Gunsmithing Rem 700 Ejection Issues

[buggsb]

I have a Rem 700 5R that has been plagued with ejection issues since it came out of the box. I have replaced the extractor, the ejector and ejector spring. When I took it apart I checked for any burrs that might be left from the machining process and cleaned out the ejector tunnel in the bolt body. It seemed to be OK for awhile, but then after 5o rounds or so it started the same nonsense.

The brass seems to be extracting OK, but ejection is weak and inconsistent. Sometimes it seem to eject fine and other times it will flip the empty case right back into the action.

Changing the speed and force with which the bolt is operated yields mixed and inconsistent results.

Any advice that you all could offer would be appreciated.

Thanks!!!

 

[LRI]

Re: Rem 700 Ejection Issues

Suspicious that Remmy may have drilled the ejector hole a bit too deep. Been known to happen before.

Pull the ejector, find a drill bit of appropriate size and cut off the stub end with a dremel cut off wheel. Some attempt to add additional spring, but unfortunately this works opposite of what a guy usually wants.

Have to look at spring rates, etc to get this right.

Tune the edges up with a grinder/kratex wheel so there's no burr.

Attempt to assemble. If its too long it won't allow the ejector to collapse back into the bolt face and the spring will coil bind. That's bad. Shorten until it does function through the full range of motion.

Assemble and see if your bothers go away.

May just get lucky.

Good luck.

C

PS; This is about the only useful purpose for Harbor freight drills. If there's one in your area, capitalize!

 

[codyki]

Re: Rem 700 Ejection Issues

Great advice from Chad -- he solved the ejection issue with my Stolle Panda in 6BR. Great work!

 

[buggsb]

Re: Rem 700 Ejection Issues

Hmmm, I was thinking along those lines too. It would help to explain the weak ejection even with the new spring.

Anybody know what the correct depth should be?

 

[Hateca]

Re: Rem 700 Ejection Issues

Simply depress the ejector. It should stop a nat hair below the bolt face.

If this is the case and you try to shim the spring for more strength you might also have to trim the tail on at the rear of the ejector to compensate.

Flipping the brass back into the action is a sign of a poor or weak extractor dropping the brass before the ejector has enough time to full kick it out.

Take a piece of brass and chamber it. Now slowly and I mean slowly extract the brass and watch what it does. As the brass clears the chamber the ejector will kick it to the right. The brass neck will hit the inside of the receiver on the right side. If the extractor is weak the shock of the brass hitting the receiver will cause the extractor to drop the brass. While working the bolt at a normal speed this isn't always noticed and the extraction and ejection issues can be miss-diagnosed.

 

[buggsb]

Re: Rem 700 Ejection Issues

Thanks Randy, I'll take a look. Have you seen "weak" extractors right out of the box? The first thing I did after cleaning any crud out of the ejector hole was to replace the extractor, ejector and spring with new parts from Remington.

I measured the depth of the ejector hole against two other bolts and the depth is identical.

 

[Hateca]

Re: Rem 700 Ejection Issues

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: buggsb</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thanks Randy, I'll take a look. Have you seen "weak" extractors right out of the box? The first thing I did after cleaning any crud out of the ejector hole was to replace the extractor, ejector and spring with new parts from Remington.

I measured the depth of the ejector hole against two other bolts and the depth is identical. </div></div>

Yes but not many. Normally extractor issues are caused by crap in the bolt face or an extractor that was taken out and put back in. Once taken out they are never to be used again.

 

[Matthew Hendrickson]

Re: Rem 700 Ejection Issues

Im having the same problem with my 338 lapua it also beets the hell outta the case mouth. im going to look into the fix. Rem wants me to send it off and when i talked to the smith he knew what i was an then said it would take 3 to 4 months to get it done. hope this fixes it.

 

[rpk762]

Re: Rem 700 Ejection Issues

Ah you guys are great. I will do that to my 700. Hope that fixes it. Thanks