Thread: Savage A17

Had a play with an A17 yesterday, my first impressions are not very favorable unfortunately. A mate brought one out that was being reviewed and needed some game for a photo shoot.

It cycled perfectly, however only if you supported the rifle with your hand under the mag otherwise it would it would miss feed the 2nd round consistently as the rear of the mag would drop slightly. Bolt ejects the spent case, misses the rim of the round in the mag and catches the round half way up the side of case causing it to jam (seems common problem when googled).

A few other random observations,
Seemed very "plasticy" and "cheap".
Magazine was a pig to load compared to a 10/22.
Trigger was however better than a standard 10/22.
Mag was very easy to remove, maybe too easy.

Also managed cop a bit of crap in the face during firing, most likely unburnt powder, would pay to wear eye protection.

These are just my own opinions and experiances of the A17 that was on test. I knew next to nothing about them until yesterday so I was a bit shocked to see what they retail for.