Savage Model 12 VLP - Magazine Problem and 5 Rounds .204

[Griff]

Hi All,

Recently I have had a problem with the Magazine on my Savage Model 12 Varminter Low Profile. The 4th round in the magazine (or top round - last loaded round) has been jumping out of the magazine as I push the action forward to chamber a cartridge. If I remember correctly I did read many moons ago on this forum that there was someone else with the same or similar problem.

Has this been a common complaint of the model 12?

Anyway my rifle is under warranty and apparently I have now got a new magazine and the supplier of my rifle and gunsmith who looked it over is happy with the now properly functioning mag - a win for warranties! I'm still yet to test it in earnest but I'm trusting in the gunsmith that all is well.

The specifications of my rifle state that it is a 4 shot magazine, yet in testing to find the problem the gunsmith was loading 5 rounds into the magazine. I was very surprised at this. He seemed to think that the spring tension of the mag was adequate to not stress or pressure the mag into a fault in the future.

What do you guys think - is it fine to stick 5 .204 round into the mag or should I stick to the specifications and load 4?

Thanks.

[WaltherP99]

Is this an internal mag rifle or DBM?

I have an internal mag and I always load 5 in mine.

[Griff]

It's a DBM.

[WaltherP99]

It's a DBM.

hrmmm...no experience with the DBM so I am not really sure. Guess it's a personal preference.

[assailant]

i def cannot get 5 rounds into my 4round detachable box magazine in my savage model25.

im not sure if they are the same as the 12, but there is definitely no physical way of forcing a 5th one in..

[chuckhunter]

I have a 12vlp and a model 25, I can get five in my vlp and only four in the model 25 mag. I thought that the vlp mag was a four round mag. Go figure.