Thread: Help please - Remington 700 (short action) Bolt issue.

R

Originally Posted by ishoot10s

I'd guess it's had it's bolt brute-forced open over a stuck case in the chamber at some point. That would explain the chip out of the bolt rim.

Talk to Mike Shepherd at Westgate H&F he'll know who's doing what these days. He used to fire stuff off to Gary McColl (MAE). Gary only took work through shops. There's also a gunsmith up Wilsons Road (South Kaipara Head) but his name escapes me right now, sorry.

That's a negatory on the brute force over a stuck round as far as my personal ownership and use. It's never failed to easily load or extract whilst I owned it (although it could have been subjected to damage earlier and had a fracture to the lug that couldn't be seen easily) hence spotting the brass burrs on the bolt face was the first thing I noticed and no bits of metal noticed in the magazine - although it must of fallen out at some point when unloaded and made safe at the end of a detail on the range.

As for H&F I've had varying results up there. Mike is absolutely awesome and his knowledge is simply brilliant. But I've had issues with a certain young fella in there multiple times giving incorrect information and shocking service including when I had a firearm sent from there to Christchurch. Dropped off firearm and paperwork, scope and ammo for transit. Customer rang me a week later complaining that it hadn't arrived - Well it hadn't even left arrived at the other end without 2 of 3 of the boxes of ammo and when I sent a pick of what was sent. Poor old Dave said it didn't look like that when it arrived.

So mate I'll give them a ring to discuss who in Auckland may be able to fix this bolt but I'll make sure I speak to Mike!

You'd think isn't there a outfit in Avondale doing actions (Borden I think) that would be capable of this kind of thing...