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Posted: 7/15/2010 3:45:24 PM EDT
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Hey guys, I'm not a gunsmith nor do I pretend to be one, but I need to get a rifle fixed. I'm going to bring it to a local gunsmith, but I don't know any of them personally around here, so I would like to have an idea of what to look for and what it might cost.
Here is the problem. I have an old savage 110FP I bought in high school. I shot several hundred rounds through it with no problem. One day I went shooting and the weapon wouldn't fire. The firing pin would dent the primer, but not fire it. A buddy of mine adjusted the firing pin protrusion if I remember correctly. We never test fired the weapon, other than on a spent primer to check how it looked after adjusting it. I put the gun in a safe at my parents house and forgot about it. Fast forward 15 years. Gun dents primer but doesn't shoot. I would like to get this gun shooting again. Anyone have an idea what is wrong and how much I might expect to pay to fix it? (TL:DR version- my savage 110 dents the primer but doesn't fire. Any idea whats wrong?) |
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Since you'll have the bolt apart, go over every detail looking for burrs and other little defects or even junk inside the bolt body. If it's all gummy inside, that's the most likely problem. You should install a new firing pin, too, I'm betting your buddie's adjustment didn't help.
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Ok, I broke the rifle all the way down to give it a good cleaning. I sprayed out the bolt, it was somewhat fowled. I owned this gun when I was just a kid and I guess I didn't clean it as well as I thought. I'm going to finish cleaning it and then try to test fire it. If that doesn't work I'm going to order a new main spring and firing pin. I might try to upgrade the trigger and stock while I'm playing around in there.
If I need to, I'm going to try to change out the main spring and firing pin myself. Now I just need to find a good book or website to walk me through what other tools I need and the proper steps. The mainspring and firing pin assembly did not have an obvious way to take them apart. Thanks guys |
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On closer inspection the firing pin assembly simply unscrews. So much for justifying needing new tools. Now I just need to learn how to adjust the trigger and I might have a nice firing gun that was nearly forgotten about. I don't remember the older 110's having adjustable triggers(been a long time since I looked at one though). You can possibly clip coils and stone the engagement surfaces, but a nice aftermarket trigger unit should only run you about $70-$100. |
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Yeah, I'm going to put in a basix trigger I think. It's only $80 and it has pretty good reviews. Does anyone have a good way to keep the main spring compressed while reassembling the firing pin group? Man hands. Or a chunk of 2x4 and man hands I've been searching the net for man hands all day and I haven't found anything. I guess I will go with the straight 2X4 option. 
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