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I've seen a 700 one break off when bumped pretty hard. But only once.
That being said I would not assume he actually had any fault in it. I'm not saying he didn't either...
Chit happens sometimes.
But I'm with others.... teenagers don't get my good stuff...
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I only loan out a Rem 700.....never loan out a good gun! Now that's funny! And probably true as hell... Just sayin..
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Old saying:
"I'll loan you my wife but not my rifle!"
Even birds know not to land downwind!
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Old saying:
"I'll loan you my wife but not my rifle!" Can you get a rifle in trade for your wife?
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It looked fine when I got it back. I turned the bolt, and then handled broke off in my hand. Somehow, it was partially detached from the weld at the back of he bolt and creased, so that the first attempt at use thereafter resulted in the break. The bolt didn't look beat up, but I can't really figure how anything short of beating on it with a ball peen hammer did that.
To be fair, he did have some friends with him. One of them might have done it. I doubt that I ever get an adequate explanation. I guess I am paying for my raising as that I was hell on farm equipment and anything else mechanical at that age.
My dad once told me that I could break a ball bearing in a rubber room. Them Remington bolts handles...all trash...no matter what action they're used in. 
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I loaned out my custom-built Jefferson M98 .;270 to my brother down in Denver.... 21 years later I got it back after it "quit shooting ("MOA to about 12") after a winter in a dank basement. Couldn't really see anything wrong with it, except it had "quit shooting"... and nothing I could do (as a trained gunsmith) could make it shoot again. Scored a $110 "Finnish Sniper" heavy, 27 inch bbl in '06 out of Sportsman Guide and am now using it for my tundra caribou gun. Zeroed at 300 with 150 gr factory loads running MOA or less. If I hold my mouth right.... I have to admit, I'm a mite curious what it would do with neck-sized handloads across a proper bench rest.... instead of the seat of the ATV or snow machine...  It had 5 caribou killed at 350-450 yards before I had a box of ammo thru it. Gotta love it when a plan comes together!
The only true cost of having a dog is its death.
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Hey - don't knock those Rem handles. I've only silver soldered 3 back on, including one of my own.
You probably should not hammer them open if you get a case stuck....
You probably should insure you don't get a case stuck....
The only true cost of having a dog is its death.
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So now Forbes handles also fall off?
You can beat on a Ruger or pre-64 all you want, and they won't come off.
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So now Forbes handles also fall off?
You can beat on a Ruger or pre-64 all you want, and they won't come off. Ain't that the truth.
"The 375HH is the greatest level of power you can get for the investment in recoil." (JJHack)
79s and losttrail, biggest waste of air.
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The only thing I would loan out would be my sister in law.
I like to do my hunting BEFORE I pull the trigger!
There is only one kind of dead, but there are many different kinds of wounded.
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