Hi, finally got out with the savage 110 in .223 I picked up, and noticed that I couldn't get it to feed cartridges from the internal mag worth a darn. They would start to feed, then miss the chamber to the left or right. It looks like the ramp up to the chamber is a bit rough, and I was using hollowpoint bullets that were rather flat nosed, so I'm thinking these may be the cause, but I'm wondering if anyone has run into this kind of thing before with these guns, and if so, any solutions, I can't get through a whole magazine without having at least the last two not feed correctly, if not more. This is a sweet gun though, I really like it alot, so I'm hoping I can get this resolved. Also want to trick it out with a new trigger, better scope (old 4x bushnell on it right now) and maybe a new stock too, but I need to get these problems fixed.


Thanks all, any help would be appreciated

-Martin

Several cures for your problem, which may or may not help you.

Polishing the tool marks off the feed ramp will be a definite plus.

Using a more pointed soft lead bullet could do the trick. Blunt noses don't work too well coming from a magazine - rifle or handgun.

Since the 110 uses a detachable magazine, check the feed lips for proper alignment. May need to be bent a bit for proper adjustment. Check that the magazine is properly and firmly seated into the receiver.

Did you keep it loaded? It sounds like the Mag spring is weak. JP

Did you keep it loaded? It sounds like the Mag spring is weak. JP

It was not kept loaded, but that might make sense, because the first few rounds load fine, when the spring is loaded more heavily, and I heard that the soft points cause the same trouble (gun was my father's). I think when i start handloading for it, I'm going to try hard, ballistic tipped bullets, but i think I definately need to come up with a way to polish the ramp surface

A Dremel tool with fine grinding stones and polishing wheels work wonders for feed ramp honing.

110's aren't all detachable mags, as our caller mentioned correctly at first chief. The blind mags have this problem usually when the previous owner decided to "clean" it. Your feed lips aren't aligned right, possible he did some "Adjustment" to the spring to make is stronger. But in any case it is a feedlip issue.

i have a savage model 12 in .223 and ran into similar problem. but i also had a terible crown on it and sent it back to the factory for a recrowning. while it was there they tweaked the feeding ramp and spring tention and is now working good. i still get an occasional jamb but far and few inbetween. it is a very noted problem with the savage. the new savages with the centerfeed removable magazine have eliminated the headache.

i have a savage model 12 in .223 and ran into similar problem. but i also had a terible crown on it and sent it back to the factory for a recrowning. while it was there they tweaked the feeding ramp and spring tention and is now working good. i still get an occasional jamb but far and few inbetween. it is a very noted problem with the savage. the new savages with the centerfeed removable magazine have eliminated the headache.


Cleaning it today I reevaluated the problem. We had some FMJ rounds laying around and filled up the mag and cycled them, only the last round in the magazine wouldn't feed. It pushed it to far the the left, and it feeds on the right side of the magazine. It seems like the ramp is too steep and kicks it over too far, if the mag tension was stronger it probably wouldn't do this, but I'm not too worried about it anymore if I can eliminate the problem to the last round. Eventually I think I'll take it to a gunsmith, but for now I think I'll try to just shoot ballistic tipped bullets. It is the guns one flaw as far as I'm concerned, and I'm not going to let it ruin my fun blasting squirrels :)