remington 700 receiver old quality control issue

Quite a few of the Rem 700's that came in for rebarreling at the company I work for had some set back to the locking lug seats.These were new rifles that were being rebarreled for caliber change and more accuracy.
 
that's what 40 years of gauling looks like, never hurts to put a bit of white grease on your bolt lugs from time to time...............how many case head seperations was the rifle responsible for???
 
not interested. cant see how that would have been done by them. just blowing me off. bet customer service handled it and not a service person
 
foreign said:
an internal one.Your thoughts?
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Well... is it possible that the internal action wrench caused the damage when it exerted pressure against the lug raceways...at the the point they meet the internal lug surfaces? Could this have been done during a previous rebarrel?
 
foreign said:
not interested. cant see how that would have been done by them. just blowing me off. bet customer service handled it and not a service person
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Not sure who you spoke with...years ago I had a problem with a Remington 7600...called the Canadian service and got an aggressive ####### who blamed me for the problem and denied any warranty coverage. I called US factory and they couldn't have been more helpful!! Sent them the rifle and it came back like new and has functioned fine! OTOH some years before this I stupidly launched my tube magazine spring, it's cap and my three round plug from an 1100 Rem shotgun some distance into the bush (never to be found again!) and when I called the Canadian distributor to order new parts....they sent to me NO CHARGE!!! So needless to say I am a Remington 'fanboy'!!!
 
AP said:
Well... is it possible that the internal action wrench caused the damage when it exerted pressure against the lug raceways...at the the point they meet the internal lug surfaces? Could this have been done during a previous rebarrel?
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It isn't possible for an internal wrench to go in that far with a barrel installed.
 
The damage looks very much as if it was done with a cutting tool. Any chance that at some time someone attempted to "blueprint" the action?
 
guntech said:
It isn't possible for an internal wrench to go in that far with a barrel installed.
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you're sure of that are you....


yes .. a "blueprint" job gone bad would do that too...it looks like the lug surfaces have chipped off
 
guntech said:
It isn't possible for an internal wrench to go in that far with a barrel installed.
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as above. not possible the internal wrench did it. i have to email remington as im in NZ. The NZ distributors could care less and USA says i have to go through them due to being international
 
foreign said:
as above. not possible the internal wrench did it. i have to email remington as im in NZ. The NZ distributors could care less and USA says i have to go through them due to being international
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The first internal action wrench I saw for a Remington was a bolt head that had been parted from the bolt body at the braze line and then welded to a 1/2 steel bar. Of course if you inserted it too far into the action..it bore against the front edge of the action lug faces. I am not saying this what caused the problem...just suggesting a possibility. I am not sure what their current policy is regarding warranty after a barrel removal... but good luck with Remington.
I still think they are a pretty good firm.
 
AP said:
I am not sure what their current policy is regarding warranty after a barrel removal... but good luck with Remington.
I still think they are a pretty good firm.
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Several years ago I bought some used 700 pull off barrels at a gun show. On inspection at home one barrel looked really weird inside... chatter marks from one end to the other. I sent the barrel to Remington for inspection. They confirmed it was faulty from the factory, a result from hammer forging when something was wrong with the production. They told me they required me to send an action in and they would then supply me a new barreled action under warranty. I sent in a rusty beat up old action and happily received a new complete BDL barreled action.
 
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