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Anybody have a rifle malfunction that made them say what!
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 1604087" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>One of the failure modes of the Remington 700 and clones that can be a brain teaser is the failure of the pin that connects the firing pin(#16) to the cocking piece(#18). Note: this is the most likely failure mode caused by excessive dry firing. Under typical circumstances the failure of this part is obvious and easily determined. I have had a couple of instances where the pin is broken, but in such a way that the rifle cocks and fires "intermittently", with partial pinning due to angular breaks in the retaining pin which hold but cause only partial retention and supported by the sleeve(#1). This may not be evident by viewing since the pin appears to be in place unless thoroughly checked. Also, this failure mode has caused damage to a Jewel trigger, bending the cocking bar on the Jewel. Interestingly, the initial reaction to this failure mode is to wrongly blame the trigger. I make it a point to check this pin regularly for condition and wear. A picture is worth a thousand words(diagram, and new/broken pin)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]128068[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]128069[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 1604087, member: 10291"] One of the failure modes of the Remington 700 and clones that can be a brain teaser is the failure of the pin that connects the firing pin(#16) to the cocking piece(#18). Note: this is the most likely failure mode caused by excessive dry firing. Under typical circumstances the failure of this part is obvious and easily determined. I have had a couple of instances where the pin is broken, but in such a way that the rifle cocks and fires “intermittently”, with partial pinning due to angular breaks in the retaining pin which hold but cause only partial retention and supported by the sleeve(#1). This may not be evident by viewing since the pin appears to be in place unless thoroughly checked. Also, this failure mode has caused damage to a Jewel trigger, bending the cocking bar on the Jewel. Interestingly, the initial reaction to this failure mode is to wrongly blame the trigger. I make it a point to check this pin regularly for condition and wear. A picture is worth a thousand words(diagram, and new/broken pin) [ATTACH=full]128068[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]128069[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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