Quote: I recently had three Remington 700 receivers (stainless) checked for hardness. They were 30, 30 and 31 respectively.
I am going to have some others checked.
Anybody else try this??
I'm surprised that they are that soft. Figured they'd be in the 40-42 range. Interesting.... They're hard enough, but in stainless, I'd like to see a little harder to reduce friction and gauling.
Posts: 1021 | Location: Prineville, OR 97754 | Registered: 14 July 2002
It means that they are hard enough not to dent (suffer setback) very easily but not hard enough to crack or shatter. The s.s. models still have a CrMo bolthead so galling is not as probable as it would be with s.s. on s.s.
Pretty good for such a low budget rifle made in USA.
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Posts: 275 | Location: NW USA | Registered: 27 May 2001
