Swing and a miss - 04/14/24
Picked up my first Remarms 700 Wednesday. Dropped it off to be cut and threaded and had it back Friday. Shot it Saturday and immediately had problems. The fired brass did not want to come out. I was shooting older Remington factory ammo. My reloads didn’t want to chamber but I don’t use small base dies. So I broke out the Teslong bore scope.
I don’t know with what or how they dinged the breach face but they did.
Enough damage to the face it displaced metal in the mouth of the chamber.
The burrs damaged the brass and made extraction difficult to say the least.
I considered sending it back. And considered taking it to a smith but then decided to see what I could do on my own. A little YouTube for ideas and validation.
$20 in supplies and a few minutes with a drill and I’m back in business. 400 to 600 grit sandpaper followed by 00 steel wool. Might could hit it a little more but it functions fine and isn’t marking the fired brass now.
I’m glad I had the bore scope to figure it all out and inspect my chamber polishing.
Not super happy with big green but it’s not the end of the world.
Can’t complain about the updated rate of twist. The new Timney trigger breaks clean but is heavier than I would prefer and doesn’t appear to be adjustable.
I don’t know with what or how they dinged the breach face but they did.
Enough damage to the face it displaced metal in the mouth of the chamber.
The burrs damaged the brass and made extraction difficult to say the least.
I considered sending it back. And considered taking it to a smith but then decided to see what I could do on my own. A little YouTube for ideas and validation.
$20 in supplies and a few minutes with a drill and I’m back in business. 400 to 600 grit sandpaper followed by 00 steel wool. Might could hit it a little more but it functions fine and isn’t marking the fired brass now.
I’m glad I had the bore scope to figure it all out and inspect my chamber polishing.
Not super happy with big green but it’s not the end of the world.
Can’t complain about the updated rate of twist. The new Timney trigger breaks clean but is heavier than I would prefer and doesn’t appear to be adjustable.