I purchased a new Savage 12 FLV in .223 Rem this week with an interesting issue. The bolt does not rotate all the way to the closed position (all the way down). It goes far enough to allow firing. I suspect the barrel is seated just a bit too far in - perhaps a few thousandths. I figure that someone got in a hurry while setting the barrel.


Haven't fired it yet, and don't intend to any time soon.
http://i.imgur.com/AT9wBbz.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Wym8o4Y.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/OsYrcYR.jpg

I removed the stock to check that it wasn't binding. As the photo shows, it still doesn't rotate all the way even though the stock has been removed.

Should be receiving a Clymer .223 head space gauge from Brownell's in a couple of days to confirm, but I'm betting that it was improperly head spaced at the factory.

This shouldn't have happened, but it's fix-able easily enough. I plan to remove the nut, run the barrel out a bit and re-install the barrel using the head space gauge. Has anyone had this happen recently? Just curious.

JS