Bolt?
#1
Bolt?
Lets say you have a Remington 700 that is dead nuts and shoots as good as any gun you have ever owned. How oftenwould you recommend to take your bolt all the way down and clean the firing pin?
#3
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Missouri
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RE: Bolt?
Once a year. Unless you get caught out in a rain storm or hunt in particulary dusty/sandy areas which may require a little more maintenance. the spring can get gunked up, when i take mine apart I just soak it in Ronson Lighter fluid for 30 minutes then blow it dry with a little compressed air (not from a compressor, the canned air for cleaning keyboards). I usually do the triger the same way at the same time. This usually occurs after hunting season before I put them up for the winter.
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Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
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RE: Bolt?
I take my Ruger M-77 down each and every year, after deer season...I clean and lube the trigger assembly, barrel, and bolt, check all scope screws and every 5 years or so reseal the stock...I know this isn't necessary but I do it because I like having a clean rifle...I have buddies that wipe off the outside of their gun, let me take 1-2 shots a year to check zero and they go hunting...I just can't do that....
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RE: Bolt?
ORIGINAL: Colorado Luckydog
Lets say you have a Remington 700 that is dead nuts and shoots as good as any gun you have ever owned. How oftenwould you recommend to take your bolt all the way down and clean the firing pin?
Lets say you have a Remington 700 that is dead nuts and shoots as good as any gun you have ever owned. How oftenwould you recommend to take your bolt all the way down and clean the firing pin?
I buy and sell alot of used 700's and its standard operation for me to disasseble when I first clean it. You won't believe the crap I find in there. Sometimes alot of rust in the spring area from no cleaning/oil. But mostly what looks like heavy gummy grease over overoil/no cleaning.
#7
RE: Bolt?
depends on alot of things...including conditions(weather and what the gun is exposed to), usage, season(alot of oil in the fridgid cold can be bad news) etc etc...
first thing i do when i buy a new(or used) firearm is run home and strip er down....factorys usually leaves alot of nasty grease(my 700 was surprisingly very clean...no gummy grease!) and other people before you may have NEVER checked...
i dont see removing the firing pin from the bolt affecting your dead on accuracy...id clean that firing pin as i felt needed...my 700 is a groundhog gun...its always sittin in the weeds, getting dusty, etc etc...for being a stationary firearm it gets pretty dirty and grimy...i will clean it a bit more often because i know its getting gummed up..oil is a dirt magnet..
when oiling it, i dont soak it...i make sure its well oiled...but i make sure its not overly oily. too much oil will only gum it up...i usually oil it, then whip the oil off. the metal will stay oily...thats usually enough...
first thing i do when i buy a new(or used) firearm is run home and strip er down....factorys usually leaves alot of nasty grease(my 700 was surprisingly very clean...no gummy grease!) and other people before you may have NEVER checked...
i dont see removing the firing pin from the bolt affecting your dead on accuracy...id clean that firing pin as i felt needed...my 700 is a groundhog gun...its always sittin in the weeds, getting dusty, etc etc...for being a stationary firearm it gets pretty dirty and grimy...i will clean it a bit more often because i know its getting gummed up..oil is a dirt magnet..
when oiling it, i dont soak it...i make sure its well oiled...but i make sure its not overly oily. too much oil will only gum it up...i usually oil it, then whip the oil off. the metal will stay oily...thats usually enough...
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RE: Bolt?
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Anyone have instructions on how to break down the bolt on the 700's?
Anyone have instructions on how to break down the bolt on the 700's?
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RE: Bolt?
ORIGINAL: nchawkeye
I take my Ruger M-77 down each and every year, after deer season...I clean and lube the trigger assembly, barrel, and bolt, check all scope screws and every 5 years or so reseal the stock...I know this isn't necessary but I do it because I like having a clean rifle...I have buddies that wipe off the outside of their gun, let me take 1-2 shots a year to check zero and they go hunting...I just can't do that....
I take my Ruger M-77 down each and every year, after deer season...I clean and lube the trigger assembly, barrel, and bolt, check all scope screws and every 5 years or so reseal the stock...I know this isn't necessary but I do it because I like having a clean rifle...I have buddies that wipe off the outside of their gun, let me take 1-2 shots a year to check zero and they go hunting...I just can't do that....