Savage 1914 .22 knowledge anyone?

[Babysitr]

I inherited my grandfathers Savage .22 that hasn't worked for years. the rifle fires, extracts and ejects fine, nice and clean inside,but jams the cartridge when lining it up with the chamber..it will bench function if you work the action slowly, the cartridge pops up in line and loads. at normal pumping speed,jams every time....any ideas? anyone know who I can contact? looks like parts are scarce!

 

[Stevie]

Is that a pump .22?....I can say that my Remington Model 12C can get dirty enough to not feed....it can dirty enough to be hard to pump and still feed ok...however if enough crud gets in it's feed system parts it is done feeding!

A good cleaning of the parts and clean/scrape some crud from the crevices with a toothpick and the M12 will run like new again....that's where I would start....strip and inspect for obscene/excessive wear or damage on parts or stuck gummy things like springs and plungers....if somewhere online like Numerich or other have a schematic of the gun would help I'm sure. I don't think my .22 rifle disassembly/assembly guide includes that model

 

[Drm50]

They are a pain to get parts for. I call them 3:1 guns. It usually takes 3 to get one running. I have a reciever and a few minor parts. No springs or firing pins, may have a stripped bolt. The local hard ware must have sold a bunch of them in the day. I've never had one that wasn't thrashed. It's hard to find one with a good bore too.

 

[gregintenn]

There’s a Savage collector’s subforum on 24hourcampfire. If those guys can’t help ya.....well, they can.

 

[2152hq]

Here's a pretty good back and forth about a Sav 1914 with feeding problems.

Savage 1914 .22 pump

You'll have to sign up to be able to see the pics but it's worth it and doesn't cost anything.
The guy gifting the knowledge and pics is the same person that posts on 24hr Campfire (?) & Rimfire Central,, about early pump 22's and has put some great info out there.

Here's another Sav1914 problem thread from Rimfire Central.
Exc pics but you have to sign up as well to see them I believe.

My Model 1914 is messed up! Help! - RimfireCentral.com Forums


The slide bar, being worn in either the grooves and/or the round stud at the end are a good place to look.
Also make sure the lock/lifter spring is still in place. It's a torsion type that hides under the lifter and works the lifter both down and upwards to use it as a cutoff and lifter.
They break after 100ys of use but the action slide will still drag the carrier up to feed dispite a broken or missing spring.
It just won't usually feed cleanly w/o it in place.
Numrich usually has them. I think they call it a Lock Spring or Operation Lock Spring.

Good Luck with it. They are nice accurate rifles. Love those older pump .22's.
Use Standard Vel only in them. They were never made for HS Ammo

 

[Gene L]

I've got one with an octagonal barrel. When I bought it, it ha a broken firing pin, but I found one at Numrich, I believe. I put a tang sight on it, and it's a fun fun to shoot. Accurate enough, not sterling.

I've also got a Meriden (not Mer-Rid' ien) that looks a lot like it the Savage 14. Both are takedowns. Apparently that style of rifle was popular back in the day. Had to get the barrel relined.

I don't shoot either one very much.

 

[Babysitr]

been trying to get back on Rimfire central...they wont send password reset...not sure why...looks like Sav22 is who I need to talk to....I can sign in to RFC but then it goes to my E-mail not proper????? Glad this forum is user friendly....cant find a place to re-join either?????

 

[2152hq]

"....I've also got a Meriden (not Mer-Rid' ien) that looks a lot like it the Savage 14. Both are takedowns. Apparently that style of rifle was popular back in the day. ...."

The Meriden (Model 14) was a Savage Patent. But the Savage name on the patent belonged to the two sons of Arthur Savage (owner of Savage Arms Co).
One was named John,,can't recall the other son's name now..

The two sons also had the patent on Meriden's Model 1912 Pump action Shotgun.
That shotgun proudly displays 'Savage Patent' on the slide action bar on the left side.

I've read a couple of (speculative?) accounts that the Savage patent on the Meriden guns was in fact Arthur Savage and not his sons.
I don't know where that goes. That's deep collector stuff I never got in to.

Anyway. When Meriden went out of business during WW1 (Their facilitys got taken over in 1918 by the New England Westinghouse govt Wartime mfg machine). Meriden Arms never emerged after WW1.
OF Mossberg was just starting in business in 1920/21. OFM bought the rights to the Meriden Model 14 pump .22rifle .
OFM started making the same rifle as the Mossberg Model K (and S,,and M ,,(IIRC). Just different bbl lengths and round vs oct bbl.
These Mossbergs are about as scarce as the Meriden 14's are.
Parts about nowhere to be found unless you happen upon a 'parts gun' or a trove of strange looking parts and can ID them when no one else can.

Numrich occasionally does have a few odd parts for either.

 

[Rubone]

I have a model 14 Savage that came to me from a previous FIL (RIP) that was poorly stored but functional. I have found all I needed for it on Ebay from parted out guns. Original Take-down screw and a sight ramp. It is second from the bottom in his pic. It feeds just fine, so maybe you have a weak spring issue?