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Weairy
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FOUND Remington 700 Bolt Stop/Release Spring

#1 Postby Weairy » Tue Feb 21, 2023 9:07 pm

Desperately chasing a bolt release/bolt stop spring or whole assembly for a Remington 700 RH SA (genuine not clone). Spring has broken and I need one for next weekend. Any help greatly appreciated.

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Re: WTB: Remington 700 Bolt Stop/Release Spring

#2 Postby mauserjr » Wed Feb 22, 2023 3:43 pm

Surely its getting to point that these old things should be retired

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Re: WTB: Remington 700 Bolt Stop/Release Spring

#3 Postby Weairy » Wed Feb 22, 2023 7:27 pm

mauserjr wrote:Surely its getting to point that these old things should be retired


You’re comparing my comment on an action that stopped production in the 80s to the most produced bolt-action rifle in history?
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Re: WTB: Remington 700 Bolt Stop/Release Spring

#4 Postby Rich4 » Wed Feb 22, 2023 7:37 pm

pm sent

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Re: WTB: Remington 700 Bolt Stop/Release Spring

#5 Postby tachyon » Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:23 pm

mauserjr wrote:Surely its getting to point that these old things should be retired


Seriously?

The Remington 700 action:

    has been manufactured since 1962,
    is still manufactured today, and
    remains the standard inlet footprint for both short and long actions.

Word to the wise...

If:
    you don't have anything useful to add, and
    you don't know what you are talking about
    STFU

Else:
    you look like a troll
    or an idiot
    or both

We all get you don't have a spring and don't have a clue.

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Re: WTB: Remington 700 Bolt Stop/Release Spring

#6 Postby tachyon » Wed Feb 22, 2023 10:53 pm

Why not just make a new one?

It looks like this:

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So

Measure the diameter of the wire and get the spring steel from a music shop (guitar string) or piano shop if it is thicker than guitar E B G strings.

Bend it around a drill bit ~ 75% of the curve for the middle bit (it springs back)

Make the other 2 bends and clip the ends.
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Re: WTB: Remington 700 Bolt Stop/Release Spring

#7 Postby Rich4 » Thu Feb 23, 2023 6:41 am

Definitely worth keeping in mind, little harder if you don't have an example to follow though.

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Re: WTB: Remington 700 Bolt Stop/Release Spring

#8 Postby superx10 » Thu Feb 23, 2023 3:04 pm

I used a remington f open gun for years without a bolt release and just used a small screwdriver to push the release bit in each time I wanted to take the bolt out .

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Re: WTB: Remington 700 Bolt Stop/Release Spring

#9 Postby Rich4 » Thu Feb 23, 2023 8:40 pm

superx10 wrote:I used a remington f open gun for years without a bolt release and just used a small screwdriver to push the release bit in each time I wanted to take the bolt out .

That spring actually holds the bolt stop up, without it there is no bolt retention, still usable but rather unpleasant.

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Re: WTB: Remington 700 Bolt Stop/Release Spring

#10 Postby Weairy » Fri Feb 24, 2023 5:58 am

superx10 wrote:I used a remington f open gun for years without a bolt release and just used a small screwdriver to push the release bit in each time I wanted to take the bolt out .


I can drop the whole bit out and the rifle is still “useable” in the sense that it’ll fire. But, This is for my PSR rifle, so quick cycling the bolt and magazine feeding in positions, without a bolt retainer will be a huge pain.

Rich has very generously sent me one, so hopefully it’ll get here in time and I’ll be sorted
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