag is seated properly)
2) using the bolt, shove the cartridge into the barrel
3) extract cartridge from the same
Wow. I never expected to have such problems from a brand new firearm. This is my first Savage and to say the least I am very, very disappointed. Feeding the ammo is inconsistent. Sometimes the bolt will not engage the cartridge and a few times the cartridge does not insert the barrel properly (stove pipe almost).
Ammo (4 types): Federal Fusion 55gr, Federal Power Shok 55 gr, Winchester Super X 55 gr and Hornady 55gr.
At first I thought the original magazine might be the problem because when I first used the new mags, they were somewhat better. However, that's not the case. I will be contacting Savage tomorrow and hope I can resolve the issue promptly. Anybody else had these issues? Thanks for your input and time.