not firing all the time

freaknasty · Oct 7, 2018

I have a Savage model 110 in 223 caliber. and it is not firing all the rounds. It seems to be getting good primer strikes, I haven't taken apart the bolt yet but was just wondering if anyone has had the same problem? and how they fixed it? The ammo is all good ammo.

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Soj51hopeful · Oct 7, 2018

If you have good primer strikes every time then it's not the gun.

RELH · Oct 7, 2018

Important to know if you were shooting re-loads or factory ammo. Also if the ammo would fire on a second try.

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NiceRack · Oct 9, 2018

It is the gun.......
I had the same problem and sent it back for a replacement firing pin.
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freaknasty · Oct 9, 2018

it is factory ammo, and I would just cycle the action a couple of time to get it to fire. I also saved a few and shot them out of an AR with no problem, I'll give Savage a call.

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NORKALNIMROD · Oct 12, 2018

If it is 5.56 military ball that could be your issue. Some of the 5.56 ammo is known to have "hard" primers. I have seem this happen with ar's that have had weaker springs installed in the trigger group.

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stinky · Oct 12, 2018

All 5.56 has hard primers. If you look at a 5.56 round that has been chambered, and then extracted w/o firing, it will have a primer strike. It is caused by the floating firing pin. The ammo has to be hard enough to go off when that happens.
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