Help: New Remington M24, Is bolt wear after 60 rounnds normal?

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Hi Guys,

I was cleaning my rifle after a day at the range, When I cleaned the bolt I was really shocked to see such an awful finish so fast. Is this typical? I know the finish on any bolt action rifle is going to wear over time, but this is pretty much brand new and raw steel is showing. I'd appreciate any opinions or advice.

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It is odd. But maybe it’s a tight fitting bolt fit. The pic at least shows full even wear on the entire bolt body though,it’s not just grooves in the body in various places. Do you oil the bolt body alittle?
 
Looks like a very thin phosphate coating, a thin film of low temp grease should be put on lugs and raceway of receiver.
 
Coatings will always wear, unfortunately. A bit of oil/light grease will help as the mating surfaces won't grind on each other as much. Shoot and enjoy, if worse comes to worse a bit of duracoat is an easy to touch up finish or some blueing products.
 
Gobc said:
It had factory grease on it. Normally I oil the bolt.
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Factory grease! You know you should clean that off, clean the rifle and relube before shooting it. Factory grease is generally used as a packing grease to keep the firearm from rusting during shipping. The grease can accumulate a lot ofdirt and debris during shipping both from the factory to the retailer and then to the end user.

Always clean and lube a new gun before first use especially a precision rifle. You may even find chips left over from machining operations in the factory grease. It's a easy step to take to protect your investment.
 
It is laughable to even argue that factory grease if left intact strips a finish on the whole bolt body in 60 rounds.

The excuses like that take a lot of courage to even think of with a straight face. This is typical #### Remington quality and penny pitching that drive them from class actions to bankruptcies over and over again.
 
owlowl said:
It is laughable to even argue that factory grease if left intact strips a finish on the whole bolt body in 60 rounds.

The excuses like that take a lot of courage to even think of with a straight face. This is typical #### Remington quality and penny pitching that drive them from class actions to bankruptcies over and over again.
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my 700 5R Gen 2 did the same thing with its bolt, even with proper lubing. Except my bolt is so smooth in operation now that I'm 100% ok with that. I'll be polishing it eventually.... or not...
 
It is a wear part. I oiled and greased it up, and things look much better. I thought I had stripped the black cerekote and started freaking out. Hence this thread. LOL at me.

However, is this why some bolts are fluted?
 
Gobc said:
It is a wear part. I oiled and greased it up, and things look much better. I thought I had stripped the black cerekote and started freaking out. Hence this thread. LOL at me.

However, is this why some bolts are fluted?
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Not really, fluting provides weight reduction, aesthetics, and arguably places for dirt, dust etc to go. It's almost laughable that people get upset when the finish on a moving machine part, typically held to a reasonably tight tolerance has wear on an exterior surface finish. Keep your rifle properly oiled etc, and use it.. or, lock it away so it's perfect, and never enjoy it ;)

EDIT: Your M24 should have a powder-coat type finish on the metal surfaces, not Cerakote, according to Remington
 
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Haven't shot my M24 yet because the rifle is still in a "building it up" stage. I would not worry about it so much tho. On unrelated note, my Mark 23 pistol barrel wears similarly. This is due to "hostile environment coating" they applied to the barrel. Might be a similar coating here on the M24 bolt if I may guess.
 
You said after a day at the range, so I assume you will use it to shoot and not for parade and shows. How does it shoot and how does it cycles ? How it looks is pointless and stop waisting your time to worry about it.
 
Too early to tell. I was shooting old handloads made for me FNAR which I no longer own. I'll eventually work up some handloads for it using my rifle rest. Too early to tell tell now. Furthermore, I'm a ####ty shot :(
 
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