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yep, 1 this year. My neighbor and hunting buddy brought his .22/250 over with the gun in one hand and bolt in the other. Was still loaded and he wanted me to help him unload it. Sent him to my uncle the gunsmith.

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Bob, I'm offering Campfire pricing on 700 bolt upgrades this week only..........Borden Bumps optional..

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Originally Posted by 65BR
Curious how many have experienced it.

Yeah, but I can't blame the gun for me doing something really stupid. I fired a shot, smelled primer, but I though I'd pierced one, not blown one clear out of the case head, and in the heat of battle (in other words, the squirrels were charging) just cycled the bolt to pick up another shell. The bolt handle didn't want to go clear shut so I forced it.

Turns out in doing so I squeezed that blown primer into a mortice in the action where it did not allow the bolt handle to lift after firing the next shot. I was trying to tap the handle to open the action to eject that next empty when I busted the bolt handle off. Landed on the ground between my feet.

Sick feeling.

I took the rifle to my favorite gunsmith who unscrewed the barrel to get the empty case and spent primer out of the way, then sent my busted bolt off to have the handle welded.

Backed off the loads a bunch but it still kept blowing primers. Weird thing was, I never had any issues at the rifle range, I could run 20-30 rounds through the gun, but in the field, even with the gun and ammo in the shade, about the 3rd or 4th shot I'd start getting wild pressure indicators. Never did figure it out, sold it to someone who planned to rebarrel it.

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One, thirty years of shooting loading hunting. God knows how mant rem 7-700's I've been aroung . the one fell open bolt about 3' right on bolt handle it "fell" off . I'd still much rather take my chances on a rem. bolt handle than Ruger accuracy

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Originally Posted by RDFinn

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Go a chuckle out of that.... grin

I always got around this issue by carrying a spare bolt handle in my pocket.




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Originally Posted by gene270
of the ones that fell off i wonder how many may have been helped along the way with a fall or something similar


I'd be just as pissed, help by a fall or not.

Separating from the bolt is something a handle should not do.


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Had to fix a few. Usually from an improperly sized case or hot load. They are just silver soldered on

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Probably been all sorts of testing done in Remington labs that failed to have it happen. Most likely when it did happen it was because some idiot had his finger on the trigger or failed to properly baby it in terms of maintenance. wink


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Originally Posted by ldholton
One, thirty years of shooting loading hunting. God knows how mant rem 7-700's I've been aroung . the one fell open bolt about 3' right on bolt handle it "fell" off . I'd still much rather take my chances on a rem. bolt handle than Ruger accuracy


Never even heard of a Ruger bolt handle coming apart. Something to be said for one-piece construction.

I know there were some issues when Ruger was buying barrels but that was decades ago. My oldest Ruger is a 1982 model M77 inn 7mm RM. It may not be the most accurate rifle in the world, but it put 3 into .262� on one target and shot this one in very gusty 40+MPH crosswinds:
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This is from a 1989 M77 .257 Roberts I bought in 2004:
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Here�s a 2-shot scope check from a used 1984 M77 .30-06 I picked up in 2006:
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From a new 2003 MKII .300WM I bought in 2004. First shot was a fouler from an oiled bore:
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This from a used 1994 MKII action on which I had my gunsmith attach a used Ruger .338WM barrel in 2010:
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All my Rugers shoot well, whether purchased new or used, and most are used. So do the Rugers my hunting buddy and Big Brother have. Even the Ruger American .30-06 Dad gave me is a shooter. I�ve had a couple Rem 700�s and although they are accurate the difference -- even measurable, which I�m not sure is the case -- wouldn�t mean squat in the field. Having a bolt handle fall off would pretty much ruin my day.







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Originally Posted by RDFinn

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That was mean.


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Originally Posted by RDFinn

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Very impressed. Spent the extra coin to have it sleeved.



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That yours? What's the story?


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The second one.

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/473352/1


I don't count the first one since I knocked it off with a 2x4. But both of these just fell off, it didn't even take a big push. Just opened the bolt as I had done hundreds of times before and the handle just let loose.


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But I'm not complaining about Remington rifles, I still like them and own six at the present time, including the one with the bolt handle in the picture.

It's karmic payback. I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth, am devilishly handsome, have a genius level intellect, a near herculean physique and the ability to please multiple women multiple times nightly.

In return, the Universe has decreed that out of the millions of Remington Model 700's, I should get two with bad handles.

I consider it a good trade. wink


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The last two of mine are still carrying their bolt handles.




It was the triggers that fell off...

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I used to think Remington 700's were da bomb but its threads like this one that made me switch over to Ruger. And the 77 does feel like a more solid and better built rifle to me.

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one of my own,....seen a couple or three others.


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Get JJHack to relate tales of rifles that failed in Alaska and South Africa if you want to scare yourself... shocked


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