Thread: Rifle stuffed???

Have seen a jammed case break a small chip off the front of a Rem 700 bolt, Remington replaced it. It would help if you let us know what rifle you have - if its a Remington style extractor, or sako, M16 etc they can be easily broken in a shitty situation. And repaired reasonably easy as well. If it was a Mauser/Ruger/controlled feed type extractor, they can be replaced. As for damage to the barrel, that should not have happened with a competent gunsmith, but as they said, set your barrel back and recut the chamber. So dont despair, all is not lost, your rifle is recoverable, just gonna take time and a little bit of capital expenditure. And the gunsmith, competent or not, probably tried his best to remedy a situation not of his making. We have some excellent gunsmiths here in NZ, but we also have some dodgy ones as well - pick your gunsmith wisely.