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I really like my Savage lightweight hunter and Howa safeties.

Locking the bolt on "full" safe, allowing the bolt to move in the other "safe" and fire.

3 position safety > 2 position safety.

Fifty rounds through mine. No problems so far but when these cases are resized, I’m going to make sure that I don’t move the shoulder too much.
I put a Timmey trigger in it a couple day ago. Big difference.

And yet- not everyone is in love with Tikka's safety-

https://www.hunttalk.com/threads/lo...n-at-all-of-the-safety-mechanism.292692/

Check that the cast dual cocking piece didn't crack & break like mine did on about round #35 fired on a short action American Predator. It caused a "dud" without a primer strike initially. And then intermittent firing or light strikes. Not a confidence inspiring event! This is a known defect on the initial short action Americans/RPR models and has recently been replaced w/ a new design on the Precision Rifle short actions (same action as the American I believe). There are companies that make a machined (not cast) replacement. https://www.anarchyoutdoors.com/ruger-precision-american-rifle-firing-pin-shroud-retainer/ Anarchy says the Ruger part can fail at around 2,000 firings. Mine broke on the upper portion where it's sloped and the thinnest. I'm thinking about replacing the new parts Ruger put back in on Warranty, as they appear the same as the part which broke. I had not heard about this until it happened to me despite reading many reviews. Definitely a poor design or materials problem which should have been foreseen. Good Luck! -Mark

This ^^ If you are reloading are these folks squeezing that brass down just a bit too much ? I figured this our when I bought a Hornady comparator. Otherwise, is this happening with factory ammo ?? I can see it while wearing gloves in the winter. No gloves and warm weather then maybe it needs to go back to the factory.

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My .243 has been 100% reliable so far . I have had it since they first came out and have no idea how many rounds it has through it . It's my bad weather rifle because of the cost . I wish they would make one in .250 Savage or 7x57 .

My guess in the 300 BO is that there are some very slight dimensional differences in base to shoulder measurements with various factory loads. Good results with one load and misfires with another indicates to me that case could at least be part of the problem.

That’s a savage rifle, not a ruger.