Weird 1899B problem - 10/06/19
I bought a beautiful 1899B (Savage .303) about 10 years ago at a gunshow. Cleaned it and put it in the safe for later. Medical issues for me and my wife and a retirement/move to Florida (where there is no nearby rifle range) turned the B into a wall hanger in my library. I decided to shoot it at 30 yards at an indoor range this morning before selling it. Since I had never checked the head space I fired the first round down range blindly...no problem. I then reloaded with one round...bullseye (surprise because I am wearing new prismatic glasses and can correct my right (dominant) eye to only 20/30). Reloaded with 6 rounds, first round pretty close to the first....then the trouble began!
Jacked the next round into the chamber, aimed, pulled the trigger...it did no pull. The safety had jumped forward just a tiny amount, but just enough to lock the trigger. I pointed the gun down range, pulled the safety off, and the damn thing fired! Reproduced this twice more, found that when I pulled the trigger but it didn’t go bang, the trigger stayed back and was already off the seer....let off the partially engaged safety and “BANG”.
I will take it to a gun smith for repair, but am curious. Has anyone experienced a similar problem?
John
PS: I did fire another 3 rounds of aimed fire by manually moving the trigger forward after each shot.. Accuracy was excellent and it cycled beautifully.
Jacked the next round into the chamber, aimed, pulled the trigger...it did no pull. The safety had jumped forward just a tiny amount, but just enough to lock the trigger. I pointed the gun down range, pulled the safety off, and the damn thing fired! Reproduced this twice more, found that when I pulled the trigger but it didn’t go bang, the trigger stayed back and was already off the seer....let off the partially engaged safety and “BANG”.
I will take it to a gun smith for repair, but am curious. Has anyone experienced a similar problem?
John
PS: I did fire another 3 rounds of aimed fire by manually moving the trigger forward after each shot.. Accuracy was excellent and it cycled beautifully.