Buy a new one. You 5 rounder is used up. The lips are spread or pinched the spting might be in backwards , or the followers gummed up or melted from some solvent.

 

I don't even have 100 rounds through my factory 5 rd. mag. It's been a POS from day one. That's why I bought the 10 rd. mag.

NYH1.

 

They are built rather cheaply. My 5 rounder works great. One of my ten rounders tries to double feed, or dump 3-4 rounds out the top. Only did it a few times. They’re definitely easier to load than the rotary mags.

 

I'm eyeing a 10 or 20 rounder from csspes company. I've heard nothing but great things. 👍

 

I was going to order a couple of those, but lgs had 10 round Savage mags in stock. Figured I’d save on shipping.

 

My mags worked fine, but I’d heard stories of the lips spreading and the staking on the bodies being insufficient, so I bratted mine with a brass hammer and screw driver. Also had to take a saw file and round the leading edge to protect the bullet lead from being shaved while loading—guess I’m just use to working on everything I buy over the last 30 plus years!

 

But with my .17 WSM BMAG problems, I needed parts for another problem of misfires and Savage required parts ordered only by a gunsmith. We discovered my original firing pin and spring were fine after receiving new ones. The many misfires were due to the firing pin return spring was too long and created a bind. My 'smith pal removed a few rings of the spring and problem solved. If your BMAG starts having misfires, consider it is probably the firing pin return spring, not the pin or main spring. That is, if your bolt innards are clean. Gunsmith pal also convinced me to soak my bolt in gasoline to really clean it and that works great. My bolt was clean while I was having the many misfires.

 

I had a Savage 64 that I had 10 magazines for trying to figure out the jam-O-matic problems that it had, it even went back to the factory 3 times and still never worked right! I trashed the CPS for a Henry and haven't looked back!!! I don't know why people think that Savages are such great weapons with the problems they have? Good Luck

 

This is the only Savage Rifle I've ever owned. Other than the 5 rd. mag. issue, the rifle has been great, I can't complain. I might buy a similar Rifle in 22 WMR.

NYH1.

 

NYH1 - Have you tried to 'fiddle' with the lips of the mag? This is a "LOW-END" Savage so QC has a low-bar. Just play with those lips I have a couple 64s that have the pot-metal mags and I have to 'tap' them often to keep them aligned. That rifle is one of the 'best buys' on the 22LR market.

 

NYH1 - Have you tried to 'fiddle' with the lips of the mag? This is a "LOW-END" Savage so QC has a low-bar. Just play with those lips I have a couple 64s that have the pot-metal mags and I have to 'tap' them often to keep them aligned.

No, I haven't. I took @Toomany22s advice and ordered a few new ones, $16.99 at Midway.

That rifle is one of the 'best buys' on the 22LR market.

Oh, for sure, the rifles been great, no complains there at all. I'm kind of eye balling the 93 BRJ (22 WMR). We'll see!

Thanks, NYH1.

 

Seems like I’ve had to tinker and polish about everything I’ve bought since the 1980’s—thought this was just the way it was!

 

Can you get any more oxymoronic, or is society really that stupid to believe it? Buy cheap and live with the problem or complain about it to the WWW where no one listens!!!



Your opening post contradicts this reply/statement! Just sayin

How? The 5-rd. magazine is the problem not the rifle. With the 10-rd. mag. it works 100% of the time.

NYH1.

 

I have multiple Mk IIs, except for the use with really slimy ammo, I’ve never had an issue with any of the mags.

 

Same here -- multiple Mark II's with no issues except for one mag that came with a rifle that I bought used (and a little abused but it was cheap). The mag had some feed issues, so I compared it with a good mag, tweaked the lips a little (so it looked like a "good" mag), and now it's working fine.

And concerning the "abused" rifle, it wouldn't feed from ANY mag. Turned out to be the magazine catch had been Bubba'd by the previous owner, presumably so a full mag could be inserted without opening the bolt. I fixed the catch, it worked fine, and turned out to be a very accurate little rifle.