Dasher in an R700?

[TimK]

I had a 6 Dasher in a Remington 700 action for a while. It fed fine, but the empty would end up in the ejection port almost every time. I eventually gave up and went with a Bighorn. Now I want another Dasher in a 700 action, the very same action if truth be told. A local shooter said he'd seem my problem before and it was caused by one piece scope rails. The brass hits it on ejection and bounces back in the chamber. I actually saw this on my old Dasher, but didn't put it together. He thought two piece scope mounts had fixed it.

Anyone else gotten a Dasher to eject with a R700 action?

 

[spife7980]

You need to make sure that it’s actually hitting the scope rail/turret before. Personally, I think a br based case in a spring ejector action is liable to have the issue of pushing the case off the bolt face before the mouth has cleared to the ejection port. Maybe not likely, but it’s set up for it. Especially with slow bolt work.

 

[XP1K]

Hopefully some more people chime in on this. I've got a 700 myself that I have planned to spin up a 6BRA for.

I had a 700 in 223 that I barreled up for 300blk when 300blk was just getting going good. It never would eject a fired case. Same problem the op is having. About halfway out the extractor would lose it and the case would be laying in ejection port. I never did figure it out. I turned it into a fast twist 308.

Years later I learned that you need the fireball bolt for the 221 fireball and 300blk. Apparently the ejector is in a different location. I always wondered if an m16 extractor would fix the issue. I may find out if I ever get around to building the BRA.

 

[FuhQ]

I had a 6 Dasher in a Remington 700 action for a while. It fed fine, but the empty would end up in the ejection port almost every time. I eventually gave up and went with a Bighorn. Now I want another Dasher in a 700 action, the very same action if truth be told. A local shooter said he'd seem my problem before and it was caused by one piece scope rails. The brass hits it on ejection and bounces back in the chamber. I actually saw this on my old Dasher, but didn't put it together. He thought two piece scope mounts had fixed it.

Anyone else gotten a Dasher to eject with a R700 action?

It's not necessarily the 1 piece pic rail... It's probably your windage turret getting smacked by the brass and bouncing it back in. I've seen that before with a buddy's gun. It was his windage turret.

@XP1K You might try installed an M16 extractor to hold that case in there until final clearance from the port. Same goes for your setup @TimK ...Might be worth a look. I know for a fact that the mod is worth the money, since it's one of the most popular 700 mods out there for a reason. All of my M16 extractor 700's eject perfect...Even small cases like .300 BLK and 6 ARC.

 

[TimK]

It's not necessarily the 1 piece pic rail... It's probably your windage turret getting smacked by the brass and bouncing it back in. I've seen that before with a buddy's gun. It was his windage turret.

@XP1K You might try installed an M16 extractor to hold that case in there until final clearance from the port. Same goes for your setup @TimK ...Might be worth a look. I know for a fact that the mod is worth the money, since it's one of the most popular 700 mods out there for a reason. All of my M16 extractor 700's eject perfect...Even small cases like .300 BLK and 6 ARC.

I think you're right about it hitting the wind turret. It was years ago, but you jogged my memory. I recall seeing some indications on the bottom of the turret on the NF I had on it. I'll probably just buy another controlled feed action (this new rifle is for my son) and figure out something else to do with the R700 action. Might make a nice paperweight.

 

[FuhQ]

I think you're right about it hitting the wind turret. It was years ago, but you jogged my memory. I recall seeing some indications on the bottom of the turret on the NF I had on it. I'll probably just buy another controlled feed action (this new rifle is for my son) and figure out something else to do with the R700 action. Might make a nice paperweight.

Sell it, buy a Solus to replace it. Ordering prefits, and doing barrel swaps at home makes gunsmith fees obsolete.