what is the biggest cartridge to fit the rem 700?

[buckboy]

what is the biggest cartridge to fit the rem 700? what I want to know is how big can the bolt face be opened up to safely? Thanks

 

[sunray]

Depends on what it's chambered in now.

 

[SuperCub]

Depends on what it's chambered in now.

What difference does that make if he opens up the bolt face as mentioned in post #1?



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[dan belisle]

Some 700 bolts have been opened up for the 338 Lapua (which is the same rim size as the 416 Rigby), but a lot of people figure that leaves the rim too small. However, now that Remington is chambering the 338 Lapua, maybe they have made the bolts for those particular models slightly larger. As I haven't seen one yet, I really couldn't say. - dan

 

[blargon]

.375 Ultramag??

 

[dan belisle]

416 Remington, the wildcat 416 Ultramag, 450 Ultramag. There's plenty of powerful cartridges that can be set up in a 700. - dan

 

[sunray]

"...What difference does that make..." It matters if the current chambering is say, .223. It about how much bolt face you have to work with.

 

[Boomer]

"...What difference does that make..." It matters if the current chambering is say, .223. It about how much bolt face you have to work with.

Then I guess you could open it up to a Short Ultramag.

Seems to me that Remington only has one bolt diameter for the 700 series of rifles. The rifles that where chambered for the .338 Lapua had rims so thin that Remington had to go to a Sako style ejector. I don't think that these rifles ever went public.