Savage 17 HMR

Who's had problem with the 17 HMR. Mine hits the shell but it does not fire. Had a new firing pin and spring installed and it still does not fire. The repair shop say throw it away. Seems even Savage does not have a fix. This bolt action has had about 250 shells run threw it. The shells have the hit marks on them but just maybe not hard enough. Any suggestions?

Need to determine if it,s the gun or ammo. Rim thickness may be an issue.

I was going to say the same thing. If it is not hitting hard enough it's either a headspace issue or a short firing pin or there is crud in the bolthead and the firing pin isn't coming all the way out. I would definitely check the ammo first.

We tried to run different ammo. The CCI were the best. Mostly whatever Fleet Farm sells. We did Federal and winchester. New firing pin from a place in Sd called first something.

take your bolt apart clean it with nothing but a dry lube like Horandy one shot or wd-40 specialist dry lube , clean the chamber with a brass brush
and dry lube
put it back together and try

if it doesn't fire eject the case turn 90 degrees insert in chamber and try again

if it puts a good hit on the rim you should be able to see it

do you or has anyone dry fired this gun
while dry fire is safe with a few 22s it is not good for savages

it obviously worked at some point for you to get 250 rounds through it what changed from when it was working.
or was it always hit and miss?

I don't have the 17hmr savage but it uses the same action as the 22 and I have one of those.
I haven't had issues with firing but it does get carboned up a lot and have function issues and it is easy to over lube a 22 or 17 and have the oil dry out and get sticky that might be enough to slow down the firing pin enough to make it not fire
a burr on the breach face would be something to look for also is there a mark on the barrel where the firing pin hits the barrel? it is strait vertical on the top of the bolt

Oh you can see the hit marks, the repair shop thinks its the ammo so I bought remington ammo and it still happens. Yes the gun did fire and then started to miss fire. We shoot pr dogs in Sd, so you can shoot a 100 times in a day. Big river outdoors cleaned it two times and then put in a new firing pin and spring and still miss fires. Now my buddy told me the other day his target 17 HMR now does not want to eject the spent shell recently. He has had it about a year and run around 100 shells thru it. I did see someone had sent in his savage to savage and they did not fix it. I do agree that just maybe the firing pin has slowed up just a little as some gunk might be causing it to happen. Thank you

I'd send it to the company. I'm sure they want you to be happy with their product. The savage .17 hmr I have is the semi-auto A17 and it works flawlessly.

I have an savage 17 hmr from when they first came out and have NO problems. It is one of my most accurate guns, way over 20 years old.......jk

My A17 is ok no problems

Mine shoots good. This is the only problem I’ve had. Was cleaning it up yesterday an noticed lint kept getting caught there. That’s the only reason I noticed the crack. Savage is sending me a new stock. Good customer service.

Call Savage and see what they will do , probably send you a call tag to ship it back for repair

My 93R17 fires fine and is a great shooting gun. But it will have a spent shell fail to eject occasionally, especially if it has set with the round in the chamber for a long time before it is shot. If the spent hangs, I will clean the chamber after clearing.

Seems like i'm hearing more and more about carbon buildup in barrel throats which doesn't clean up with normal couple swipes with solvent rag even if the bore looks shiny GCP covers it pretty well

I was thinking it was the bolt too.
If that doesn't fix it let savage know the bolt is malfunctioning hopefully they'll replace it.

Contact them they will make it right. I got the 22 mag no issues.

If you decide to throw it away I'll pay the shipping !!

I remember when guns and traps worked well right out of the box. Seems like the quality of nearly everything has gone downhill.

I have a pre accu trigger savage 17hmr. Super precise. Never had a misfire in many years. Send it back to Savage. They’ll fix it. Just call them.

I purchased the A17 last year. Nice shooter and light weight.

I have an A17 also. Shot everything from gophers and squirrels to coyotes with it. It's a bolt, and it's been pretty reliable. Getting the CCI ammo that's optimized for the Savage A17 is getting to be a problem. Anyone seen any lately?

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1016540625?pid=602304

I called Savage but after being on old for ten minutes I hung up. Called a savage repair place in Sd and she said they only sell parts. Now she said if it was built in Canada I could not send it back. I could not find the box so will see what it says on the gun when I get it back from a gun repair place. Thank You all!

I have one…never had a problem with it

I shiped mine to the factory and it was repaied FREE, it works great

Guess I was right then. Glad you got it fixed. They are typically extremely accurate.

I have the bolt Savage in .17hmr. A piece of crap with the flimsy clip. It will jam a round 2 out of three times.

I purchased the A17. A very nice rifle. No problems.

yes that is their weakness that little magazine of sheet metal origami buy spares and sometimes you have to adjust the bottom metal , ever magazine fed firearm shares the weakness some just have better magazines and better alignment.

I have a marlin that you need to leave the bottom metal screws loose and insert the magazine then tighten or it will not feed right.

there is a reason some firearm's instructors will hammer your magazine flat when they identify a bad one

A gun is a fairly simple, albeit precisely machined, mechanical device. It shouldn't be that hard for a competent gunsmith to figure it out. Send it back to savage or find a better gunsmith.

D- for your skills of observation. Would be an F but it looks like you at least skimmed over the first thread and didn't reply to the title only.

I read the whole thread before I commented. I saw that he sent it back to savage and got it repaired. My comment was in response to the OP, where the repair shop (resumably someone who fancies themselves to be a gunsmith) told them the gun couldn't be fixed and to just throw it away.

Perhaps you'd have felt better if Id said "Next time send it out to savage right away or find a better gunsmith.

Yes. I would've felt a lot better.