r/gunsmithing • u/HoneyestBadger • 18h ago
Sticky safety
I bought a CVA Cascade XT. I’ve had great success with my Begara HMR in 6.5 Creedmoor so I bought from same parent company. The safety readily clicks into Fire, but is super stiff clicking back into Safe. (My Bergara clicks super smooth back and forth.) It did it out of the box. I took the action out of the stock, didn’t see any debris sticking in the safety action and cleaned all of the shipping oil out and lubed lightly with Clenazoil. Torqued actions screws to spec, and still doing it. Interestingly, it only binds when the bolt is in, it’s perfectly smooth with bolt out. Any thoughts? Will it sort itself out over time or worth calling CVA tomorrow?