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Blue printing a Savage , what about the bolt head?
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<blockquote data-quote="WbySub-MOA" data-source="post: 160110" data-attributes="member: 8749"><p><strong>Stuck Bolt Head on Savage</strong></p><p></p><p>I thought this thread might be the better place to post my question.</p><p></p><p>I just witnessed the bolt head separate from the bolt body of a friend's Savage model 12 in 220 Swift. And to my knowledge, Savage doesn't offer repair work on this gun since it was made prior to 1994. </p><p></p><p>We were pondering what to do about it? The case is stuck in the chamber (Norma factory load), therefore we're standing around here wondering what move we should make. We took the spanner nut off, and now we can't remove the barrel from the action. The stuck case is so tight, we can't turn the barrel, the case is wedged so tight in the bolt and also the bolt head is locked into its recesses due to this force. </p><p></p><p>We were talking about using the propane bottle on the barrel / action. Or maybe putting it in the chest freezer overnight. We tried the freezer first. </p><p>I applied G-96 liberally in all the recesses, let it soak about an hour, and placed it in the deep freeze last night.</p><p></p><p>About an hour ago this morn, while the gun was still chilled, we chucked the barrel and were able to break the action free. I had a few bolt heads in the my parts drawer, made a new pin, and saturated the whole deal with G-96. </p><p></p><p>I headspaced the barrel on a factory Norma round. I went out to the back yard and fired the gun (with some fishing line and handloads using 4350, mind you), checked the fired case for any alarms. All appeared well. I repeated this test firing for 3 rounds, then tested some Norma. All appeared well again. Remounted the scope, brought the windage back in and she's back in true form. </p><p></p><p>Interesting problem that we tackled I wanted to pass on to the Savage crowd. Run down to the discount stores and pick up a cheap chest freezer. Ya never know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WbySub-MOA, post: 160110, member: 8749"] [b]Stuck Bolt Head on Savage[/b] I thought this thread might be the better place to post my question. I just witnessed the bolt head separate from the bolt body of a friend's Savage model 12 in 220 Swift. And to my knowledge, Savage doesn't offer repair work on this gun since it was made prior to 1994. We were pondering what to do about it? The case is stuck in the chamber (Norma factory load), therefore we're standing around here wondering what move we should make. We took the spanner nut off, and now we can't remove the barrel from the action. The stuck case is so tight, we can't turn the barrel, the case is wedged so tight in the bolt and also the bolt head is locked into its recesses due to this force. We were talking about using the propane bottle on the barrel / action. Or maybe putting it in the chest freezer overnight. We tried the freezer first. I applied G-96 liberally in all the recesses, let it soak about an hour, and placed it in the deep freeze last night. About an hour ago this morn, while the gun was still chilled, we chucked the barrel and were able to break the action free. I had a few bolt heads in the my parts drawer, made a new pin, and saturated the whole deal with G-96. I headspaced the barrel on a factory Norma round. I went out to the back yard and fired the gun (with some fishing line and handloads using 4350, mind you), checked the fired case for any alarms. All appeared well. I repeated this test firing for 3 rounds, then tested some Norma. All appeared well again. Remounted the scope, brought the windage back in and she's back in true form. Interesting problem that we tackled I wanted to pass on to the Savage crowd. Run down to the discount stores and pick up a cheap chest freezer. Ya never know. [/QUOTE]
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