New Savage axis 270 not striking primer fully enough to fire, ammo or firing pin?

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Just tried out a new Savage Axis 270 Win this weekend with 2 different ammo brands (Federal Fusion 150g and Igman 130g, both factory) and it wasn't striking the primer enough on the Igman rounds (just a small ding) resulting in a fail to fire but it shot the Federal stuff just fine. Upon inspection/comparison of the two, I noticed the primers in the Igman rounds were ever so slightly recessed and the Federal primers are mostly flush with the head.

My conclusions: either the recessed primers are recessed just enough so that the firing pin doesn't make solid contact OR the firing pin just doesn't have enough travel. If its the latter I'd be disappointed in a rifle that is restricted to what ammo brands it can fire.

Anyone else with this problem? Is there a way to adjust the travel on the firing pin? Any advice or tips would be much appreciated!
 
How cold is it where you're shooting? It could be that the lube in the bolt has seized it up just enough to be defeated by the Igman's harder primers.

You could pull the bullet and powder in an Igman round and fire it off in the garage after leaving it in the house to warm up to see.
 
Well, I had the same issue with a brand new 30-06 axis. 5/20 rounds of cheap corelocks I’ve used to boresight the scope did not go bang. Seems to be a frequent problem with long action axis models from what I read. I called savage and they referred me to Gretch Outdoors....yikes. That sounds like a plan to lose my rifle for 6months. Try to clean the inner bolt parts first and give a little stretch to the main spring. That is what I did and I will try again when it gets a little warmer. If I can avoid having to deal with the service center, I will do by any means.
 
Andy said:
How cold is it where you're shooting? It could be that the lube in the bolt has seized it up just enough to be defeated by the Igman's harder primers.

You could pull the bullet and powder in an Igman round and fire it off in the garage after leaving it in the house to warm up to see.
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That's one of the reasons.
Also, the federal primers are softest ones on the market today and in cold temperatures they are an extra assurance of proper performance.
Especially in pistols and revolvers that some shooters were replacing springs for lighter trigger pulls.
Assuming the fire pin spring tension is correct the only way the protrusion of the firing pin needs to be corrected if it's much less than .063"
 
I had a similar problem with my Axis 270. Never had a problem with factory ammo, but my reloads with CCI primers wouldn't go off consistently. Federal primers work just fine though.

My guess would be the cold. Have you ever stripped the bolt and cleaned out the lube inside?
 
Could just be the fact that its a savage axis and not the primers or the cold. I was out several times during the last cold snap with remingtons, winchesters and an old smith & wesson in weather as cold as -39 and never had any grief.
 
My neighbor had a similar problem with his Axis 30-06 and Remington ammo. I looked at some of the primers that did not ignite, one was definitely light strike, the other ones should have went.

He called Remington and they are sending him some new ammo.

GST
 
billdick said:
Could just be the fact that its a savage axis and not the primers or the cold. I was out several times during the last cold snap with remingtons, winchesters and an old smith & wesson in weather as cold as -39 and never had any grief.
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Yes because those makes have never had problems...

OP, if the federal ammo worked fine, you've probably got the same issue as me, and hard primers just dont work. An easy fix is to not use that ammo anymore, and if you get into reloading stay away from CCI primers. If you just watch what you feed it, it'll probably work just fine.
 
I fixed light strikes on a brand new Ruger American by disassembling the bolt and smoothing sharp edges and "travel" surfaces with a very fine stone, solvent cleaning and Rem Oil. Pain in the neck to screw the pin back into the cocking piece under spring pressure on that model, but fixed it great. I think the very fine burrs and sharp edges from the CNC were the culprit, slowing the pin. just needed some real elbow grease. Wouldn't surprise me if Axis has similar cause of light strikes
 
Adjusted the firing pin on my savage model 16 to solve the same problem. Not sure if the Axis has the same action. Some info on the internet.
 
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