I took her to the range yesterday and discovered some problems. :-(

The bolt will not fully retract. It needs to go back another 1/16th of an inch or so cycle a round. It cycled fine before the new stock was installed.

Is it feasible that the stock maker didn't leave enough room inside the stock for the bolt to fully travel rearward or is the timing of this problem coincidence?

Also, I getting split brass. That too is a new problem. I suppose that could be associated with improper indexing of the barrel. (It's a takedown model). The stock maker does beautiful work but he may not be familiar with the savage 99.

Your thoughts?


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