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16 April 2004, 14:43
257kid
700 sts Rockwell
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??
16 April 2004, 15:23
smallfry
Not surprising, but also nothing to be overly concerned about.
17 April 2004, 13:35
257kid
Can anyone tell me what that is in Brinell??

Thanks!
18 April 2004, 07:12
Guy45
Try this site

http://www.gordonengland.co.uk/hardness/
18 April 2004, 07:17
Guy45
http://www.gordonengland.co.uk/hardness/hardness_conversion_2c.htm

According to this table your 700's have about a 140000 psi ultimate strength, assuming you were talking Rockwell C scale.
18 April 2004, 09:11
triggerguard1
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.
18 April 2004, 13:53
PC
So what does all this mean ??
18 April 2004, 14:16
Jay, Idaho
Quote:

So what does all this mean ??



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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