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PTG Oversized Bolt Problem
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<blockquote data-quote="LWolken" data-source="post: 207260" data-attributes="member: 3194"><p><strong>Update</strong></p><p></p><p>Let me see if I can describe this properly. The material which makes up the Bolt face and firing pin hole taper in the back of the bolt body was too long. We ended up maching the shoulder of the firing pin where the taper meets the shoulder which would allow the pin to protrude further through the PTG Bolt. I tried seevral firing pins and swapped the current one into another remington 700 and its perfect. Does PTG do this so that we must make a bolt face cut? Does the PTG bolt face need truing? I don't understand why PTG would make it this way unless it was a mistake. What is the factory spec for firing pin protrusion on a remmy 700? My others measured around 50-55 thou? Surely .035" is not enough? Gun shoots great! Still not sure why we had to do this? Maybe someone can explain?</p><p></p><p>Lance</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LWolken, post: 207260, member: 3194"] [b]Update[/b] Let me see if I can describe this properly. The material which makes up the Bolt face and firing pin hole taper in the back of the bolt body was too long. We ended up maching the shoulder of the firing pin where the taper meets the shoulder which would allow the pin to protrude further through the PTG Bolt. I tried seevral firing pins and swapped the current one into another remington 700 and its perfect. Does PTG do this so that we must make a bolt face cut? Does the PTG bolt face need truing? I don't understand why PTG would make it this way unless it was a mistake. What is the factory spec for firing pin protrusion on a remmy 700? My others measured around 50-55 thou? Surely .035" is not enough? Gun shoots great! Still not sure why we had to do this? Maybe someone can explain? Lance [/QUOTE]
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