Thread: Rem700 primary extraction

Hi all,
I have a rem700 that I occasionally struggle to extract a fired round. If I neck size, every round requires the bolt to be tapped open! Initially I thought the loads must be too hot or my sizing was crook, this doesn't seem to be the case. After some googling it seems this is a known issue with more recent rem700 actions. It appears that mine has no primary extraction, the cam on the bolt handle and the action don't appear to make contact.

Does anyone know of a gunsmith (ideally close to rotorua) that re-time remington bolts? Seems like a pretty specialist job removing handle and resoldering.

Cheers

Yes it does, quite a trickie job. Scott Trail did mine a few years back.

Cheers @chainsaw don't think Scott is doing general public gunsmithing anymore.

Yep, think you are correct. @mikee on here had similar primary extraction issue and ended up getting a new bolt ex USA if I recall correctly.

Dean Maisy should be able to sort it, i think hes in Tauranga.

80-120 thou of PE was normal during Remingtons quality years

Originally Posted by GWH

Dean Maisy should be able to sort it, i think hes in Tauranga.

Tried dean and apparently he doesn't do bolt timing unfortunately.

Given that if you true a rem700 action your likely to need to retime the bolt I'd have thought a few smiths might do it?

Buy a new bolt its much less hassle at least 2 guys had a go at mine. No idea who as Terminator Products who supplied the gun sent it for repair. handle was resoldered then screwed then tig'ed and was still wrong!!

Was a saga.............I was told all my fault, shitty reloading etc etc etc.

Well if you are reading this Mr Great KiwiGreg since having the bolt replaced cause it was too f&*ked about with to resurrect, I have worn out that barrel and 350 rounds into my second without one single failure to extract and my reloading practices are still the same as so is the load I use.

If your serial number starts with RR and its a WSM action they are known to give trouble.
I would suggest a new bolt is best course of action and STOP neck sizing, FLS only

The easiest way to correct primary extraction issues on the M700 is to built up the cam contact point on the receiver with TIG weld and file it to the correct size. The back of the receiver is not critical for heat-treatment and, done properly, is both quick and invisible. Tape or similar must be used when welding to protect the surrounding finish, and a dab of cold blue on the finished repair will blend in nicely. Removing and rebrazing the bolt handle is difficult, time-consuming, and also affects the temper of the cocking cam.

Have heard a few horror stories of gunsmiths making a ballsup of trying to re time remmy actions by resoldering the bolt. Your way seems genius and a lot simpler @gundoc !

Originally Posted by gundoc

The easiest way to correct primary extraction issues on the M700 is to built up the cam contact point on the receiver with TIG weld and file it to the correct size. The back of the receiver is not critical for heat-treatment and, done properly, is both quick and invisible. Tape or similar must be used when welding to protect the surrounding finish, and a dab of cold blue on the finished repair will blend in nicely. Removing and rebrazing the bolt handle is difficult, time-consuming, and also affects the temper of the cocking cam.

I own a Rem700 Sendero which has this done to it by Mil-Cun of Canada.

I think more importantly i have found is some one who actually knows what they are actually doing helps a lot!

If its a remington Id be inclined to have mitch maxberry work on it
he has only worked on my tikka but it came across in conversation that he is well versed in remington 700s

Thanks all, @gundoc seems a logical solution, do you recommend anyone in the NI to do it? @Bill999 where is Mitch based?

Originally Posted by Hunty1

Thanks all, @gundoc seems a logical solution, do you recommend anyone in the NI to do it? @Bill999 where is Mitch based?

he lives in the wellington area