Originally Posted by
pyrotechnic
My first rifle was a Savage 10 FP in .308 and I should have about 5-6k rounds through it at this point. I've replaced the ejector and ejector spring on it 3 times and the extractor, extractor detent, and spring once. It still deposits its spent brass directly on top of the next round in the magazine roughly 75% of the time. It would run well for a little bit after replacing the ejector and spring but then return to its normal routine of shitting in my cheerios.
I think the floating bolt head design limits the length of the ejector spring to such an extent that it is easily fatigued. Combine that with a horrible extractor design and some tolerance stacking and you get rifles with spotty reliability. My old man has two savages that do not exhibit these issues. I also have zero complaints about the accuracy for a factory gun.
If I were buying a new, factory bolt gun today it would be a Rem. 700.
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