Did it work for the year up until it stopped working? Or did it never work? I would still contact them and see what they'll do. Obviously they have to end the warranty period at some point or you'll get guys who shoot the hell out of them for over a year and try to claim warranty but it doesn't sound like your situation and I would think any company with decent customer service would want to resolve the issue.I have purchased 2 savage rifles in the last 2 years. The newest was a savage axis with bad headspacing from the factory that had to be returned. The one previous was a savage model 64. Inexpensive rifle but seems decent. I am currently dealing with misfeeds and misfires. The firing pin does not hit deep enough because they are pretty blunt. The feeding problems seem to have to do with sharp edges on everything. I messed up my firing pin by sharpening the wrong end (darnit). I called savage and they do not sell firing pins except to ffls and their warrranty is only a year. This left me super angry. Screw savage. I would recommend not purchasing another thing from them.