Purchased a new Remington 5r and have found some issues. The recoil lug is canted, but as I have been reading from here easy to fix with a hammer and a solid wack. The bolt release is loose and rattles if moved around or shaken. What is a fix to this issue?
Two of the more serious issues that I have found are that it appears that the base screw holes are misaligned. Pictures shown below:
I understand that one option is to have the receiver trued and 8-40 screws and base installed. Would bedding the base solve anything?
On further look over of the rifle while cleaning it Thursday or Friday I noticed a dent/mark in the chamber rim of the barrel at the 3 o' clock:
Will this affect anything especially accuracy?
Now considering the quality of the QC of the rifle would it even be worth the loss of time to have it sent back to Remington in the slight hope that they might fix it correctly? This is the second rifle that I have purchased from Remington that has shown up with defects (Remington 700 LR is currently at their repair shop), which leads me to have zero confidence of their manufacture process. Which concerns me about their ability to possibly repair it. Should I just spend the cash and send it off to another smith or roll the dice with a Remington repair shop?
Two of the more serious issues that I have found are that it appears that the base screw holes are misaligned. Pictures shown below:
I understand that one option is to have the receiver trued and 8-40 screws and base installed. Would bedding the base solve anything?
On further look over of the rifle while cleaning it Thursday or Friday I noticed a dent/mark in the chamber rim of the barrel at the 3 o' clock:
Will this affect anything especially accuracy?
Now considering the quality of the QC of the rifle would it even be worth the loss of time to have it sent back to Remington in the slight hope that they might fix it correctly? This is the second rifle that I have purchased from Remington that has shown up with defects (Remington 700 LR is currently at their repair shop), which leads me to have zero confidence of their manufacture process. Which concerns me about their ability to possibly repair it. Should I just spend the cash and send it off to another smith or roll the dice with a Remington repair shop?
