Shooting a Savage 10 Stealth (6.5 Creedmoor) I noticed it doesn't always grab the spent case. Got to looking a little closer when I got home and it looks to me like maybe the extractor is missing a chunk. Just want to get a second opinion that's not some weird Savage design. Also can anyone confirm these are not caliber specific for Savage bolts? Want to make sure I order the right thing.
Gunsmithing Broken extractor maybe
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Hey guys, Friend picked up a new 6.5cm Savage Stealth on my recommendation and has enjoyed is thus far until some issues today. Factory 6.5cm Savage Stealth Factory Scope Base Using Factory Hornady 140gr ELD-M No protruding action screws \ not in too far
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If you are referring to the "chipped tooth" appearance of the extractor claw, I would offer that you give it a closer inspection. If the part failed you should expect to see evidence of that. Deformed material or a crystallized type appearance where it snapped off.
If you don't see evidence of either I would speculate it's just how Savage does it. From what I can tell in the photo, that appears to be how the piece is designed. Edges look to be rolled and prepped. Not what I would expect to see if something had its guts torn out.
Last, if the gun is functioning to standard: DON'T FIX IT.
If you don't see evidence of either I would speculate it's just how Savage does it. From what I can tell in the photo, that appears to be how the piece is designed. Edges look to be rolled and prepped. Not what I would expect to see if something had its guts torn out.
Last, if the gun is functioning to standard: DON'T FIX IT.
See that’s what I can’t tell for sure. It looks like it was designed that way but it fails to extract 80% of the time. All the pictures I’ve seen of new extractor parts dont show that chipped our area. I’m wondering if it’s something special for the Stealth. Regardless it sure doesn’t function right.
T slot extractors have not enjoyed the best success rate over the years. It's the consequence of having the bolt head as a removable component to the bolt assembly. There just isn't the real estate required to use a leaf spring (1911) or lever (m16) style. Some have a tiny hole on the face that you can use a pin to compress the spring and take apart. My guess on this is you need to get "under it" from the outside with an X acto blade to compress the plunger/spring. It might just be using a ball bearing instead of a true plunger. Then you would slide it inward towards the bolt face center.
Either way, you might just see if its loaded up with funk and failing to slide in/out properly. If you've not done this before, I would almost encourage you to step into your shower with the curtain drawn and tape over the drain. It's SUPER easy to fuck this up and launch parts into oblivion. At least this way your blast radius is contained some. I'm not joking. I have a walk-in shower at the shop and I've used it before when I know I'm going to probably launch something. It's saved my ass more than once.
Yeah, that's prolly easier. I just never have any here. LOL. Never said I was the brightest.
That notch or cutout pictured there is normal on new savage rifles . Check under the lip for build up that lets the extractor ramp up over the case head . I've replaced extractors without the notch and noticed no difference .
Yeah I took it apart and cleaned it. Nothing too gunky, haven’t had a chance to test though. Maybe the spring is just week, I got one coming in the mail.
Take a case rim push it under the extractor and see if it drops into the groove all the way . Sometimes the slot isn't cut deep enough a little file work can remedy that while the replacement is on the way.
I am not a fan of that style of extractor, I've seen them fail alot. Even on the "high end" receivers that use this extractor, it tends to happen when pressures are even borderline high.
I think the notched extractor is just worn down slightly and that's what is causing it to not grab the rim of the case reliably. The extractor Brownells sent doesn't have the notch but I went ahead and put it on. Fired 100 rounds, not one failed to extract. So I think I'm going to go with this one. Here is the old and new extractor. I don't think this could cause the case to sit not quite perfect could it? This is a blue printed action and as I would think the extractor should just sort of get pushed out of the way and not interfere.
