With the current political climate, I flinched and bought a Springfield Armory Victor Saint 16".

It fails to go into battery with multiple flavors of factory .223 ammo.
-100% failure with Armscor 55 grn fmj (multiple lots)
30% failure with Federal 55 grn fmj
10-20% failure with IMI 55 grn fmj

After multiple field strips and cleaning, the problem continues.

I jumped online and it seems Springfield recently put out a bad batch of rifles as seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohun_HtVz-Y

Identical issues as mine. That video is funny stuff!

I understand that errors are made, so I contacted Springfield Armory Warranty/Customer Service by email a week ago on December 9th.

No response to the email.

Yesterday, December 16th, I called their number listed on the website and was talking to a pleasant gal within minutes.

She authorized a service return and emailed me a prepaid shipping label.

She stated that repairs are expected to take 2-4 weeks.

It ships out today.

I'll report back how Springfield handles this "Dumpster Fire" of a rifle.

I'm hoping for the best.


Last edited by T Bone; 12/16/20.