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-YIdentical 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.