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[vanity] Bolt release fault - Remington 770 question
Outdoor shooting range | 4/13/2014 | Blueflag

Posted on 04/13/2014 6:03:34 AM PDT by Blueflag

Question for FReeperdom members who have experience with the Remington 7XX series in .308. Bought a slightly used rifle, a 770. Had it inspected by the 'smith at the gun store, zero'd for 200 yds. Son took it shooting yesterday and intermittently when he opened the action the bolt would slide all the out the rear, requiring re-assembly insertion. He was shooting with an experienced 7XX friend who of course made him check the release lever, and they found no obvious fault.

Any thoughts on what to check for or inspect prior to letting the 'smithy look at it for real?

And as is typical on gun threads, I will pre-empt the h8-ers: not interested in other makes and models or your derogatory comments about this series of rifle and its long-gone trigger issues.


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To: Delta 21
My 30+ year old 700 ‘06 will make a group like that with a similar 165gr Nosler Partition hand load.

Never had a trigger issue either...

21 posted on 04/13/2014 9:34:52 AM PDT by MileHi
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To: smokingfrog

Good as any educated guess... I’ve never run into it.


22 posted on 04/13/2014 10:39:56 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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23 posted on 04/13/2014 11:47:27 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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To: Blueflag

Greetings Blueflag,

i was curious what you did to resolve this issue if any? i have the same rifle but in a .270 and just recently started having the same issue. i love my rifle and want to fix the problem instead of getting rid of it. thank you in advance for you help with helping me figure this out.

Big Red


24 posted on 09/10/2015 6:44:02 AM PDT by BigRed110708
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To: BigRed110708

Good cleaning and careful reassembly seems to have helped.

I cycled the action 20-30 times with no issue.

My opinion is that the bolt release can easily be set in a slightly wrong position allowing the bolt to pull out accidentally. Perhaps a quirk of the design. The .308 ARs are the primary rifles in the armory now.


25 posted on 09/10/2015 7:02:34 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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