Remington SPS Tactical 223 Magazine follower problem

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Hi guys

My new Remington SPS tactical in 223 caliber has a problem, each time I push in the bolt, the bolt hits the magazine follower and cause it to move. It affects the smoothness and creates a squeaky sound.

My other remington 700 long action don't have this problem. The magazine follower design is different.

Is there any way I can get this fix except change it to a detachable magazine system?

Your help is much appreciated

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Some times the magazine spring needs to be rebent or arched in the right direction in order for the follower to sit properly. Just use your fingers and try some different angles. Trial and error until it goes just right. Careful not to overdo it or it might break.
If you don't want to go there, try loading the mag full and leave it for a few weeks or every time you finish using it. That works sometimes and make sure you take the bolt out or unload it before playing with it. :eek:
 
lejarretnoir said:
Some times the magazine spring needs to be rebent or arched in the right direction in order for the follower to sit properly. Just use your fingers and try some different angles. Trial and error until it goes just right. Careful not to overdo it or it might break.
If you don't want to go there, try loading the mag full and leave it for a few weeks or every time you finish using it. That works sometimes and make sure you take the bolt out or unload it before playing with it. :eek:
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thanks Lejarretnoir

I will give that a try.

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Just a thought.......

The SPS Tac I have came with a 'spacer' at the rear of the mag well to properly align the shells in the mag......

Does yours still have the spacer after you disassembled the beast?

If it does then you will have to play with the mag spring as suggested above.

Cheers!
 
notsorichguy said:
Just a thought.......

The SPS Tac I have came with a 'spacer' at the rear of the mag well to properly align the shells in the mag......

Does yours still have the spacer after you disassembled the beast?

If it does then you will have to play with the mag spring as suggested above.

Cheers!
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Yes, it does have a spacer, are there any with no spacer?

When I saw the spacer, again, for the second time, I get angry with remington. Remington is treating us like fools!

I understand gun manufacturing is a business and there is a cost consideration. but making short cut is just not the way to take care of customers.

If you have a Remington 870 express super mag. (3 1/2 inch) try to push the rear part of the bolt towards the barrel. You will see the bolt is made of a 3 inches bolt and the 1/2 inch extra is conver by a piece of metal sheet.

I like the 700 design, but now I start to loose confident in Remington because I don't know what is next. I will be extra careful next time when I buy a remington. I almost come up the point of "never buy remington again!" that is sad...!
 
^^^ They've been doing this for a long time now. Not sure why the sudden road rage on your part. It works well and there's little in the way of issues with it. The .17 & .221 FB cartridges are even smaller than the .223 Rem. and feed fine with a similar set up.

If you're having issues with it, the advice already given should suffice.

In case you didn't know, Savage use to have a similar arrangement with its 112 Series chambered in .223 Rem, and that system was full of FAIL! It was the poorest feeding POS I've ever owned and the plastic mag follower was the icing on the cake.
 
lejarretnoir said:
Some times the magazine spring needs to be rebent or arched in the right direction in order for the follower to sit properly. Just use your fingers and try some different angles. Trial and error until it goes just right. Careful not to overdo it or it might break.
If you don't want to go there, try loading the mag full and leave it for a few weeks or every time you finish using it. That works sometimes and make sure you take the bolt out or unload it before playing with it. :eek:
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:slap: empties...

It is the cheap heavy barrel afterall. I thought someone filled my action with sand. Gave the bolt a good scrub with a pot scrubber, it helped a bit. Still it seems to shoot fine even if I don't like the way it feeds.

I'll never look at bacon the same again.
 
lejarretnoir said:
I should of said dummy rounds, but I'm confident the OP knows his safety. ;)
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Any excuse to use some of the more amusing smilies. This one is for me f:P:

I'm about 150 km from Connaught as the Crow flies. :D

I just think of the approach of hunting season and the "responsable" gun owners that show up at the range to check their rifle(s). They scare the hell out of me. When one I don't recognize shows up and upon query I find he's a hunter my hair starts to stand up. I go into friendly guy mode but I'm not just being polite. I won't turn my back on them. It never fails that I have to remind them the target is down range and not up to the left (town) or to the right (other stuff). I think that most shooters are exposed to firearms through some fud they know, not promising. I crapped on a friend one day for pointing his loaded crossbow at his own brother. He didn't do it intentionally but that would be cold comfort if the safe failed. They both looked at me like I was nuts when I practically yelled that the bolt should come out before you leave the stand or at least when you put it in the truck (yes right in the cab :eek:). I allways assume the guy is mildly retarded till I know better.


Seriously though the SPS Tactical IS an entry level rifle for an aspiring centerfire target shooter or the Tac enthusiast who wants a rifle that looks like a tool of the local SWAT team. If you keep that in mind as your fiddiling trying to load your mag (because it has to go in just right or it won't) and that there is an aftermarket cure you should be content with it if nothing else. I think there are better choices. I ended up with mine because I was selling my LRPV and I hated my 7615 (it was really cool in the shop sucked at the range). A quick look at the inventory at the local shop and a few words between Jeff and I and I'm a proud owner of a workable target/varmint rifle. I've got it down to under MOA, here's hoping it will do around 1/2.
 
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Yep, there's two camps here at GunNutz. The Remington and Savage fans. It's all good.
Where I live it's still Remington country, but I've seen a few Savage entry level rifles. Remington 700's will always have the Tactical look. The others have been trying to imitate it since. :)

The SPS entry level guns are a good start for most, sometimes a little tweaking is necessary. You still have the barebones action that's made history.

I like that new Wyatt mag kit that JuanValdez is bringing in. Looks like the simplest drop in kit yet. I still have my HS Precision kit. It requires minor inletting, but a time proven unit.
 
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