Remington 597 bolt handle?

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I took my 597 out in the bush the other day to do some plinking, and low and behold I lost my bolt handle :confused: does anyone know where I could find one? Or if some one upgraded and wants to sell me there stock one it would be much appreciated. Cheers, goose
 
10 years later, any chance that this item could still be available for purchase. My dad received this gun and the handle is pretty loose and he's scared to lose it.
 
I tried the link above to Johnny's account but my limited posting abilities may be why I can’t contact him.
 
FSauve87 said:
Is there somewhere else I can get a hold of one of these bolt handles?
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maifire said:
I would take one or two, if we are lucky enough to find some.
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Gentlemen, I have been working on a prototype handle. I see why the OEM was such a sloppy fit, the detent spring doesn't have enough clearance cut under it to be pushed out of the way for a tight tolerance handle being inserted, it still sticks up into the slot when it bottoms out. Some combination of loose tolerance and an angle cut on the handle is required to get it to insert. I'll have to see if the tolerance can be kept tight by cutting the angle all the way up to the edge of the retention slot for the detent spring. This is not a trivial part to machine, I'm 6 hours of labor into it so far.



 
I have achieved insertion :sneaky: Oh behave! Things were learned and I'll probably scrap this prototype piece. I don't think cutting the big angle on it was necessary, what seemed to be the hold up was the corners in the bolt slot aren't sharp, they're rounded, so I had to likewise round off the corners on the bolt handle. I have two bolts and tested it in both. In one it was a really nice fit, too bad this bolt is non-functional otherwise I'd use the prototype in it. In the other bolt that I am using now, the fit was sloppy like the OEM. There's some tolerance variation in the bolt bodies so at least with what I did to the prototype a good result is not guaranteed. I'd want to custom fit to each individual bolt rather than machine to a general spec that fits all, ideally. I have another two blanks ready for milling, I did three up when I was doing the lathe work. I'll do the next one a little different and see if it fits both bolts better with the changes.

 
Leuchtkafer said:
I have achieved insertion :sneaky: Oh behave! Things were learned and I'll probably scrap this prototype piece. I don't think cutting the big angle on it was necessary, what seemed to be the hold up was the corners in the bolt slot aren't sharp, they're rounded, so I had to likewise round off the corners on the bolt handle. I have two bolts and tested it in both. In one it was a really nice fit, too bad this bolt is non-functional otherwise I'd use the prototype in it. In the other bolt that I am using now, the fit was sloppy like the OEM. There's some tolerance variation in the bolt bodies so at least with what I did to the prototype a good result is not guaranteed. I'd want to custom fit to each individual bolt rather than machine to a general spec that fits all, ideally. I have another two blanks ready for milling, I did three up when I was doing the lathe work. I'll do the next one a little different and see if it fits both bolts better with the changes.

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Awesome machine work! Well done my friend.....:)

I love the INSERTION part!:ROFLMAO::LOL::p

Keep in mind there is a penalty for early withdrawal!:unsure::ROFLMAO:
 
I appreciate the interest, guys. Wow, I just realized how long it's been since I worked on this. I do this stuff as a hobby and sometimes life demands my attention elsewhere, the past month has been like that. I haven't forgotten about it.
 
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