Quote Originally Posted by trappst
quick update: guess I'll call it part I

Called Savage this morning and explained the problem and advised I wanted to get a new firing pin and spring. No issue with getting the parts under warranty but Savage will only ship internal bolt parts to an FFL holder.

The lady I talked to was very polite and helpful. Soooo, I stopped off at the shop where I bought the gun and told the owner of my issue. He called Savage while I was there and faxed a copy of his FFL to Savage with a list of part numbers. Hopefully, I'll have the new stuff early next week.

While I was there, I took a peek at one of the new 220F's he had in stock. The firing pin obviously had more protrusion than mine and the tip was rounded....mine is flat at the end. Unlike NLPeaden, I don't carry a caliper in my pocket so I wasn't able to measure the protrusion but it was clearly longer looking at it with the naked eye.

Part II update will have to wait until I get the new parts. So far, big kudos to Savage customer service.
Sounds like your pin was damaged somehow. Mine is rounded also.