Another 'smith brought this 25-06 Remington 700 into the shop yesterday saying that he was a little over his head with this one. The bolt was stuck and the owner had knocked the handle off trying to open it. I couldn't budge the bolt either so I ended up pulling the barrel off the action to get the bolt out. I managed to turn the bolt after pulling the barrel but had to drive it back out through the action. The bolt face was mushroomed and cracked in one place. The brass had flowed into the extractor groove and I couldn't knock the case head out. Probably a case of reloading with pistol powder but either way somebody is lucky to be a live.



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Another 'smith brought this 25-06 Remington 700 into the shop yesterday saying that he was a little over his head with this one.

So if this kind of problem is a little over the 'smiths' head, what does he specialize in, recoil pads and boresighting?

That's the beauty of the Remington design. Not the bolt handle part, but the 3 rings of steel thing. Of course on second thought, the bolt handle may have been designed to come off under these conditions as a way to prevent fools from gaining access to the chamber without the need of a gunsmith's intervention. Kinda like a built in safety. Kiff makes a great replacement bolt.

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Originally posted by Westpac:

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Another 'smith brought this 25-06 Remington 700 into the shop yesterday saying that he was a little over his head with this one.

So if this kind of problem is a little over the 'smiths' head, what does he specialize in, recoil pads and boresighting?

That's the beauty of the Remington design. Not the bolt handle part, but the 3 rings of steel thing. Of course on second thought, the bolt handle may have been designed to come off under these conditions as a way to prevent fools from gaining access to the chamber without the need of a gunsmith's intervention. Kinda like a built in safety. Kiff makes a great replacement bolt.

Like I've said before, "gunsmith" is a pretty loose term.

Westpac and Kobe you crack me up!
Butch

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So if this kind of problem is a little over the 'smiths' head, what does he specialize in, recoil pads and boresighting?

Yep, and pistol work. Apparently the customer's Dad did this about 10 years ago and just left the rifle in the closet after he knocked the handle off. He recently passed away and now his son would like to get the rifle operating again. Really the action looks to be in pretty good condition. Can't see any cracks or anything, so being a Remington repair center here I'll get another bolt and put it all back together and give it back.

Does look like a bad brazing job,doesn't it?

Back to that 100% penetration thing, eh?

Stephen

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Originally posted by clowdis:
Really the action looks to be in pretty good condition. Can't see any cracks or anything, so being a Remington repair center here I'll get another bolt and put it all back together and give it back.

In all my years I've never seen a wrecked Remington 700 receiver. Well, not one that wasn't caused by some hack. Bolts, stocks, bottom metal yes, but not the receiver. And I've seem some pretty hellacious things over the years.

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