Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Remington 700 - who has had a Bolt handle break off ??

Curious how many have experienced it.

I had one in Oct break off my sons Model 7, 7.08.
Broke clean and took to gunsmith. He put it back on in a few days (had to schedule the repair).
He made sure all was ok once repaired with spacing etc but it works fine.
I have 4 Remingtons and never had it happen before although he told me it was common.

Not mine but a companion had it happen on a day hunt in NH; he was unloading at the end of the day and it popped off in his hand.

This was years ago but I remember thinking that was not supposed to happen.

I have

I've had three break off.

One I'll take credit for, I whacked it with a short piece of 2x4 to hammer it open. But the other two just fell off. I opened the bolt normally and the handle just came away in my hand.

Not me.

A friend had one fall off, this year, right before we left out on a hunting trip....

I have NFI how many 700's I've owned, and have had exactly zero handles fall off.

Sometimes despite my best efforts.....

The look on his face must have been priceless. Here I thought these self ejecting bolt handles were an urban legend much like Big Foot.

They made a few 700s over the years. Owned a few dozen and never had it happen.

I have owned or been around probably 100's of Remington 700 rifles and never seen or heard of any first hand bolt break-offs but that being said I'm sure it happens from time to time with the millions of rifles in circulation (more by far than any other make or model) chit will happen.....................Hb

I worked in a gunshop with an authorized Remington Repair center for 22 years. I saw three handles that had come off.

He was pretty surprised and as I recall, not real happy. I was so "new" to everything at the time it never occurred to me that something like that could happen...

I have not seen it since; but a lot of this is being in the right place at the wrong time.

I know of one M24 shedding its bolt handle, a friend of mine soldered it back on.

Guess with over 5 million made something's bound to [bleep] up.

of the ones that fell off i wonder how many may have been helped along the way with a fall or something similar

Had the bolt handle break off on a 600 Mohawk...called Remington. They advised me to ship the bolt/ handle back to them. A few weeks later the same bolt, now repaired, was returned to me. Still have the rifle. Homesteader.

Never even heard of it until the 'net and been around a pile of them. I have quite a few and never experienced it either.

I guess with over 5 million in existence, a few minor issues are bound to happen.

...yet another use for blue tape I guess...

The reports I've read on rem bolts breaking never really made me fret, though I think I'd think twice hunting chit that bites back with one. Would suck to have one break off in the process of racking another round after a so so shot on something that has identified me with the cause for its pain!