How do you relieve the spring of a Remington 700?

[Brian564]

Another question regarding the Remington 700. I will need to store it during long trips abroad, up to 10 months at a time, and I prefer to do it with the bolt stored separate from the rifle for maximum security.

If I was string it with the bolt in, I would relieve the spring by inserting a snap cap in the chamber and pulling the trigger. But how do I relieve the spring with the bolt taken out of the rifle?

Thank you

 

[FEENIX]

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[Fiftydriver]

As long as the rifle is stored in the fired position, I do not think you will have any problems.

 

[Thebear_78]

I wouldn'tn worry about it, modern day springs will last a very long time compressed. Storing in the fired position shoudn't ever be a problem. The bad thing about storing a rifle without the bolt is the chances of mixing or losing bolts can be a real problem. More often than you would think I have seen people with boltless rifles having to go to a gunsmith and get another bolt set up, very often requiring chambering work to get the right headspace.

 

[FearNoWind]

The firing pin of the Remington 700 bolt cocks on closing the bolt. Removing the bolt from the rifle places no more compression on the firing pin spring that it would normally have. I don't see any reason to mess with it.
However, if you feel compelled to do so, the firing pin removal process previously demonstrated above will work.

 

[Fiftydriver]

The firing pin of the Remington 700 bolt cocks on closing the bolt. Removing the bolt from the rifle places no more compression on the firing pin spring that it would normally have. I don't see any reason to mess with it.
However, if you feel compelled to do so, the firing pin removal process previously demonstrated above will work.

That is not exactly true. WHen you open the bolt, the cocking piece on the bolt ride up the cam surface on the bolt body so actually, if the bolt is open the firing pin spring or striker spring is in the same compressed state as it is when the bolt is closed and in fired position.

The Rem 700 is not a cock on closing design.