savage sam
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Hope someone on THR can shed some light on this. Thanks in advance.
I believe have posted about this rifle before at some point. It is a 1955 Winchester 70 in 243 Win. It was customized at some point with a Flaig Ace barrel and a custom Mannlicher stock. The stock had a plastic "barrel cap" that enclosed the end of the forend and the barrel. Everything was flush at the end. There was a top handguard piece similar to an M1 Garand or Mosin-Nagant. The custom stock was very beefy and heavy all around.
When I found the rifle, it had a 2-7x steel Weaver on it and that combined with the weight of the stock made me decide to redo the stock on it so I could use it for a deer rifle I would actually want to carry. The 243 is a light kicking rifle and doesn't need to be at the weight of a 30-06 rifle.
I took the stock off and sanded it but wasn't able to start cutting yet so I put it back on and when I did the rifle would not cock correctly. Now it will not cock on closing the bolt unless done slowly and perfectly, and any slight jar will drop the firing pin. I have no idea what would cause this. The rifle had a nice trigger when I bought it, so I'm thinking the custom stock was holding everything together in a particular way and taking it off messed that up.
It has been to two gunsmiths, the first (at the shop where I bought the gun) recommended a new Timney trigger with no guarantee that would fix the problem. The second says the Timney won't fix it because it's some other part, but he didn't know how to fix it.
Has anyone here ever heard of this issue in any of the older Mannlicher stocked rifles and know of anything that might be done to fix it?
Thanks to all.
I believe have posted about this rifle before at some point. It is a 1955 Winchester 70 in 243 Win. It was customized at some point with a Flaig Ace barrel and a custom Mannlicher stock. The stock had a plastic "barrel cap" that enclosed the end of the forend and the barrel. Everything was flush at the end. There was a top handguard piece similar to an M1 Garand or Mosin-Nagant. The custom stock was very beefy and heavy all around.
When I found the rifle, it had a 2-7x steel Weaver on it and that combined with the weight of the stock made me decide to redo the stock on it so I could use it for a deer rifle I would actually want to carry. The 243 is a light kicking rifle and doesn't need to be at the weight of a 30-06 rifle.
I took the stock off and sanded it but wasn't able to start cutting yet so I put it back on and when I did the rifle would not cock correctly. Now it will not cock on closing the bolt unless done slowly and perfectly, and any slight jar will drop the firing pin. I have no idea what would cause this. The rifle had a nice trigger when I bought it, so I'm thinking the custom stock was holding everything together in a particular way and taking it off messed that up.
It has been to two gunsmiths, the first (at the shop where I bought the gun) recommended a new Timney trigger with no guarantee that would fix the problem. The second says the Timney won't fix it because it's some other part, but he didn't know how to fix it.
Has anyone here ever heard of this issue in any of the older Mannlicher stocked rifles and know of anything that might be done to fix it?
Thanks to all.