Holy cow...my bolt handle came off

feddoc · 08-06-2005, 04:02 PM

I have had the gun a little under two years. Three days prior to elk season the first year, the extractor broke.

Today I was at the range and in the process of knocking off a few rounds and the handle came off. Looks like a poor soldering/welding job. Anyone have any experience with warranty items and Remington?

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Vapodog · 08-06-2005, 04:05 PM

I've heard of this problem and never encountered it.....and I thank you for the photo.....

Return the gun to Remington...it's all you can do I think.

stubblejumper · 08-06-2005, 04:07 PM

I have heard of this happening but have never actually seen it myself.Actually remington will not normally give you any problems in cases like this.They can be harder to deal with in situations involving triggers that have been adjusted or with parts that have been modified.

RedAllison · 08-06-2005, 04:58 PM

I know it's a pain in the backside, but simply have your dealer send it back. They will fix the gun, no questions asked. I have seen several 710s do this over the last couple of years, but honestly haven't seen any 700s do it. BUT then again ANYTHING mechanical can and will pose problems from time too time.

Don't worry "Big Green" will fix that one without a second thought!
RA

johnch · 08-06-2005, 05:03 PM

I saw that happen to a guy that had a stuck case and steped on the bolt handel to try and extract the case ( not saying you did that).

I don't own a Rem rifle so I can't have that problem.

Johnch

gorse · 08-06-2005, 05:43 PM

Unfortunately, it does happen sometimes on the Remingtons. The soldered-on bolt handle is one of the weaknesses in the 700 design. You are correct, it was a bad solder job. Normally, with normal use, the solder joint is strong enough to hold for the life of the gun. I concur with others here....Remington will likely fix the bolt for free...and not give you any trouble on it.

FastShootingCarts · 08-06-2005, 05:44 PM

That's not good. What's the model of the gun?

James B · 08-06-2005, 08:56 PM

I have had it happen to two Remington 788's but never in many thousands of rounds with the 700. It was a problem to fix on the 788 because the threads were cut into the end of the bolt handle for the firing pin housing to screw into. The threads had to be realighned perfectly.

driftrider · 08-06-2005, 09:18 PM

Just out of curiousity, is Remington the only one to solder on their bolt handles, or is this a common practice?

Mike

Vapodog · 08-06-2005, 09:38 PM

Quote:

ORIGINAL: johnch

I saw that happen to a guy that had a stuck case and steped on the bolt handel to try and extract the case ( not saying you did that).

I don't own a Rem rifle so I can't have that problem.

Johnch

One should be able to beat the handle with a hammer and not remove the bolt handle. The only excuse for a customer to do this is if he heated it.....

That bolt handle should not come off with even heavy abuse!!!!