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warbirdlover · December 16, 2012, 09:37 AM

Years ago I had a new 700 with the same problem and it had an out-of-round chamber. You turn a fired round 90º and it wouldn't rechamber. It would chamber Winchester (7mm mag) ammo but not Remington.

December 16, 2012, 09:37 AM	#9
warbirdlover Senior Member Join Date: December 13, 2009 Location: central Wisconsin Posts: 2,324	Years ago I had a new 700 with the same problem and it had an out-of-round chamber. You turn a fired round 90º and it wouldn't rechamber. It would chamber Winchester (7mm mag) ammo but not Remington.