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speakerguy79 · January 26, 2009, 11:00 PM

OK, so I got my rifle back from the smith. It had a small burr from the factory that was leaving scratches on cases, and the my smith took care of it from me. Anyway, I get it back and the bolt action felt a little 'gritty'. Definitely not smooth. So I cleaned out the action and lubed it with a little RemOil. It didn't help much so I tried cycling some rounds through the action. This helped and smoothed it out a good bit, but it still doesn't feel quite like it should. Do I need to lube/grease anything, or is there something I can do to smooth out the bolt action? It's OK now I guess but not like it was/should be.

And unfortunately, after cycling maybe 60 rounds through it, the dang bolt release button inside the trigger guard loses its tension. It's just loose, and the bolt can slide/be pulled out of the action. Is this something I can fix or is it back to the smith? I figure a spring probably came loose, but I have never seen the internals of a 700 action.

January 26, 2009, 11:00 PM	#1
speakerguy79 Member Join Date: June 29, 2008 Posts: 81	Remington 700 bolt release problem OK, so I got my rifle back from the smith. It had a small burr from the factory that was leaving scratches on cases, and the my smith took care of it from me. Anyway, I get it back and the bolt action felt a little 'gritty'. Definitely not smooth. So I cleaned out the action and lubed it with a little RemOil. It didn't help much so I tried cycling some rounds through the action. This helped and smoothed it out a good bit, but it still doesn't feel quite like it should. Do I need to lube/grease anything, or is there something I can do to smooth out the bolt action? It's OK now I guess but not like it was/should be. And unfortunately, after cycling maybe 60 rounds through it, the dang bolt release button inside the trigger guard loses its tension. It's just loose, and the bolt can slide/be pulled out of the action. Is this something I can fix or is it back to the smith? I figure a spring probably came loose, but I have never seen the internals of a 700 action.