Holy cow...my bolt handle came off
08-07-2005, 01:44 AM
#11
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Holy cow...my bolt handle came off
from the looks of it, its a stainless steel gun. as a welder I know it can be difficult to weld stainless steel and very easy not to get the weld hot enough to bond the steel. Just send it back to remington im sure they willbe more thenhappy to fix it or replace the bolt altogether for you. Myself i will still own remington over any other gun, your problem IMO is minor since it can be fixed I own several remingtons and a few that are probably older then you and i have yet to see this sort of problem on any of them, but then none of them are stainless guns.
08-07-2005, 01:58 AM
#12
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RE: Holy cow...my bolt handle came off
As stated this does happen with rem model 700 from time to time its just one of those things in mass production.They will fix it free of charge for it was not your fault. Not like aforge bolt handle like on a mauser or as stated a Rem model 788 which is threaded like the 22 lr is some models. Except that his happened and go on from there,yes its frustrating for one,since you put out good money. It will work out ok in the long run .vangunsmith
08-07-2005, 01:36 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Holy cow...my bolt handle came off
thanks for lettin us know. now i know never to buy a bolt action remmington!!
I, for one, still wouldn't hesitate to buy an M700. For every gun that has its bolt handle fall off, there are probably several tens of thousands of M700's that will never have a single problem. Those odds are good enough for me.
Mike
08-07-2005, 07:15 PM
#15
Typical Buck
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RE: Holy cow...my bolt handle came off
I saw this happen with a fellow at the range,he had got all his shooting things inside the shooting house fired one round and the bolt came off in his hand as he was ejecting the spent round,it was on a rem 300 umag..
A buddy of mine had the safety lever break off his adl and the warrenty had just gone off and rem charged him $85 to replace it.
I have quit a few remingtons and so far haven't had any bad luck with any of them,but just bought a sps a few weeks ago and it wouldn't chamber a round sent it back and the said they polished the chamber and put a new bolt in it and it is ok now.I am glad it was still under warrenty though.
A buddy of mine had the safety lever break off his adl and the warrenty had just gone off and rem charged him $85 to replace it.
I have quit a few remingtons and so far haven't had any bad luck with any of them,but just bought a sps a few weeks ago and it wouldn't chamber a round sent it back and the said they polished the chamber and put a new bolt in it and it is ok now.I am glad it was still under warrenty though.
08-08-2005, 08:56 AM
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RE: Holy cow...my bolt handle came off
ORIGINAL: driftrider
I wouldn't go that far, but suit yourself. If you would never buy a certain brand of gun just because of a very rare problem that MIGHT occur in 1 in MAYBE 40,000-50,000 units, then you won't have too many choices. Mass produced guns, like anything else that rolls off an assembly line dozens or hundreds at a time, will always have a defect rate greater than 0%. Now if someone had posted a thread saying that the bolt handle of a hand-made custom action rifle (i.e. Stolle Panda or Tubbs 2000) had fallen off, then your concern would have more merit.
I, for one, still wouldn't hesitate to buy an M700. For every gun that has its bolt handle fall off, there are probably several tens of thousands of M700's that will never have a single problem. Those odds are good enough for me.
Mike
thanks for lettin us know. now i know never to buy a bolt action remmington!!
I, for one, still wouldn't hesitate to buy an M700. For every gun that has its bolt handle fall off, there are probably several tens of thousands of M700's that will never have a single problem. Those odds are good enough for me.
Mike
08-08-2005, 03:34 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Holy cow...my bolt handle came off
This is a perfect example of one of the reasons I choose not to own a Remington 700. I don't care how accurate it is, there are just too many mechanical shortcomings with this action for my taste.
08-08-2005, 06:40 PM
#20
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RE: Holy cow...my bolt handle came off
This is a perfect example of one of the reasons I choose not to own a Remington 700. I don't care how accurate it is, there are just too many mechanical shortcomings with this action for my taste.
I would also like to know the other problems with a factory 700 versus the other major manufacterers. Im not saying this in an argumentative way, im just curious as to what other problems people have encountered with their factory 700's. Ive heard of a few, but not enough to prevent me from owning 6 remington 700's.