I just got a Remington 511, and the bolt comes out of the receiver if you pull it back too smartly. Any idea how to stop this?

thanks,


Okie John

I have a 541X and I think they are probably the same as a 511 in this area. The bolt stop is a part of the safety and you have to push and hold it forward while you remove the bolt. Same to put it back in.

This piece is a really flimsy stamped part that can get bent pretty easily and its possible that it is bent and not contacting the bolt to stop the reward travel. You’ll have to pull the barreled action out of the stock to check it, and bend it back into position if its bad.

Rick is right. If I remember right you have to
push the safety forward, lift the bolt handle, and pull the trigger to get the bolt out of a 51x series rifle that is working properly. Rich, correct me if I am wrong. I just sold the last of my Remington 510x series rifles so I don't have one to check.

The bolt stop on the 500 series rifles is the sear. If you take the trigger apart, you'll probably find the sear is all buggered up. I have three of these rifle, a 510 single shot, and two 513 T's. I replaced all of the sears on them. Parts are available from gunparts.com
Don

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Originally posted by DMB:
The bolt stop on the 500 series rifles is the sear. If you take the trigger apart, you'll probably find the sear is all buggered up. I have three of these rifle, a 510 single shot, and two 513 T's. I replaced all of the sears on them. Parts are available from gunparts.com
Don

Don,

I don’t know about the other 500 series models but my 541X does not use the sear as a bolt stop. There is a spring loaded plunger that must be pulled down by pushing forward on the safety in order to remove the bolt. The sear, on mine anyway, has absolutely nothing to do with stopping the bolt or allowing it to be removed.

The tip of the plunger is trapped in a lengthwise slot on the bottom of the bolt and the bolt cannot come out until the tip is pulled down out of the way. If the bolt comes out on its own, this plunger is either broken or jammed in the down position. The plunger is housed in the trigger assembly but it is in no way connected to the sear.

Rick,
Sorry about my post referring to the 500 series Remingtons. I forgot the 540's are in that group. I was thinking about the 510, 511, 512, 513 and 521's. I should have referred to them as the 5 teen series, with the 521 thrown in..
If that doesn't confuse you, nothing will.
You are right about the 541's, and the 580's are different from the 510 triggers too.
Don

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Originally posted by DMB:
Rick,
Sorry about my post referring to the 500 series Remingtons. I forgot the 540's are in that group. I was thinking about the 510, 511, 512, 513 and 521's. I should have referred to them as the 5 teen series, with the 521 thrown in..
If that doesn't confuse you, nothing will.
You are right about the 541's, and the 580's are different from the 510 triggers too.
Don

Never mind then!

I just pulled the action out of the stock on my remington 510 to take a look. The front of the sear does serve as the bolt stop and it catches on a angled cut on the bottom of the bolt. I think a little file work would remedy almost any problem. None of the surfaces have anything to do with the sear surface so I can't see any safety issues with working on that area. Also make sure the spring is pushing up on the sear hard enough to keep the part engaged with the bottom of the bolt.

Good luck,
Weagle