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Anybody ever seen this? There's been 20-25 down the tube since I purchased it new back in May.. All factory ammo. Remington 700 SS sps in 25-06

Holy poo. That's not good. NEVER seen that before.

That's gonna have to go back. Looks like they got some bad material.

W O W ! No I ain't never seen that, HOWEVER my 700s are all OLDER!- pre '95. My last NEW 700 was bought in 95 so it was made before.

I think kingston has it nailed. Bad Material.

Good Luck w/ Rem C S.

Jerry

Rem CS is very good at least my interaction with them has been.

That's ok.
The other day I picked up a brand new Remington Versa Max in cabelas, when I shouldered it and looked down the barrel it looked like somebody wrapped it around a tree.
I showed the cabelas guy and he about fell over when he saw it too.
The barrel had about a 3/8" bend mid way down the barrel toward the right.
I think they were going to send it back. Lol

yeah, and Rem bolt handles don't fall off either...

I have an email in to Remington now. I'll let y'all know how it goes. Crazy thing is the damn thing shot pretty good but the last shot I took was a layup at a coyote and I miffed it. It's bothered me since it happened last month

Powdered metal recoil lug ? they do own a facility

I had a cracked lug on a used LVSF I bought, simple swap out and confirm headspace is still acceptable. It took me under 10min.

I hear you. This rifle was bought brand new recently. If the recoil lug cracks it makes me wonder what else may not be up to par

I have the exact same rifle that's probably not seen its first birthday yet... trying to get the rear action screw out the first time flattened half of the threads on the screw. Had to get a tap and chase the hole. It recut about 50% of the threads. Seems small, but I see it as if trouble was had tapping a screw hole are there other bigger issues. Turns out no so far. With corelokts it will shoot 1/2 moa. I'm happy for now.

[quote=Seafire]yeah, and Rem bolt handles don't fall off either... [/quote


Mine are still there. Only one have I had to re-silver solder.... Probably shouldn't have whacked it with that hammer.

I would be nervous as well

MIM parts have 95% of the density of "real" steel. Guess that 5% matters sometimes. I can't imagine that a lug stamped out of ordinary steel would ever do that.

There is no benefit in a recoil lug being manufactured using MIM

It is far to simple a part to die stamp. A die is less expensive to build vs a MIM injection mold and in the production scenario there is no secondary operation in the oven that MIM requires

I never have understood why the recoil lug is not molded into the action as a single piece. I don't comprehend why it's a two piece. The recoil lug on a Sako 85 works but it is plumb goofy.

I would not want it if it were "molded" into the action...

Because.....??