Savage axis misfire

[bambikiller423]

Tuesday I was hunting with my savage 30.06 and pulled the trigger and pap, gun went off and bullet did not, this morning savage 308, same thing happened. Any got any ideas WHY.
30.06 few years old gun, remington core lok bullets, maybe a year old
308 gun was purchased last year and only shot a few times a few months ago to sight in scope, bullets winchester deer season bought a few months ago

 

[Remington700]

Did the primer have a dent in it?

 

[bambikiller423]

Just barely

 

[TNLynn]

If the bolt is slightly raised it will not hit primer hard enough to shoot. You can raise the bolt up then back down to "recock" the firing pin without fully racking gun if it happens again

 

[Jcalder]

I would also suggest that you clean your bolt. Take it apart and clean any debris out and lube it back up. You could have crud in there that's not allowing for a good primer strike.

 

[rickyk280]

I have had 3 Axis brought to me with light primer strikes, I put a 0.045 steel washer between the firing pin springs. No more problem with light strikes.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Just barely

There is a problem with your bolt. May be dirty and crud keeping from the firing pin making a full strike.

 

[bambikiller423]

2 guns within 3 days on the 1st bullet, my buddy says he believes it's me, says I need to quit trying to be so quite and rack a bullet like it's meant to be

 

[bambikiller423]

I'm thinking tnlynn may be right, I can see some crud maybe with my 30.06 but as I said my 308 is brand new with about 10 bullets ran through it

 

[Remington700]

I would think it is the bolt not shut or something along those lines. Take it to the range and mess with it.

 

[Rageman]

Bamikiller I just literally said the same about this in another thread my gun smith told me to use federal ammo in the Savage apparently they have a softer primer I had the 308 and my dad has the 3006 he had one click on his rifle to this year on a little 8 pt luckily he caught it in time and got him I don't want to steer you the wrong way with Savage I can't speak for there more expensive models but the axis has some flaws the bolt is also stiff and you think it's closed all the way and it's not I sold mine and got a Mossberg Patriot no issues anymore I'll have a Remington 783 pretty good gun also I can't put anymore trust in the axis

 

[bambikiller423]

I understand, I like savage axis, been shooting them for about 10 years now, been running the remington all this time to, I think and I'm hoping that I just had a user error and I'm going to make sure that my bolt is fully shut

 

[clinchbilly]

My savage axis 6.5 creedmore did the same thing last year. I took the bolt out and sprayed AeroKroil oil on the firing pin and have fired 10 rounds or so though it with no issues.

 

[rifle02]

Two things. If your Savage has the accutrigger I have seen those malfunction where when the trigger is pulled the striker does not actually fall. The other is that Savage in my opinion has a weak Link in it and it is the internal Striker assembly of the bolt. If you disassemble it to clean it be very careful there's a washer with tiny wings or tabs that are easily broken that thing is what controls your firing pin protrusion so maybe you should check that.

 

[Safari Hunt]

Did a bit of gunsmithing years ago. Dirty firearms are a big cause of malfunction. Had a guy bring in a Sako that wouldn't dent the primer. Removed about 3 pounds of crud from the bolt and it worked!