Remington 700 SPS Tac .223 Extraction Question

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Ok, so I recently purchased a Remington 700 SPS Tactical chambered in .223 Rem. I have snap caps that i've been using to get used to the action, but i've run into a problem that I hope won't cost me a heap to fix.

I'm hoping its just the snap caps that cause the issue. When I load the magazine with my .223 snap caps and cycle the action, my extractor lets the round go half way through extraction. This in turn causes the round to drop dead in the feed path half way through the extraction process and either causes a double feed/jam if i'm not paying attention. So I either have to cant the rifle to the right to manually dump the round from the chamber or fish it out of the chamber/feed path to clear it for the next round. I'm using Pachmayr's snap caps.

My question is, did I buy a lemon or will the rifle cycle properly with live ammo? Is this a known problem with Rem 700's that I didn't read in a review before I committed to buying one? Are the snap caps I use garbage and will the problem correct itself on the range with live ammo?

Thanks for the read and any responses.
 
SNAFU84 said:
Ok, so I recently purchased a Remington 700 SPS Tactical chambered in .223 Rem. I have snap caps that i've been using to get used to the action, but i've run into a problem that I hope won't cost me a heap to fix.

I'm hoping its just the snap caps that cause the issue. When I load the magazine with my .223 snap caps and cycle the action, my extractor lets the round go half way through extraction. This in turn causes the round to drop dead in the feed path half way through the extraction process and either causes a double feed/jam if i'm not paying attention. So I either have to cant the rifle to the right to manually dump the round from the chamber or fish it out of the chamber/feed path to clear it for the next round. I'm using Pachmayr's snap caps.

My question is, did I buy a lemon or will the rifle cycle properly with live ammo? Is this a known problem with Rem 700's that I didn't read in a review before I committed to buying one? Are the snap caps I use garbage and will the problem correct itself on the range with live ammo?

Thanks for the read and any responses.
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It may be because the tip of the snap cap bullet is catching the ejection port on the way out. You will probubly find that a spent cartridge will eject just fine.
 
Snap caps are made so the the firing pin has something the hit when you dry fire. They really are not made to be used as dummy rounds for training. Your rifle should work fine with live ammo.
 
Ok...so after 2 months I overcame my fear of loading live rounds into my rifle at home and every round has extracted perfectly. Thanks guys.
 
why dont you reload a few dummy rounds (no powder and no primer), clearly mark them as such and cycle the action with those, safer than loading live ammo in your household
 
Why not just remove the firing pin assembly and cycle it all you want. If you want to dry fire put the firing pin back in a use a snap caps. You don't have to cycle the bolt just lift it to #### it and close it and dry fire it.
 
maynard said:
Why not just remove the firing pin assembly and cycle it all you want. If you want to dry fire put the firing pin back in a use a snap caps. You don't have to cycle the bolt just lift it to #### it and close it and dry fire it.
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Yeah, that's what I was doing last night. My buddy gave me some dummy rounds too. They look like live ammo and I thought it was. He just filled it with sand to give it some weight.
 
I just got my Remington SPS Tactical in .223 yesterday and was firing it at the range. I was using Hornady rounds and I was having this exact problem, the extractor would lose the round half way through pulling it out, or not extract at all. Kinda concerned :(. Gonna try different ammunition today.
 
Strelok, has yours thrown a round out of the chamber as you're cycling the action forward? Mine was doing that with my snap caps, but after cycling some inert .223 Remington UMC's, the problem corrected itself. Maybe it's just because they test with their own ammo.
 
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