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Need a gunsmith to repair a Savage bolt.

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12 February 2017, 10:41
SMACK!!!!
Need a gunsmith to repair a Savage bolt.
I know nothing about Savages. All my custom rifles are on custom actions or Remington 700's. I had a friend talk me into using a Savage action off of a Model 110 7mm Magnum for testing some of my wildcat chamberings before I build a customs due to the ease of being able to change barrels out myself.

With that said, I need to have the "Ejector" repaired or replaced. While testing loads in my 6.5 Badger chambering(6.5-.338 Ultra Magnum/ 40 degree shoulder). I had a "Warm" load trash the ejector. I also need another complete bolt head assembly in a standard bolt face for the .308/30-06 size case heads. So I can swap them out depending on the chambering of the barrel I'm installing on the action.


Please PM me if you could help me with this.


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12 February 2017, 16:34
p dog shooter
It is very easy to do your self they are held in the slot by a spring and a ball.

I believe Brownells carry them.

http://www.brownells.com/rifle...actor-prod12817.aspx

I carry a couple on every p dog trip after losing one the first time I went.

There are several you tubes on how to do it.

Again it is easy
12 February 2017, 16:50
DocEd
The EXTRACTOR is held by a spring and ball. The EJECTOR is held by a cross pin and spring.


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12 February 2017, 18:25
p dog shooter
That's what I get for reading to fast

Still a easy fix you tubes on doing that also

Brownells has them all so

http://www.brownells.com/rifle...ector-prod12814.aspx
12 February 2017, 20:49
Fjold
Sharp Shooter supply has them also. http://www.sharpshootersupply.com/

The bolt head is easily repaired or changed, even I can do it.


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13 February 2017, 08:19
SMACK!!!!
Thank you for the replies. After reading some of the responses, I grabbed my dremel and dove into the bolt head. The ejector had been blown back and jammed bellow the surface of the bolt face by a blown primer while working up loads for my 6.5 Badger. I ended up backing the load down a little. I settled on 94.5gr of US869 which launches a 6.5 160gr MATRIX VLD bullet at 3460fps!

I took the dremel and drilled away/out what was left of the ejector jammed bellow the surface of the bolt face. A couple stiff bumps on the shop concrete floor and what was left of the ejector and ejector spring dropped out. A quick trip to Midway on the iPhone and $15.00 bucks later, including shipping Smiler))) the new ejector and spring are on the way.

And of course some credit goes to YouTube for the great videos on bolt disassembly.

Thanks.


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