Thread: Remington 700 AWR

Thanks, Caberslash. I’m aware of a small percentage of rifles with extraction/cam issues and/or sticky chambers. Have you personally had or dealt with these issues?

Cheers Cliff

Originally Posted by Cliff

Thanks, Caberslash. I’m aware of a small percentage of rifles with extraction/cam issues and/or sticky chambers. Have you personally had or dealt with these issues?

Cheers Cliff

When I bought my two Remingtons (a Model 7 from '94 and a 700 L/A Sendero from '02) it was the first thing I checked. US forums will give you plenty of material, accurateshooter is the best one.

Both of my rifles had work done on the bolts, the M7 had a PTG bolt with Sako extractor and new handle fitted whereas the 700 had a new barrel, been re-timed and the gunsmith even went so far as to re-cut the primary extraction cam. Bear in mind these are the older and supposedly better actions which carried the 'S' prefix (for stainless).

Still got screwed with a sticking chamber on the Model 7 as the factory barrel had a chamber which was ****, it's back at the dealers now getting reamed and polished again as whilst the bolt lift was fine, trying to pull the case out made it seem like a muzzleloader. The tell-tale scratches and scores on the cases meant a return to sender.

Anyway, RR serial actions are ones to avoid, as they are 'Freedom Group' era.

Long story short, the original bolt forging was changed, and the new bolts which have different handle dimension often miss the primary extraction cam entirely. Furthermore they were timed in the factory for battery/headspace, not primary extraction. Basically a time saving and cost cutting measure which cost the company it's once rock-solid reputation.

The is a reason why a cottage industry has sprung up around Remingtons in the States... look up Long Rifles Inc. and Accu-Tig.

If you want more info with references to actual books for research into the design of the Remington 7XX series of rifles, I'd be happy to send you details via PM.