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#1832681 - 07/11/22 11:13 AM Savage 212 slug gun **Update 9-26-22**
Major Woods Offline

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Purchased a new Savage 212 at Cabelas a couple weeks ago.

A couple days later gave it a good cleaning and noticed something about 12" down the rifled bore at the 2-3 O-clock position, dark line.
Looked at it with the bore scope and its a huge dent in the rifling.

Dropped it off at the factory for barrel replacement, said to take about 4 weeks.



Edited by Major Woods (09/26/22 10:31 AM)
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#1832683 - 07/11/22 11:38 AM Re: Savage 212 slug gun [Re: Major Woods]
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Great to see they are standing by their product

I took a factory tour about 8 months ago because my father in law knows the CEO quite well and they are making some good stuff.

I wish they would buy the rights to H&R and bring some of their guns back


Edited by OldSchool (07/11/22 11:41 AM)

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#1832690 - 07/11/22 02:10 PM Re: Savage 212 slug gun [Re: Major Woods]
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Glad that you found it before shooting it. That should have been picked up before it left the factory.

Bob
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#1832692 - 07/11/22 04:32 PM Re: Savage 212 slug gun [Re: Major Woods]
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Wow! I’m glad they’re replacing it. CVA replaced one of my barrels too and gave me a better barrel for the trouble.
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#1832701 - 07/11/22 08:55 PM Re: Savage 212 slug gun [Re: Major Woods]
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Maybe there was an inclusion in the barrel forging. It does seem strange that it wasn't picked up by inspection. I have a 220 I picked up about 5 years ago. It's a great shooter for a slug gun. I'm sure yours will be the same when you get it back.

In any case I'm glad they're taking care of it. One of the last New England gun companies.

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#1832763 - 07/13/22 08:32 AM Re: Savage 212 slug gun [Re: Major Woods]
Major Woods Offline

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I received a brand new gun (different S/N) yesterday by UPS, even though I asked to do a pick up.
I check the barrel and this gun also had the same damaged barrel problem, looks likes its not a isolated problem.
I called in to Customer Support and they want to view the gun with me when I drop it off again today.

I'm going to call the QA Manager today and see if I can discuss it with him since this must be a manufacturing issue.
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#1832766 - 07/13/22 10:06 AM Re: Savage 212 slug gun [Re: Major Woods]
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Good catch on this problem. Hope you can get them to fix whatever is causing it.
When the Savage 12 gauge model first came out I bought one and found it was having problems ejecting the hulls.
They reworked the 12 and 20 models and I then bought the 20 gauge 220. I am very happy with the 220. But if you are
buying a used gun the really early builds had some problems.
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#1833453 - 08/04/22 05:41 PM Re: Savage 212 slug gun [Re: Major Woods]
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Jeff, What happened with this?

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#1833472 - 08/05/22 12:17 PM Re: Savage 212 slug gun [Re: Major Woods]
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I called yesterday since it's been awhile.There not giving me another new (S/N) gun, most of their in factory stock has the same defect.
The second gun is in the machine shop, they are fitting it to a new barrel.

I'll call back in another week or so to see whats happening.
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#1833479 - 08/05/22 02:54 PM Re: Savage 212 slug gun [Re: Major Woods]
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FYI : I have a savage 212 I am going to put up for sale - perfect condition.
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