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What is that crooked line on the bolt body just behind the locking lugs?

That sure is a boatload of crap for a supposably new in box rifle. Color me suspicious.

I am not aware of any of the big U.S. Manufacturers that Proof test every gun made, they Test fire every one. They MAY or may not do a random Proof test on a limited amount of rifles in a production run. In England and most of Europe, ALL firearms must be proofed at a govt. proof house, not the manufacturer, and are marked with the official proof stamp. U.S. laws do not require proof, I guess the Govt figures if the manufacturer does damage, the Lawyers will get them. The red may be primer sealant blown out by leaking gas around the primer from an over-pressure round. Who knows and Remington will never tell you.

I have a Remington 700 BDL that will crater the primer on every shot; even those light cast bullet loads I like to shoot. Much more noticeable with serious hunting load. Upon close inspection of the bolt face it appears someone at the factory did a slight chamfering of the hole for the firing pin. I guess it must have been putting a scratch or something on the face of the primer and they "fixed" it. I can presume it was done at the factory and I bought that rifle at J.C. Penney back in 1981. Just never got around to doing something about it. I have run some fairly stiff loads in that rifle and it has never given me a problem.
PJ

Remington.


Meh.

Reddog, not sure about the other stuff but maybe the red stuff is grease? I just took apart a brand new Glock for a buddy to show him how and they use that red grease from the factory pretty liberally? Who knows, good luck.

After posting the pic I had to take a look at the bolt. The pic looks like it cracked, it was not. Flash really plays some tricks.

I had an ejection issue with the same model. I had a gunsmith put a M16 ejector in it.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...new-remarms-700-won-t-eject#Post19061363

I didn’t notice that line originating from the rear surface of the bolt lug. Interesting.

Remington of old would stamp “REP” inside an oval on the right side of the barrel, just forward of the recoil lug to indicate “Remington English Proof”. I don’t know what pressure they’re subjected to but they were proofed at the factory. Don’t know if the new factory does the same but I would imagine so…

I would guess that red residue is primer sealant. I get that with some military ammo and some brands of factory ammo. The chambering eliminates military ammo, so I guess there some commercial manufacturer using sealants still.

The last time I had brass shavings like that on a Remington 700, the brass was flowing into the ejector, then when the bolt was turned the ejector recess shaved off that bit of brass. Figured it out because the head had a nice shiny circle where it was shaved. Load wasn't hot, so I figured soft brass (Winchester 300WM).

Do you mean extractor?

Is Remington still using riveted extractors? A lot of the late models had primary extraction problems. That requires relocating the bolt handle.

The red ring around fire pin hole??? uum how about primer sealant??????

As stated above the Remington rep said it depends on the caliber. Im not confident to say what it is. The flash made it look red. The color looked more copper or rust colored with out the flash.

They have had their issues since 1962.

Anything with the 'magnum' .532 bolt face still uses the riveted extractor. The rivet on the pictured bolt was a few thou. too high.....the brass transfer was from the case rim.

The 700's and 722's before them have been kicking azz and getting it done in the hunting fields, 'dog towns and informal and formal competition for a long, long time.

Good shootin' -Al

I figured that was part of the issue. I thought that the rivet may had held the case up far enough to cause the primer to leak. I may pickup another, if so, I will go with a 7rem mag next go round.

Hear hear!. A few bumpy times not directly related to Rem themselves. Thought the recent closure of the NY plant might cause problems, & if they did arise, not excusable but explainable. Workers pissed or distraught at loosing their job,,,,, not doing their best work? A few more bumps?

The new owners seem to be dedicated & listening. Getting settled into their new digs without a Union telling them how to run their company & the state hammering them at every turn might lead to great things.

We shall see.