700 .308 20" heavy barrel

[jtv3062]

Please elaborate??? I believe it's a one piece bolt handle.

It's more like 3 pieces. The handle, the main body, and bolt head.

[toby]

I don't care that much for the R700, but it's hard to beat in terms of versatility. Mine all have one piece bolts. The stock bolts are a bit sloppy.

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Yeah, I'm just letting people know it can happen. I've seen two others at my extinct local gun shops and I have read stories of a couple more but like everything else, stuff happens and it just happened to me at the worst time ever.

[CK_32]

Nope. Solid rifle for your purpose.

[CK_32]

Toby, I have never seen the handle of an R700 bolt come off. The problem with R700 bolts is that they are short and don't provide enough leverage on the lift. Most people rectify this by replacing the factory bolt with a one-piece. The reason for this is that the factory bolt is fit a little too loosely. In this process, they can get a bolt handle with more leverage. If you are simply soldering on a larger knob for more leverage, then you'd be asking for more problems. It is more effective to simply replace the bolt.

Because they don't.


The stories around the Internet he is regurgitating are some of a few rifles spoken of , of guys shooting hot loads with sticky bolts and combat racking like true operators and then ripping off the bolt handle. Most of which which have inlarged bolts installed for extra tactical grip n rip.

It's one of those "kaboom heard around the world, to make a thousand different kabooms".

They aren't the best but they are complete junk either, unless you ask a unhappy or biased customer of course.

Yeah, I'm just letting people know it can happen. I've seen two others at my extinct local gun shops and I have read stories of a couple more but like everything else, stuff happens and it just happened to me at the worst time ever.

Famous last words.

[JMP]

Because they don't.


The stories around the Internet he is regurgitating are some of a few rifles spoken of , of guys shooting hot loads with sticky bolts and combat racking like true operators and then ripping off the bolt handle. Most of which which have inlarged bolts installed for extra tactical grip n rip.

It's one of those "kaboom heard around the world, to make a thousand different kabooms".

They aren't the best but they are complete junk either, unless you ask a unhappy or biased customer of course.

I could see it happen if you get a solder job for a high leverage bolt handle without a bolt that fits. The factory bolts are pretty loose so they'll get quite sticky well before you run excess pressure. The no-brainer solution is to replace the whole bolt with a one-piece bolt with a longer handle and have your receiver fit to the bolt. You will eliminate the bolt-stick with a bolt that fits better, and you'll eliminate the problem with excess stress by getting a handle with more leverage that is one-piece. The factory R700 bolt leaves a lot to be desired both in fit and ergonomics. Still, I highly doubt it is common to rip one off. Like I said, I am not a fan of soldering on larger handles. At that point, you may as well replace the whole bolt.

[Remington 597]

20" barrel is more than enough for 600 yards.
308 burns its powder fairly quickly.

[JMP]

20" barrel is more than enough for 600 yards.
308 burns its powder fairly quickly.

Yes, you can hit things at 600 yards with a 20" 308, but you sacrifice a lot of velocity making those hits. Even if the powder is 100 burnt, it does not mean that there isn't sufficient bore pressure to still create acceleration in the forward direction. In the case of a 308, the velocity loss tends to be pretty critical in that 20" range.

[45R]

Yes, you can hit things at 600 yards with a 20" 308, but you sacrifice a lot of velocity making those hits. Even if the powder is 100 burnt, it does not mean that there isn't sufficient bore pressure to still create acceleration in the forward direction. In the case of a 308, the velocity loss tends to be pretty critical in that 20" range.

Does velocity really matter if the OP is punching paper?

[vliberatore]

Does velocity really matter if the OP is punching paper?

Yes

[CK_32]

Yes

Does it matter when OP, like many others is probably going to be shooting wolf and bulk crap 90% of the time?

[toby]

OP I want to apologize I made the whole bolt thing up as I typed, yeah you know I'm kind of new at the whole gun thing and I have never owned a Remington 700 the first brand new rifle I ever bought back in 1979-80 and nothing of the sort ever happened on the first out of state Deer hunt of my life. I was just making chit up so to look like I knew something everyone else does not believe, yeah because that's how I roll.