do it yourself 22 fix

[nipper]

had another custom rifle built for hunting , left bolt, left port, got it and rounds would not eject, sent it back and 10 weeks later , still rounds wont eject, what did they do , who knows....so looked at the issue closely and took out the ejector and put in a vise and bent it inward a couple thousands and wa-la works fine now, what gives now-a-days when you send something back and its resent to you with the original problem?? kinda reminds me of when i started nickel plating and people said omg you are gonna kill yourself, guess what , not yet.....

 

[karlkeller]

Brings back memories.

Back in the '70s I owned a Remington 700BDL, that had a nasty habit. It didn't always happen, but it did often enough. When I would chamber a round, and close the bolt, it would discharge. Like I said, it didn't happen often, just often enough to make me thoroughly distrust the rifle. That rifle went back to Remington three times, and each time they said that they couldn't duplicate the problem. I finally gave up on them and had a local gunsmith remove the Remington trigger install an aftermarket trigger...a Timney, I think. Never had a problem with it again. I did sell that rifle a couple of years later...just couldn't warm up to it after that. Never bought another Remington product again.

 

[langenc]

Back in the '70s I owned a Remington 700BDL, that had a nasty habit. It didn't always happen, but it did often enough. When I would chamber a round, and close the bolt, it would discharge. Like I said, it didn't happen often, just often enough to make me thoroughly distrust the rifle. That rifle went back to Remington three times, and each time they said that they couldn't duplicate the problem. I finally gave up on them and had a local gunsmith remove the Remington trigger install an aftermarket trigger...a Timney, I think. Never had a problem with it again. I did sell that rifle a couple of years later...just couldn't warm up to it after that. Never bought another Remington product again.

Didnt 60 min do a piece about that gun doing the thing described??

 

[TheoW]

Trigger?

Back in the '70s I owned a Remington 700BDL, that had a nasty habit. It didn't always happen, but it did often enough. When I would chamber a round, and close the bolt, it would discharge. Like I said, it didn't happen often, just often enough to make me thoroughly distrust the rifle. That rifle went back to Remington three times, and each time they said that they couldn't duplicate the problem. I finally gave up on them and had a local gunsmith remove the Remington trigger install an aftermarket trigger...a Timney, I think. Never had a problem with it again. I did sell that rifle a couple of years later...just couldn't warm up to it after that. Never bought another Remington product again.

Were you the original owner and certain that nobody readjusted the trigger or tried to lubricate it. Lube and cold temperatures are killers. A dry trigger is the norm I wish you well.

Ted

 

[karlkeller]

Yep, CNBC...

did a feature about the problem. But that came some time after I solved the problem by replacing their trigger, and sold the rifle...while Remington was still in "denial" mode. You can still view the CNBC report on Youtube. If I remember correctly Remington was forced to finally issue a recall...too late for the numerous people that were killed or maimed by their "cost cutting" design that in the end amounted to less than 6 cents per rifle. It was such a common problem that range safety officers would refer to it as a "Remington Moment". I was the original owner. Never "monkeyed" with the trigger, and as with all my firearms, it was kept clean. I really wanted that rifle. It was a 30-06, and at the time was one of the few available factory left hand actions...me being a southpaw. In the end though I was glad to see it go. The second owner still owns the rifle, shoots it regularly, loves it, and has never had a problem.