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

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