Overtightened trigger screw, bolt scratch

TerminiTubes · March 22, 2013, 12:23 PM

Hi,
So this is my first post and of corse it is a plea for help. My girlfriend and I just got into bolt action and I was installing a HS precision removable bottom magazine on our Remington 700, and like an idiot I over tightened the the screw that attaches the bottom metal and stock to the barrel, thus pinning the bolt in place. I since shortened the screw and there is a tiny bit of damage to the bolt, has this destroyed the bolt or will it continue to function normally?

Thanks for the help
Karl

Scorch · March 22, 2013, 12:38 PM

You should be fine.

TerminiTubes · March 22, 2013, 12:41 PM

Thanks a bunch, the instructions did not include that as a possible mistake to make. I looked at ever video I could find on the web before taking out the dremel and praying to the gods. All in all it was easy for a person with 0 gun smithing skills to pull off. Aside from the not realizing a bolt resize was in order.

oldgunsmith · March 22, 2013, 04:38 PM

Not likely you hurt anything to worry about.

TerminiTubes · March 22, 2013, 05:55 PM

I did how ever open the bolt while it was pressed in place by the screw, there is no apparent gouges or so on the bolt, small marks but nothing that looks like it compromised the bolt. I would assume the metal for the bolt is much harder then the metal used in manufacturing the screw? Any ways I just wanted to make sure I would not cause a catastrophic failure when firing the first round out of it.

March 22, 2013, 12:23 PM	#1
TerminiTubes Junior Member Join Date: March 21, 2013 Posts: 3	Overtightened trigger screw, bolt scratch Hi, So this is my first post and of corse it is a plea for help. My girlfriend and I just got into bolt action and I was installing a HS precision removable bottom magazine on our Remington 700, and like an idiot I over tightened the the screw that attaches the bottom metal and stock to the barrel, thus pinning the bolt in place. I since shortened the screw and there is a tiny bit of damage to the bolt, has this destroyed the bolt or will it continue to function normally? Thanks for the help Karl Last edited by TerminiTubes; March 22, 2013 at 12:33 PM.

March 22, 2013, 12:38 PM	#2
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,248	You should be fine. __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services

March 22, 2013, 12:41 PM	#3
TerminiTubes Junior Member Join Date: March 21, 2013 Posts: 3	Thanks a bunch, the instructions did not include that as a possible mistake to make. I looked at ever video I could find on the web before taking out the dremel and praying to the gods. All in all it was easy for a person with 0 gun smithing skills to pull off. Aside from the not realizing a bolt resize was in order.

March 22, 2013, 04:38 PM	#4
oldgunsmith Senior Member Join Date: January 9, 2013 Posts: 278	Not likely you hurt anything to worry about.

March 22, 2013, 05:55 PM	#5
TerminiTubes Junior Member Join Date: March 21, 2013 Posts: 3	I did how ever open the bolt while it was pressed in place by the screw, there is no apparent gouges or so on the bolt, small marks but nothing that looks like it compromised the bolt. I would assume the metal for the bolt is much harder then the metal used in manufacturing the screw? Any ways I just wanted to make sure I would not cause a catastrophic failure when firing the first round out of it.