The local Wally World, has a Rem 700 that has no bolt.

I think someone stole it or they left it in the box, and tossed it out.

It has been sitting in the rack for 2+ years now, and no one there seems to know what to do with it.

How hard is it to get another complete bolt,and what might it cost?

The last Remington bolt I saw was one I sold at a gunshow 4 years ago. I got $100 and probably let it go too cheap. I would call Remington pretending it was your rifle and ask what they would charge to replace it. Then go dicker with WalMart. (For those of you born after 1972, dicker probably doesn't mean what you're thinking.)

What caliber is it?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=383&item=3683857894&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

remington charged my $125.00 to put a new bolt in, headspace and proof fire..

That bolt handle (and shroud) doesn't like the ones I have on my 700s.

George

Terry,

I believe Remington charges $150 for a replacement bolt, and you must return the action to them for headspacing.

George

MarkWhite,

That looks like a 721 bolt & metal to me. Looks too long to be 722, but sure don't look like 700 stuff.

Do what I did when a friend mislaid the bolt to my 700. I picked up another 700 of the same vintage and cartridge family and sure enough it headspaced right. Now I have two guns and one bolt.

Terry,
Last time I had to send a rifle to Remington for a bolt it was $185 plus s&h both ways. That was to have the bolt replaced on a new gun...magnum clip-in extractor would not work. Their solution was to replace the bolt with the rivet in extractor system on an old-style bolt at my expense. GOOD customer service!
Another word of warning...just got a model 7 back from them. Sent it in for warrenty headspace problem. They relaced the bolt for "free" to correct that and replaced the trigger for $50 C.O.D. They claim the trigger had been "adjusted beyond spec. " That is really strange, since the rifle was brought in to check the headspace AND do a trigger job. This was the original owner and he had not touched the trigger. I called and whined to their drones who know nothing and can do nothing and finally gave up. The two individuals I spoke with are aware that we no longer sell Remington products and we advise our customers to do the same. I called them theives and they took it in stride. "It's policy" "We destoy a pile of them every day" I suggested maybe they should fix their faulty design and manufacture and maybe they wouldn't have to destroy so many.
That being said, I still own some of their rifles and I imagine I'll still work on a bunch. I will not send anything for warrenty without pulling the trigger off first. Since I'll be paying for a new one I might as well have the old for parts.
The above pics are parts from a 721 which can be made to work, but you might be looking at setting the barrel back, changing the bolt handle to fit your stock etc.

Wally world{walmart}. . They probably thought the bolt got mixed in from the trailer hitch section ,or just threw the box out with the bolt and owners manual. DUHH!!!



I will never forget the black woman in the local walmart gun department chewing out the little boy(white) for asking his dad if he could have one of the BB guns. This woman realy laid into this little boy with her liberal anti gun B.S.

I felt like calling walmart and complaining about their ignorant employee in the gun dept.

Terry, I have a 700 with 5 barrels, 4 are magnums and 1 is a 25-06. I have 2 bolts for it and the extra bolt is a 721 for the 25-06. works perfect and did not have to modify the stock at all. The 721 has a shorter bolt handle than the 700 but it does work just fine.

It might be a deal at the get go, but I wouldn't go for it unless it's super cheap. I've seen bolts on ebay go for close to $200. Remmy is not a company you want to deal with, let me tell you. They're like a bably's diaper, (full of s**t) and any Remmy I buy I check out thoroughly and if I do get one with a problem, it gets traded off because it isn't worth dealing with the morons to get it fixed. To be honest, I only own one, am having a little trouble with it, and probably won't buy anymore. That doesn't mean they don't make good ones now and then, it just means I don't like the way they do business and there's PLENTY of Winchesters, CZ's, Rugers and Brownings etc. to keep me happy. We really don't need Remington, and if they don't get their act together, we won't have 'em. The local shop where I do some work, has been so plagued with pissed off customers who bought Remmys that I've tried to encourage the owner not to order any more. He's a stocking Browning, Sako, Savage and CZ dealer, and working on Kimber, so Remington is simply not needed, especially with all the hassles of some guys wife comming in and giving us all h**l over a piece of s**t rifle she bought here hubby for a gift, and it broke on the first range session, (it happened, I know, I know..isolated case).

Check with Dave Kiff at PTG. I heard he was making new replacements for the 700 bolts.

ebay has a real bolt for a 700 now. complete. $128 with no bids....
as long as it is apart dont forget to square it and do the lugs. also, an AI chamber is just a few minutes away. oh yeah, a mcmillan or hitech could be thrown on at the same time!
sorry, got a bit carried away.............
woofer

OK, so there is a Rem 700 out there with no bolt.

Here is how I rate things from best to worst:

1. (best) I do not own a Rem 700 and neither does anyone I hunt with.

2. Someone I hunt with owns a Rem 700 but we hunt at least 3 miles apart.

3. I own a Rem 700, but it has no bolt and therefore cannot cause a safety problem.

4. (worst) Either I or a friend owns a Rem 700 with all its parts, so it poses the traditional Remington danger of accidental discharge.

The biggest danger of accidental discharge is the nut behind the trigger.

Sounds like the old Ford/Chevy opinions again.



Of my more than 100 rifles, probably 20-25 are Remingtons. The only rifle I've ever had an AD with was a Winchester M70, and that wasn't the rifle's fault.



Many years ago a careless "smith" incorrectly installed a Canjar trigger in it without checking to see if it fired when one disengaged the safety. It did. In the southern Arizona desert on a deer hunt. Took it home and re-did it myself, correctly. It has never delivered another AD. And I have never taken any more work to that "gunsmith". Yes, I was at fault for not having checked the safety after I got it back from the 'smith.



I agree with Bobby. Most dangerous part of any make of rifle is the operator.



To each his own.



AC

<<"Sounds like the old Ford/Chevy opinions again.'>>



Your Point?



Both Ford and Chevy had models with exploding gas tanks upon impact, both companies performed "Cost Benefit Analyses" associated to their specific model design defects which placed the public with a factual statistical risk which Ford and Chevy were willing to take at the publics expense....



Dont buy into the theory of "I never had a problem with mine" so there for the danger must not exist when history dictates otherwise....



To compare apples to apples:



The problem you describe with the M/70 fire control/safety are not inherent of the design, we can agree to that, However, the problems encountered by the public associated with the M/700 have existed since its conception as a design, compounded by manufacturing process, assembly and finally plagued with inspection errors & omissions but also to include post manufacture modifications by the un-educated public concerning this spicific system...



It is a very good concept (in theory) but probably would be much better suited for something other than a mass production system, or if Remington Engineers would have proceeded forward with the intended "Trigger Sear Block System".



The Sear Block of course preventing "Jar Off" and the Trigger Block preventing the "undesirable trigger movement" that potentially Precipitates safety induced and other malfunctions.



I for one certainly grow tired of all the BS I see associated to this issue here and else where. The last thread I read here at AR seemed to attack the individual for asking a reasonable question IMHO related to his problems he encountered which is a tatic I find offensive, simply to silence discussion of this very polarized issue.



http://www.accuratereloading.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=604053&page=70&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=93&fpart=1&vc=1



Maybe it is finally time I interject some factual data for a change instead of the typical BS the readers have come to expect with regard to this issue?



OK, let the flaming begin, but a Rose by any other name is still a Rose, is it not?



AR, AKA: Augustis ><>

for crying out loud.

on any bolt rifle keep the bolt handle up until ready to shoot. The rifle cannot go off with the b olt handle up / rifle not in battery.

That is what they teach in some LEO sniper classes and at least two top precision rifle classes I have been to. It works period.

Any rifle's safety can and will malfuncton. It is a mechanical part made by a non perfect human period.



Never point your rifle at anything you do not want to destroy and are prepared to take resposibilty for.



Celt

So is it possible to buy a bolt for a 700 that doesn't have one?