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<blockquote data-quote="ishootkittens" data-source="post: 1971413" data-attributes="member: 23225"><p>Sorry for the late response gents! I'll go ahead and say thank you to ALL who posted and took the time to try and help the situation. I wish I could reply to every post individually just out of respect. But let me see if I can clear a few things up. </p><p></p><p>I took the firing pin and spring out of the bolt body and attempted to cycle the bolt without any spring pressure. WOW. The bolt moved by a feather but once the bolt is in the down position, there is NO PLAY in the bolt at all. It is rock solid yet can be operated with a slight breeze. </p><p></p><p>The gun has been entirely disassembled and NO screws, bolts, (no trigger hanger), triggers, rings, etc are attached. It is just receiver and barrel. Everything is just so ridiculously smooth with this action and it's made so well but still MUCH heavier than I would like. </p><p></p><p>One thing I noticed right away is that the bolt is HARD AS **** to take apart. Getting the firing assembly out of the bolt body takes a couple a tough gloves and some muscle. I've owned alot of rem 700's and none of the bolts are this tight to disassemble. At this point I DEFINITELY believe that the spring tension from the firing pen is the problem I have. If I can get my hands on a trigger gauge to measure how many lbs it takes to operate the bolt after dry firing, I'll post my results and see if this is "normal". </p><p></p><p>I understand the spring needs to be on the heavier/beefy side for positive ignition in such a large action, but I've seen plenty of guys at comps operate 338 sized actions with one finger or their thumb. My rifle weighs upwards of 20# and I cant stay on target while operating the bolt from the prone position. I just have a hard time believing that THIS MUCH pressure is needed for reliability.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ishootkittens, post: 1971413, member: 23225"] Sorry for the late response gents! I'll go ahead and say thank you to ALL who posted and took the time to try and help the situation. I wish I could reply to every post individually just out of respect. But let me see if I can clear a few things up. I took the firing pin and spring out of the bolt body and attempted to cycle the bolt without any spring pressure. WOW. The bolt moved by a feather but once the bolt is in the down position, there is NO PLAY in the bolt at all. It is rock solid yet can be operated with a slight breeze. The gun has been entirely disassembled and NO screws, bolts, (no trigger hanger), triggers, rings, etc are attached. It is just receiver and barrel. Everything is just so ridiculously smooth with this action and it's made so well but still MUCH heavier than I would like. One thing I noticed right away is that the bolt is HARD AS **** to take apart. Getting the firing assembly out of the bolt body takes a couple a tough gloves and some muscle. I've owned alot of rem 700's and none of the bolts are this tight to disassemble. At this point I DEFINITELY believe that the spring tension from the firing pen is the problem I have. If I can get my hands on a trigger gauge to measure how many lbs it takes to operate the bolt after dry firing, I'll post my results and see if this is "normal". I understand the spring needs to be on the heavier/beefy side for positive ignition in such a large action, but I've seen plenty of guys at comps operate 338 sized actions with one finger or their thumb. My rifle weighs upwards of 20# and I cant stay on target while operating the bolt from the prone position. I just have a hard time believing that THIS MUCH pressure is needed for reliability. [/QUOTE]
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