Remingto 700 VArmint at Dicke's

[bartrak]

I just bought one of the package Rem 700 varmint from Dicke's and the ejector is relly hard to operate and is diging a pretty good hunk out of the case head. Is there any thing i can do to keep it from doing this. I haven't shot the gun yet but the bolt closes hard on the case. I checked the oal of the case it is good even tried bumping the shoulder back a little more but did not help.

[LewisH]

Save the box, and send it back. Sounds like they didn't run the reamer in quite far enough. Have you tried a headspace guage?

Buying guns at big box stores is a bit of a crap shoot.

[ScottB]

Originally Posted by LewisH

Save the box, and send it back. Sounds like they didn't run the reamer in quite far enough. Have you tried a headspace guage?

Buying guns at big box stores is a bit of a crap shoot.

Hmmm? Could you explain?? Seems firearms that come from big box stores still have to come from a factory.... Are you saying that the big box stores get lesser quality firearms from a manufacturer because they are a big box store?

I've ordered rifles through my gunsmith that had to be sent back for repair too. Maybe he was on the 'big box store list' too.....



Scott

[mike33]

Originally Posted by ScottB

Hmmm? Could you explain?? Seems firearms that come from big box stores still have to come from a factory.... Are you saying that the big box stores get lesser quality firearms from a manufacturer because they are a big box store?

I've ordered rifles through my gunsmith that had to be sent back for repair too. Maybe he was on the 'big box store list' too.....



Scott

yea, i was told that wal-mart was direct with remington and got all of there seconds is why they sell them cheap.
mike

[trebark]

Originally Posted by mike33

yea, i was told that wal-mart was direct with remington and got all of there seconds is why they sell them cheap.
mike

I hope there are no 'seconds' on the market!

[LewisH]

Remington just isn't the Remington of the 80's and earlier. The complaints about their quality control have been legion the last few decades.

It wouldn't surprise me a bit if they sold their less well inspected guns to the big box discount stores.