Firing Pin Protrusion

sbindy

sbindy

Steve B
How much should my rifle have. Since it is a Savage, I can adjust it. Once in a while I pull the trigger on a dud, only to recycle it and it fires on the second try. Any help is appreciated.:)
 
.040" - .045" and is it an accutrigger? Sounds like your pull is too low and the "AccuRelease Lever" is catching the sear when you close the bolt.
 
Don't be in any rush to open that bolt when you have a "Dud" in there. Rounds have been known to delay fire in those instances and when they do, really bad things happen.

All joking aside, that's a dangerous situation. You really should get that thing looked at if it's needing multiple strikes to get a round to go off.
 
The last Savage I was around was a model 12BVSS in .308, it also had firing problems and took multiple strikes to fire.
 
I've mentioned my OPINION on this before. Sear engagement is too low for that mass production trigger and the trigger is not reliable because of this so the safety catch is necessary. I suspect the sear is being released when you close the bolt and your not actually firing the rifle. That or the bolt isn't down all the way. A struck primer doesn't go off the second time, it either wasn't hit the first time or its never going to go off.

I would NEVER remove that lever from the accutrigger, if that thing lets go as you turn the bolt your not going to be healthy.
 
I can think of a number of things that might cause a light strike on a primer apart from the causes mentioned, for example:

  • A case with too much headspace resulting in insufficient pin protrusion for that shot
  • Improperly seated primer sresulting in some of the firing pin force being absorbed seating the primer
  • weak ir damaged firing pin spring
  • Crud, oil or grease cushioning the firing pin fall
  • Faulty primers
I'd suggest that you take everybodys advice & work thru the problem & eliminate the possibilities one by one.
 
The spring preload is also adjustable on the Savage. I always figure on about .050 protrusion on anything that doesn't have headspace. Regards, Bill.
 
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