Rem 700 bolt damage

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Dave&Dar

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Greetings, first time poster so be gentle.....

I have a new Rem 700 SPS DM in .30-06 with 20 rounds into the break in process. Cleaning at home revealed the following damage to the bolt.

1. Do I have reason to be concerned or is this just a new mechanism finding its fit?

2. Can I just clean this up or or a competent smith or is it something the manufacturer needs to address?

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No markings to correspond to this damage so I can only assume this material is softer than the point it met.

Thanks for all assistance,
Dave
 
Take it back to the store and have a look at another one and see if it's there. That would have to be caused by the stock if it wasn't there already.
 
I bought a .300 RUM Model 700 LSS last month and it had the exact same mark on the bolt, new right out of the box.
 
No real cause for concern. Checked out a couple of my 700s and they have the same mark in the same place. Needless to say if it was going cause any problems it would have happened by now with mine as they get fired alot and are at least 10 years old.
 
Ltbull01 said:
How does it shoot so far? And do you see any obvious point of contact at that point when you close the bolt?
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Groupings so far are VERY good and consistent. I'm only up to three rounds between cleanings with the last group within 3/4" @ 100Yards, previous groups were 1". So no complaints there. :)

Again, there is nothing to correspond with this mark in either bolt open or closed positions. At first I though maybe I was lifting the bolt handle too forcefully, but no mark there and the mushrooming is in a direction that would be from either recoil or sliding the bolt forward before rotating it into firing position.
 
martinbns said:
Take it back to the store and have a look at another one and see if it's there. That would have to be caused by the stock if it wasn't there already.
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I am headed back to the store this morning. I do know the mark was not there before I fired the weapon. Can't see the stock being hard enough to do damage, more the other way around, plus the location of the mark doesn't indicate stock contact.
 
RockChucker said:
No real cause for concern. Checked out a couple of my 700s and they have the same mark in the same place. Needless to say if it was going cause any problems it would have happened by now with mine as they get fired alot and are at least 10 years old.
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Slooshark1 said:
I bought a .300 RUM Model 700 LSS last month and it had the exact same mark on the bolt, new right out of the box.
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Now this is what I was looking for, thanks guys. I'll still see what the shop thinks and discuss me cleaning the burr up a bit. I'm very picky about these things, thanks everyone.
 
That's the mark made from the primary extraction cam in the rear of the receiver. The bolt handle contacts this angled surface to "cam" the bolt rearward to exctract the case from the chamber....all 700's show contact at this point.
 
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Rembo said:
That's the mark made from the primary extraction cam in the rear of the receiver. The bolt handle contacts this angled surface to "cam" the bolt rearward to exctract the case from the chamber....all 700's show contact at this point.
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Bang on the money Rembo. I've just returned from the point of purchase and every rep I spoke with includung the on site smith said the same thing. I'm free to clean up the mushrooming but that's just for appearances sake.

So, thanks to everyone, I appreciate the help.

Cheers,
Dave
 
My '78 700 in 7mm-06 shows the same mark. Its very hard to see exactly when the two surfaces make contact unless you stand in the right light. Oddly, my 600's or 660 don't show any contact in the similar area. often wondered if this was engineered in at some time? Anybody have older 700's that have noticed the same contact point?
 
Oscar Makonka said:
Haven't seen a remington 700 that dosent do that.
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Most bolt actions have the primary extraction cam machined into the root of the bolt handle, the amount of wear and the area affected is directly proportional to the quality of the design and care in manufacturing. The images we saw show you what is happening when a badly timed bold and incorrect angle geometry is doing to the camming surface, in fact the two surfaces should meet parallel to each other and have smooth equal wear. Just quality control issues!
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