Savage Mk II "Sings"

[Josh Smith]

Hello,

I have a Savage Mk II BTVS left hand in .22LR.

When I fire, something vibrates through the stock. It sounds like a spring.

It does have a bipod, but I eliminated those springs as the source of the sound.

I thought maybe it was the barrel until I put a Limbsaver vibration dampener on it. Even then, I held on to the barrel for a couple shots - still rang.

That pretty much leaves the striker spring.

Does anyone have experience with this? I really don't care that it vibrates, unless it's transmitting to the barrel. It doesn't seem to be, but I don't see how it could <span style="font-style: italic">not</span> be, if that makes sense.

Does anyone else have this happening, and if so, what have you done about it? Or does it even need messing with?

I really like the Mk II and this would be perhaps the only shortfall I've noticed thus far. It's extremely accurate even without target ammo, and I find the thumb hole stock to be very comfortable.

Thoughts?

Thank you,

Josh <><

 

[sapper12b]

Re: Savage Mk II "Sings"

I havent had a problem with mine take off your bipod just to make sure

 

[mattj]

Re: Savage Mk II "Sings"

Does it happen when you have rounds left in the magazine?

If not, it is the spring in your magazine. My .308 does that too -- I like it, I can always tell when I just fired the last round.

 

[kansas45]

Re: Savage Mk II "Sings"

I haven't noticed anything like that with my MKII F or the MKII FV. I regularly use 5 & 10 round mags & both Harris & Wal Mart bi-pods.

 

[Josh Smith]

Re: Savage Mk II "Sings"

Hello,

I have this up on a couple different forums, and it seems mine is not an isolated incident.

At this point I'm thinking it's the striker spring.

I do believe I'll leave it alone so long as it doesn't affect accuracy.

Thanks,

Josh <><

 

[frog5215]

Re: Savage Mk II "Sings"

We airgunners find that the proper amount of grease on the mainspring de-twangs the gun to a significant degree.

Grease your striker spring, unless it's REALLY cold.At least you'll KNOW.