Axis won't fire

**Parrr** · 10-04-2020, 06:08 PM

Sorry for the loooong delay in getting back to everyone about my issue. Due to Covid I have been working 50+ hours/6 days a week. And I was promoted to manager of my department as well. I feel thankful and blessed for my situation.

After finding out that Savage wants possible warranty repairs sent back to Savage, I decided to take it to a very well respected gunsmith locally.

After explaining the issue, his initial inspection found the bolt not locking up. He mentioned about issues with the firing pin springs. I told him to just get it fixed. He mentioned also that Savage changed the firing pin spring design similar to the one used in the model 10 because of the issue I had. So I left it with him. The cost to insure and ship it back was the gunsmith's estimate to repair it.

I found many others had the same issue as myself. So a few days later he called and said it was done.

First he found that the scope rings were installed using the longer front bolts in the rear instead of the front ring. After swapping them around, bore sighting the scope, he found the bolt would lock up. But it still didn't fire.

He put the new firing pin spring in it and test fired. Now it fired.

He told me that he has installed many updated springs because of the same issue.

So it's off to the woods soon to hopefully take a buck with it.

Thanks again for everyone's responses to my initial post.

**gumbo333** · 10-04-2020, 09:02 PM

Nice to hear a good ending. To bad it cost you to make a new rifle fire. I hope you have a great hunting season.

**Parrr** · 10-04-2020, 09:50 PM

It cost me $43.00 + tax to have it fixed and would have cost me about $45.00 to ship it (with insurance) back to Savage. Plus my time to remove/reinstall the scope and resight it in.
Savage says it's on your dime to ship it back for warranty repairs. And I trust my gunsmith way more than an hourly Savage employee.