Hi!
I'm brand new to the forum, thanks for being here!
I just purchased a basket case 99 takedown s/n 407xxx in .300 savage. The previous owner was shooting cowboy silhouette comps with it....so he shot a LOT of his own loads...apparently they were a little too hot...
-butt stock has several fractures and a missing chunk behind the top tang.
-rear firing pin retaining screw was bent.
-extractor bent, needed replacing.
-barrel and receiver threads were buggered by the extractor, but the barrel threaded back in with some tightness at each half-turn.
-bolt reassembly showed deeper problems...
--action would not cycle over the through-bolt, filing the heel of the bolt solved that (.030"), and still the bolt closes up at the end pretty stiffly.
-I ordered head space gauges, but I'm still concerned something else has been pounded out of shape.
...anyone else have similar experience?
