Author Topic: Tired of messing with this Savage 200 ! (Read 764 times)

Country Boy · « **on:** June 29, 2006, 11:56:38 AM »

Bought a .243 in Feb. shot good. then I got a bullet lodged in bbl. removed it ,next shot must have had an overload. Blew all the stuff out of the front of the bolt. Extractor, firing pin ,case plunger etc. Sent it to Savage and they rebuilt everything. Just got back from the range, shot even better then on the fifth shot it did it again ! only this time a case is stuck in the chamber, primer backed out and once again the bolt is rurined needs the same stuff again and head spaced. I'm done with it ! if any one wants it as a basis for for something else( you can get a bbl from Mid-way for 129.00 ) I will sell the whole thing for 150.00 as is plus shipping. I have the box all the papers ,warrenty etc. I'm done with it too much aggrivation. :x

poncaguy · « **Reply #1 on:** June 29, 2006, 12:20:26 PM »

what ammo were you using? reloads?

Don Fischer · « **Reply #2 on:** June 29, 2006, 02:53:54 PM »

Sounds like very good reloads,,,,,,,,,,or maybe not! Case stuck in the chamber, primers backing out. Broke the extractor? Sounds lie you should keep that gun. Don't know of anyone else that would rebuild it next time! What was the load anyway?

Country Boy · « **Reply #3 on:** June 29, 2006, 03:54:44 PM »

First time this has ever happened and I've been loading for 50 yrs. yes it was a reload. 43 grns of imr4305 and 100 grn Hornady. I've shot this in about 10 different .243's and never had a problem.

skb2706 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 30, 2006, 04:12:01 AM »

Sounds to me like the 11th .243 didn't like that load. If you didn't try factory ammo in it and if you didn't work up handloads for it.........you bypassed two very obvious possible solutions.

Country Boy · « **Reply #5 on:** June 30, 2006, 06:49:16 AM »

Sold it about 10 minutes ago to a guy who wants to make a .358 out of it. in retrospect I think it was my old brass and old load book Hornady vol.II 1973 someone said that was an over load now maybe I should get a new book and brass. However a new Winchester flier says 43.5 grns as max so I don't know if it was an overload or not. It never failed me since 1973 nor have any of my other reloads. Oh well it's , old age is h@##.

7x57mm · « **Reply #6 on:** July 01, 2006, 08:31:38 AM »

Country Boy: Were you reloading from cases previously shot in another rifle? Could it be that you resized the cases based on the chamber of another rifle and thereby created undue headspace? Are you full length resizing or are you neck sizing your cases. Just some food for thought. TP

Country Boy · « **Reply #7 on:** July 01, 2006, 09:09:54 AM »

Well. I just got back from Dunn's sporting goods in Peveley Mo. I think we got it figured out. the new imr phamplet list a max of 43.5/4350 for 3100 in a 24 inch bbl. before this mess the Savage clocked 3033 with 43 grns in a 22"bbl. So I'm not overloading.
It came to this the brass is old and brittle, I fl resize and I guess it was just wore out. But, something I didn't think of was my powder scale was very dirty at the balance point and between notches it was over charging as we checked it aganist others.
So, now I have some new win. brass a clean scale but no .243. But I'm goping to order anothetr one and try again. I just wanted a cheap rifle to carry in my truck in I see a coyote or sometimes a deer. I just develope one good load and use it for everything.
Thank you guys very much for trying to help believe me I took your to heart. It's good folks like you that help us learn with constructive ctitism.

azshooter · « **Reply #8 on:** July 01, 2006, 12:46:25 PM »

Just a suggestion - you may want to pull the bullets from all the ammo you have loaded using that scale and start over.