I recently bought a Savage A22 brand new off a fellow who won it at a gun club raffle. Thing was all sealed in baggies, with tags and everything in original box.
Took it to my club today for the first time while some fellow friends at the club helped me with mounting my new scope on it. We took about 30 shots while adjusting mostly the windage but around that point, every single shot became a "click". And manual working of the bolt ejected a round that was intact and there was no evidence of a primer strike, not even a light one.
We switched to different ammo, no difference.
We talked about the possibility that because I didn't clean it first, maybe there's a lot of factory grease on it and with the first 30 shots, some residue mixed in with the grease and maybe is fouling up the firing pin, etc.
Tonight, while I had the kids watching a movie, I went to take the gun apart, got the bolt out and noticed that when I pressed on the other side of the firing pin, it just recessed inside of the channel - it didn't pop back out or spring back out. Well, this would explain why every trigger pull didn't do anything - that pin was probably stuck in a recessed state - I was able to use a plastic Tipton tool to push the slotted firing pin end back. Then I pushed the other side and it recessed again.
A friend pointed out a "The Hunting Guy" video in which he indicated that the firing pin retaining pin shearing was an issue some A22 owners reported.
When I took a look at what retaining pin, one side was flush solid...however the other side was not, so I have to believe it sheared off since why have a roll pin that only goes halfway in. And I suspect because it didn't go all the way through, it is not retaining that pin properly which is which is why it is not springing back.
Given the fact that I did not buy this retail, I wouldn't be able to register it for warranty. I may call Savage next week to explain the situation and hopefully they will be able to send me a new retaining pin. In the meantime, I haven't found any videos to show me how to remove the firing pin. Typically on other guns, I would push the and hold firing pin down and at some point the retaining pin just falls out. In this case, when I move it with the Tipton tool whether in it's recessed or non recessed position and trying to push the remainder of the pin out with a small punch, it's not coming out.
I don't want to start trying to hammer it out, so I thought I'd ask first if anyone has a) had this issue and b) knows how to properly remove that pin. In all my other guns, where I've had to remove a retaining pin, it's never been an issue, except for one of my SKSes in which the retaining pin was completely seized due to crud build up which became like dried molasses. As this gun is new, I doubt that's the problem here.
Any suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks in advance
Took it to my club today for the first time while some fellow friends at the club helped me with mounting my new scope on it. We took about 30 shots while adjusting mostly the windage but around that point, every single shot became a "click". And manual working of the bolt ejected a round that was intact and there was no evidence of a primer strike, not even a light one.
We switched to different ammo, no difference.
We talked about the possibility that because I didn't clean it first, maybe there's a lot of factory grease on it and with the first 30 shots, some residue mixed in with the grease and maybe is fouling up the firing pin, etc.
Tonight, while I had the kids watching a movie, I went to take the gun apart, got the bolt out and noticed that when I pressed on the other side of the firing pin, it just recessed inside of the channel - it didn't pop back out or spring back out. Well, this would explain why every trigger pull didn't do anything - that pin was probably stuck in a recessed state - I was able to use a plastic Tipton tool to push the slotted firing pin end back. Then I pushed the other side and it recessed again.
A friend pointed out a "The Hunting Guy" video in which he indicated that the firing pin retaining pin shearing was an issue some A22 owners reported.
When I took a look at what retaining pin, one side was flush solid...however the other side was not, so I have to believe it sheared off since why have a roll pin that only goes halfway in. And I suspect because it didn't go all the way through, it is not retaining that pin properly which is which is why it is not springing back.
Given the fact that I did not buy this retail, I wouldn't be able to register it for warranty. I may call Savage next week to explain the situation and hopefully they will be able to send me a new retaining pin. In the meantime, I haven't found any videos to show me how to remove the firing pin. Typically on other guns, I would push the and hold firing pin down and at some point the retaining pin just falls out. In this case, when I move it with the Tipton tool whether in it's recessed or non recessed position and trying to push the remainder of the pin out with a small punch, it's not coming out.
I don't want to start trying to hammer it out, so I thought I'd ask first if anyone has a) had this issue and b) knows how to properly remove that pin. In all my other guns, where I've had to remove a retaining pin, it's never been an issue, except for one of my SKSes in which the retaining pin was completely seized due to crud build up which became like dried molasses. As this gun is new, I doubt that's the problem here.
Any suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks in advance
