Bought a 219 and it has problems. When I try to close the barrel with a snap-cap, it is difficult to close and will not cock. Close on empty chamber and it closes okay, and cocks sometimes. The rifle is probably the first model that came out, because it has a flat curved steel trigger guard. I do not know if the barrel assembly is original to the rifle, nor do I know how to identify if the barrel is a later model or the correct one for this receiver.
Does closing the barrel cock the firing pin? When I open the barrel with the snap cap, it launches the snap cap maybe ten feet behind me. Is this normal?
What say you experts on the Savage 219? Order a new firing pin from Numrich ?
I will not have time to work on the rifle for a week or so, there is time to noodle this out, hopefully.