A friend of mine bought a Savage Edge in .223 used from a local dealer. He took it out today and it fired fine for about 20 rounds then the problems started, this rifle cocks on opening and when he gets the bolt fully open it uncocks or releases the firing pin. The empty is ejected and no new round has been fed yet so there is no danger of it firing but the bolt will not close with it in the uncocked position and it is a bear to get back in the cocked position.
I have reason to believe this rifle has been back to Savage once before for this very problem and I doubt that it has been fired 200 times since new. I'm almost sure that the original owner had the bolt replaced right after he bought it but I haven't heard back from him yet.
Has anyone here had this problem with their rifle and what did you do to fix it?