A kid I work with at the office asked me to take his rifle to the range today, to put a decent zero on it. He's only got 50 yards to play with off season, and he wanted to know how it flies at 100, 200... etc. I couldn't even get it zeroed.
This is a pretty light rifle; plastic stock, plastic bolt handle?! and the trigger is like pulling a car out of the mud; very heavy. It's not an accutrigger by any stretch of the imagination.
After 5 rounds of factory Winchester CXP2 140gr at 100 and 5 totally incoherent hits.. I began to pay attention to the brass. There's some serious monkey business going on with the primers, and based on what the brass is doing toward the case head, I'd think it's a crappy chamber. They all did this (unfired vs. fired):
I've never owned or shot a rifle that did this. Is there anything that can be done aside from seeing if Savage will fix it? Or is it even a problem? Personally, it made me nervous shooting after this revelation, so I quit. I'd think that a weak piece of brass would ruin someone's day in this case. I understand that it was bought as a combo deal for $350'ish... but good grief!
What do you guys think?
This is a pretty light rifle; plastic stock, plastic bolt handle?! and the trigger is like pulling a car out of the mud; very heavy. It's not an accutrigger by any stretch of the imagination.
After 5 rounds of factory Winchester CXP2 140gr at 100 and 5 totally incoherent hits.. I began to pay attention to the brass. There's some serious monkey business going on with the primers, and based on what the brass is doing toward the case head, I'd think it's a crappy chamber. They all did this (unfired vs. fired):
I've never owned or shot a rifle that did this. Is there anything that can be done aside from seeing if Savage will fix it? Or is it even a problem? Personally, it made me nervous shooting after this revelation, so I quit. I'd think that a weak piece of brass would ruin someone's day in this case. I understand that it was bought as a combo deal for $350'ish... but good grief!
What do you guys think?