Thread: Savage A17 17hmr semi-auto GGrrrr....

Do other people have trouble with these not reloading when they get dirty. I seem to have to clean mine about every 30 shots or so. Is it common and what can be done about it?
It's very accurate but not charging is bloody annoying. Otherwise they are great little things.

Have you tried the CCI A17 ammo?

Originally Posted by Tahr

Do other people have trouble with these not reloading when they get dirty. I seem to have to clean mine about every 30 shots or so. Is it common and what can be done about it?
It's very accurate but not charging is bloody annoying. Otherwise they are great little things.

remington/aguila ammo ? would explain it

Originally Posted by Shearer

Have you tried the CCI A17 ammo?
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Thats what its doing it with.

Ive got Hornady so I will try that.

Originally Posted by gonetropo

remington/aguila ammo ? would explain it

CCI

I have never had an issue with mine using Hornady or the A17 stuff but aware of another that is a pain in the arse with both

Originally Posted by Baz036

I have never had an issue with mine using Hornady or the A17 stuff but aware of another that is a pain in the arse with both

Mine came from your district. Maybe he got sick of it

Haven't used mine a lot. They seem.....finicky...

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have had 2 of them and they are very picky with the grease you use . they recommend mpro 7 grease ,which is not available in nz . think from memory i used a synthetic grease that is used in fishing reels and it was pretty good or the napiar grease for shot guns

Originally Posted by Tahr

Mine came from your district. Maybe he got sick of it

Can't possibly comment...

Originally Posted by sig4x4

have had 2 of them and they are very picky with the grease you use . they recommend mpro 7 grease ,which is not available in nz . think from memory i used a synthetic grease that is used in fishing reels and it was pretty good or the napiar grease for shot guns

Thats good advice thanks.

Use wd40 in your action to free the play.

Scrub the barrel really good in the chamber area and just ahead of it
They are super prone to building up a ring of fouling and copper just
In front of the chamber that can make them hard to chamber
Or cause crazy over pressure

I service a couple of them for some pest control boys and every 2 month
Pull the barrel out stick it on the sonic cleaner to get the worst of it out
Then scrub that area with jb paste but they are running through few thousand rounds
In that time

Magnum research 17hmr rifles use to come with a 90° 17 cal bush that you would
Lock the bolt back and scrub it then pull the bore snake that was supplied with the rifle
through

If it is suppressed a bigger capacity can that will lower the pressure and stop the crap
Being sucked back into the barrel can help
We used to adapt suppressors with a tiny wee 17 cal muzzle brake that would thread into the back
After tapping them out and it would reduce the amount of burnt powder that would
Clog the actions up being sucked back down the barrel

Originally Posted by NCGNSMITH

Scrub the barrel really good in the chamber area and just ahead of it
They are super prone to building up a ring of fouling and copper just
In front of the chamber that can make them hard to chamber
Or cause crazy over pressure

I service a couple of them for some pest control boys and every 2 month
Pull the barrel out stick it on the sonic cleaner to get the worst of it out
Then scrub that area with jb paste but they are running through few thousand rounds
In that time

Magnum research 17hmr rifles use to come with a 90° 17 cal bush that you would
Lock the bolt back and scrub it then pull the bore snake that was supplied with the rifle
through

If it is suppressed a bigger capacity can that will lower the pressure and stop the crap
Being sucked back into the barrel can help
We used to adapt suppressors with a tiny wee 17 cal muzzle brake that would thread into the back
After tapping them out and it would reduce the amount of burnt powder that would
Clog the actions up being sucked back down the barrel

Thanks for this.