Hello, I am new member here. I noticed one thread talking about something similar and I commented on it, however I did not see much else in my searching. I need to get a few opinions about what I should do. Are this issues common with this gun or has anyone had them and resolved them? Please comment to help.
I purchased a savage 110 wolverine Aug of 2018. I had no firing issue and excellent groupings at 200 yards with Hornady Black Ammo. However was getting sooting on almost every round. I want to say close to half where sooting all the way to the ejector groove and on the bolt face. Right or wrong, at the time I was under the impression that it was a chambering issue being machining or head space. I sent the gun into Savage. After about 6 months (which means I missed deer season with it) they told my they could not figure out the issue. They sent me a brand new to replace it. I finally got the new gun spring of 2019. Took about 8 shots and no sooting (maybe just the very end). So I put my scope back on and was sighting it in, after about 4 shots, i started getting many many misfires, light primer hits. So I sent it back again. 2 months later i got it back again. Fired a few shots it was fine. Remounted the scope to sight it in and again after 4-6 shots started getting misfires. Light primer hits on each one I shot, about 35% misfires. I contacted them again and they said I send it back. But deer season was less then 2 months away so I took it to a gun smith myself. They did some adjusting and machining on the bolt, and had to pay for this repair. So now I have shot it about 30 times. Good primer hits every-time, except one time light hit missfire. But all the rest look good. However I am getting sooting again, half the time down to the ejector grove. I am also not holding a good grouping like i did on the first gun. About 2-3 inches at 200 yards. I am not sure at this point. On a bolt gun does this mean major issues? Are the adjustments for misfires and sooting working against each other? Is this ammo issues? Should I just continue to send this back in again and again until I feel the issues are gone? Have them Fixed? Or is all this common and its not an issue? Help please.
I have searched for sooting and found one thread, light hits and found zero, poor grouping and found zero. I dont know if that means these are uncommon issues, well known issues, or just me being dumb.
I should also point out that I have tried Remington ammo as well. I did shoot this during phase two before it got the bolt worked on myself. I did not have light primer hits on it, nor did see sooting. However at this time i was not seeing sooting on the hornadys either. However with these rounds I could not hold better then a 2.5inch group at 50 yards. That is as apposed to the 200yrds I have issues now.
Thanks,
Mike