SAVAGE Firearms are garbage

I think for the price their bolt actions are pretty good bang for the buck but a buddy before showed me a rifle he got on trade. Told me ” look in the barrel what do you see?” lol what I didn’t see was there was NO RIFLINGS! Needless to say their QC leaves a lot to be desired
 
WIth Savage rifles sometimes you win sometimes you learn.
After 2020 their QC must have been wearing the mask over their eyes.
I lucked out with my Savage Axis XP (223 Remington) made before 2020 you will never see it listed on EE
Shoots great with both factory and hand loads.
That said, I will never buy another Savage product.
 
I had to laugh at your post as it is my experience with Savage also.

I purchased a Savage A22 BNS-SR online as it was on sale for a really low price and I wanted something different. When I received it, the laminate stock was cracked right down the forearm. I emailed Savage, sent them pictures of the rifle and box (not a single sign of damage to the box) and they sent me a brand new stock. Great I thought! Awesome service.

Took it to the range to sight it in and see what it liked. I could not for the life of me get the rifle to group. I tried absolutely everything I had on hand. Eley club, sport, biathlon, Tenex, SK LRM, biathlon sport, Long range match Nada. The best it would do is about 2" at 50 yards, with most being around 3 inch. On my last Mag of the day, the charging handing broke off and fell to the floor.

Took the rifle home to clean and inspect everything. When I sent the bore cam down the barrel I found a ring in the barrel and gouge deep into the rifling just past the ring. I emailed Savage again and sent them all of the pictures. They sent me a prepaid postage label and told me to send it back.

A few days later I get a call from Savage. They apologize profusely and said they will have it back to me asap. About a week later I received the rifle back. They replaced the barrel (shocked they didn't just send a new rifle), replaced the charging handle and apparently inspected everything else. They included a nice swag package including two extra mags, coffee mug, lanyard, pens, stickers ect. I thought okay dam, this company really offers good service, let see how it goes now.

Took it to the range and found that it while it loved the premium ammo, it did pretty good with cci standard, giving me 0.6-0.8 @50 inch @50 yards .certainly not on the same playing field as my T1x but for a semi, I'll take it. Set the target down at the 100 yard to see how it held. First round down the barrel and the charging handle broke off.

Took the rifle home and emailed Savage again. They sent two charging handles overnight. I replaced the broken handled and sold the rifle that day.

Not sure if the A22 is just a pos or what but it seems like everyone I know has issue with it. I have a Savage 220 and besides the magazine being clunky, the thing is an absolute beast. I absolutely hate Savage center fire rifles and they just feel cheap in my mind. I stick to tikka for any center fire rifles.
 
I wrote off Savage. The first firearm I ever bought was a Savage axis ii XP in 308. Mounted the scope on it and took it to the range and couldn't figure out why this thing could not zero. Took it to a gunsmith and it turned out that the top of the receiver had a huge cant to it. Absolute garage.
 
Mumbles Marble Mouth said:
Talk to Savage. They have a pretty insane warranty and good customer service. They're here in Canada in Lakefield Ontario. Explained yourself and see what they can do.
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I had a model 25 varmiter that the bolt had issues on, the extractor spring was so weak, it fell apart every shot. You could remove it with your fingers, having the ball detent and spring shoot out.

I just took it back to where I bought it from, they looked at it and gave my money back.

I did use the warranty once, the people there where very good to deal with, but it took two years to get my rifle back. And it wasn't even the rifle I sent them. But I was happy, because the newer model was better.

It was a brand new 116 chambered in 375 Ruger. The chamber had such a deep gouge in it with a piece of steel protruding from that gouge that a round could not be chambered, even a cleaning patch could get past it. Looked like the reamer was jammed back into the chamber at a angle and beat in with a hammer...there is no way the rifle was looked at by quality control or let alone test fired, because a round couldn't even make it halfway into the chamber.

I got a prepaid shipping label from the savage warranty center, and I called them every 3 months to get a update. Got the same answer everytime, waiting for them to tool up since they don't do very many runs of .375 barrels, and it needed a new barrel.

Then one day out of the blue, just over two years later, i got a email from the RCMP about a rifle transfer, and it was a the rifle being sent to me. Savage did not contact me, or tell me it was on the way, I only knew because of the RCMP email.

When I received my rifle I was a bit surprised when I was opening it, because it was not the rifle I sent. But it was a good surprise, it was a brand new rifle, a 110 bear hunter chambered in .375 Ruger that comes with the accustock. I guess they finally decided to just send me a brand new rifle instead of waiting longer, but no one informed me of the change or gave me any updates.
 
Thunderhog said:
I'm sorry to hear about this incident with Cabelas and Savage. I guess he should have looked at the rifle before he left the store. Savage's quality control has definitely gone down hill the last few years. However so have other firearm manufactures.......:(

His rifle is totally fixable by polishing the bolt, bolt body, receiver and anything else that was a rough finish. Is this ridiculous? Yeup!......:(

But welcome to Cabelas customer service and pimple faced kids that work the counter. That employee should have checked the rifle before it left the store. The buyer also should have checked it. And first and foremost, Savage should have never let it leave the factory.

Having to contact Savage USA for any warranty issues can be a real pain and hassle. Unfortunately there isn't another avenue at this time.

This story is a good example of how we all need to check our guns before we leave the gun counter with them. Or don't buy a Savage. LOL

I've seen Remington rifles with the rifle bore drilled off-center, seen Tikka's that would not engage the safety, Ruger's with a 350 Legend blown out primer stuck in the receiver, Chiappa's that won't even cycle. There can be lot's of issues found if one handles enough firearms.

The bottom line is check the rifle before leaving, if possible of course. Mail-in guns are a crap shoot, it's how the business handles the issue is the concern for me.
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Actually he wanted to open the box in the store, install the bolt and check it over but he said they wouldn’t let him. I wasn’t there at the time so I cant say. I guess because the boxed guns dont have trigger locks so thats why they refused. In any case he did polish things up and got it working but it should not have left the factory that way.
 
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