Remington 788 Bolts

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Hello All, Im looking for some information that i cant seem to find no matter how much i google. My father in law was a Remington authorized gunsmith unfortunately he passed, He had a lot of gun parts and im keeping most of them but ive come across 3 Remington 788 bolts but i cant find any information on them. Two of them are stamped with a number "3" and one is stamped with a number "2" the bolt stamped with a "2" is slightly longer as well. i have pictures but not sure how to post them on here. Any help anyone could provide would be very helpful! Cheers!!
 
This is purely speculation on my part, but I wonder if its not related to headspace? If lower number=longer bolt, then you could potentially fix bad headspace by changing the bolt rather than messing with the barrel?
 
The 308 bolt is longer than the 22-250.
Put em on the EE or auction and you should get good money. People beating on them or old guys storing rifle’s without bolts then passing away or forgetting the hiding spot.
 
If any of those bolts are 2 piece units with the non-rotating bolt head, they would be for the 30-30 chambered rifle. The shortest action 788's were the ones in .44 magnum, again with the 2 piece bolt. Worth decent coin to buyers.
 
i so wish i knew what you were talking about. Im willing to text pics or email them to where ever if someone can help me identify them?
 
I pulled the bolts out of 4 788s (2x .308, 7-08 and .22-250) and they all had a number 2 on them.
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Hammer500 said:
I pulled the bolts out of 4 788s (2x .308, 7-08 and .22-250) and they all had a number 2 on them.
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Then I wonder what the difference is between bolts with a 2 or a 3 stamped on them?
 
The number 2 bolt is slightly longer and the bolt face is bigger than the two bolts with a 3 stamped on them. I had a .223 shell laying around and it fit in the ones stamped with a 3
 
Looking at the photo, one long, two short.
The longer will probably be for .308 sized cartridges. Shorter ones will be for .222/.22-.250 sized cartridges depending on bolt faces.
All are late pattern, with back swept bolt handles. Bolt sleeves will have the smaller diameter threads.
Only the longer bolt has the firing pin assembly with bolt sleeve. The other two are bolt bodies.
Do they have extractors and ejectors?
 
tiriaq said:
Looking at the photo, one long, two short.
The longer will probably be for .308 sized cartridges. Shorter ones will be for .222/.22-.250 sized cartridges depending on bolt faces.
All are late pattern, with back swept bolt handles. Bolt sleeves will have the smaller diameter threads.
Only the longer bolt has the firing pin assembly with bolt sleeve. The other two are bolt bodies.
Do they have extractors and ejectors?
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So.i have quite a few remington 788 parts and have all thr parts necessary to make the .308 or the longer volt functional I have the extractor installed with the extractor rivet I have the ejector complete with ejector pin and spring. The two smaller bolts are in various stages of completeness
 
Both look to be small face - .222/.223 size.
Replacement 788 bolts can be challenging to locate. You will not have any problems selling them. I assume you have applied for Equipment Exchange access.
Bolt sleeves came in two thread diameters - early, large, later (swept handle), smaller. The smaller diameter allowed a longer bolt shank for a stronger induction brazed joint. They still got broken off. The swept handle rifles also had inletted trigger guard assemblies, rather than surface mounted.
Be careful installing riveted extractors. Replacement extractors haven't been made for years, and they can be damaged during installation.
 
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