Hello, Could I have messed up my remington 700 action or bolt?

[rangewarrior]

Hello, Could I have messed up my remington 700 action or bolt? Added new pictures

Hello, I am here to get some reassurance that I didn’t mess anything up do to my stupidity.

Last night I had the bolt out of my Remington 700 SPS Tactical in .308 and somehow managed to turn the firing pin assembly in relation to the bolt. Needless to say, when trying to get the bolt back in I could not get it to seat fully because the firing pin assembly was hitting the back of the receiver.

So with the bolt in the rifle I tried to “moderately” tap the bolt handle with the plastic end of a large screw driver a few time in an attempt to get it to turn. I was tapping mostly in the direction of the green arrow below. I tried this with the bolt as far forward as the picture shows and also with the bolt almost out of the gun with the lugs just inside the rear of the receiver. If you look at the firing pin assembly in the picture it should be rotated 90 degrees in the opposite direction of the green arrow to fit back in.

I did finally figure out how to pull the firing pin assembly rearward and was able to turn it. The bolt now seats into the rifle.

My question is weather or not I could have messed up the receiver or bolt? Are they likely to have developed any cracks or is that metal really strong and I should have nothing to worry about?

Thanks again,
RW

 

[Nodak7mm]

Nah, ya would have knocked the bolt handle off before cracking or stressing it to a point of damage.

Nodak

 

[ultramagmed]

RW,

I agree that you would have had to get pretty aggressive with it to do any major damage. In addition, if you need to disassemble the firing pin and shroud from the bolt, I just use the edge of my tool box to pull the cocking piece back. On the rear of the firing pin if you pull it back far enough, there should be a slot, there you can insert a coin (penny) to hold the firing pin back and unscrew the pin and shroud assembly from the bolt. You can also do this to get the cocking piece back into the cocked position notch at the back of the bolt.

Hope this helps,
Med.

 

[alinwa]

LOL

You're fine...

Just to reassure you, even if you somehow DID manage to break/warp/bend something (which you DIDN'T) there would be no safety issue because the affected parts are well away from the critical locking area.



But next time...... post for help BEFORE grabbing up the BFH eh!!



al

 

[chino69]

Bolt problem

Take your bolt out of the rifle. The silver colored thing in the middle slot of the shroud is the cocking piece. There are two angled pieces. Engage one of the angled pieces on the edge of something sturdy and with an edge. I use the jaw of my bench vice. Pull back on the bolt body and you'll see a slot in the cocking piece; a dime fits perfectly. This will keep you firing pin pulled back and allow you to rotate the shroud to the small dimple on the back of the bolt. This is the position the cocking piece is in when it is ready to fire. Now, re-engage the angled piece and remove the dime. Make sure the cocking piece stays in the small recess otherwise you'll have to repeat the above. The shroud wants to turn when you're doing all this. Re-insert your bolt and you should be fine.

Note: I always pull my trigger to the rear when I'm closing the bolt on an empty chamber. This allows the firing pin spring to be in a relaxed 'non compressive' state. When you cycle your bolt, everything will work correctly.

Lou Baccino

 

[rangewarrior]

Thanks for the replies guys...

Here are pics of the bolt and the inside of the action. I havent shot her yet but it was sold to me as only having about a dozen rounds fired.

please let me know how everything looks

 

[Bnhpr]

Your owners manual has instructions on stripping/cleaning the bolt assembly. Doing this, and learning the mechanics of your bolt will help you if this ever happens again.

Ben

 

[chino69]

owner's manual

Your owners manual has instructions on stripping/cleaning the bolt assembly. Doing this, and learning the mechanics of your bolt will help you if this ever happens again.

Ben

I'll second that motion. From the looks of the pictures, he looks fine; the gun is indeed brand new.

Lou Baccino

 

[rangewarrior]

Thanks for taking the time to look at everything guys...

I went ahead and bought the bolt disassembly tool just in case...

 

[John Kielly]

From one who has no idea of what's done these days with commercial actions, is the bolt supposed to have that "crackle" finish all over the lug bearing surface & the bolt face? Surely the headspace will change dramatically as that crud comes off.

 

[SGS]

From one who has no idea of what's done these days with commercial actions, is the bolt supposed to have that "crackle" finish all over the lug bearing surface & the bolt face? Surely the headspace will change dramatically as that crud comes off.

That is actually a rather coarse matte finish which is standard on the new Remington model SPS. It is not very attractive, but does not seem to have much affect otherwise. The roughness on the bolt face does collect brass for awhile. A Dave Kiff bolt is a significant improvement if one is building a custom on one of these actions.

Scott Roeder

 

[John Kielly]

Thanks, Scott.

To paraphrase one sales guru whose course I was paid to attend many, many years ago:

"Obviously Remington has a reason for doing that. Do you mind if I ask what it is?"

John

 

[alinwa]

Thanks, Scott.

To paraphrase one sales guru whose course I was paid to attend many, many years ago:

"Obviously Remington has a reason for doing that. Do you mind if I ask what it is?"

John

Same as the 870 Express.... same as sandblasting and coarse spray-on/bake-on finishes have always been ........ to ease the finishing process.

In the case of the 870 Express you get a 700.00 shottygun for 225.00, a bangup deal by any standard. For a tool gun.

I'm agreed though re the use of heavy finish on the bf and locking lugs. First of all, this looks to be a painted on FINISH, not actually sandblasted...... I see places where it's come off........ IMO it will smooth up/come off in these two spots thereby increasing headspace. Not necessarily bad, just weird. The rifles may start misfiring just as they break in to become smooth! And even if it IS actually sandblasted, it'll still smooth up and change hs.

al