My Model 25 in .22 Hornet shoots great but the only way I can say it is this; Extraction sucks. This also goes for the plastic trigger quard /floor plate assembly. Mine has developed a crack right through where the front stock bolt is.

I replaced the extractor spring with a heavier one, and still have an occasional extraction fail. I quess as a last resort, I'll have to call Savage and relate the problem.

I recently bought a CZ 527 in .22 Hornet, and it will extract everytime. That Mauser type extractor would probably pull the rim of a case before it gave up.

I had the same extraction problems with a Savage Model 40. I believe I am done with Savage rifles. I just don't like carrying a cleaning rod with me in case an empty fails to extract.