Savage 1899 misfires

[wmc7]

I have a Savage 1899 in .303 Savage, serial 11.xxx, made in 1899 or 1900 depending on which dating system you use. It is a great shooter that I have shot quit a bit; however, it hasa reliability problem. It will misfire about 20% of the time unless I use Federal GM210M primers. That’s OK at the range but I want to take it up to Washington state and introduce my grandson to a real rifle.

I think that either the firing pin spring is weak or the firing pin itself is worn down a bit. I know there were different types of strikers made over time. Can anyone tell me what type it takes and where I can get a replacement? Numrich has been out of stock on the older types for a long time.

[Big Al1]

There's quite a few parts on e bay.https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odk...parts&_sacat=0

I had a similar issue with my 1899 .303. Changed from Remington to CCI and/or Federal primers and it quit misfiring.

[J.Baker]

Numrick's will forever be out of stock on those parts because they haven't been made in a coons age. On older guns like these the only place they can get parts for inventory is by buying the guns and parting them out.

[wmc7]

Thanks. I'll keep looking on eBay. The Federal Gold Medal primers work OK, the CCI BR2's did not. I have enough of the GM201M's to last quit a while.