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Remington 700 action: best ways to smooth bolt cycling?
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<blockquote data-quote="416Taylor" data-source="post: 2055299" data-attributes="member: 56474"><p>I feel your pain. After doing a bunch of these over the past 25+ years I have come to it being several issues. if the bolt is in any way grabby or catchy you need to fix that before coating. I spend hours ( less with experience because you know where to look) easing the edges of the bolt travel. This is inside of the action. I use a dremel ( I know I will hear about that from some) with fine cratex rubber tips. I work from the rear bridge (most likely place for problems) and work forward. If you look at your bolt for wear and scratch patterns it will tell you where the problem areas are. In order to have a smooth bolt throw you don't need to remove a great amount of material. Really if you have one surface smooth it will greatly reduce the drag. If they are already finished, as previously mentioned. Wet sand with fine paper. I like to bake at a higher temp and longer time as it seems to make the finish harder and less grabby. Just my thoughts for now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="416Taylor, post: 2055299, member: 56474"] I feel your pain. After doing a bunch of these over the past 25+ years I have come to it being several issues. if the bolt is in any way grabby or catchy you need to fix that before coating. I spend hours ( less with experience because you know where to look) easing the edges of the bolt travel. This is inside of the action. I use a dremel ( I know I will hear about that from some) with fine cratex rubber tips. I work from the rear bridge (most likely place for problems) and work forward. If you look at your bolt for wear and scratch patterns it will tell you where the problem areas are. In order to have a smooth bolt throw you don’t need to remove a great amount of material. Really if you have one surface smooth it will greatly reduce the drag. If they are already finished, as previously mentioned. Wet sand with fine paper. I like to bake at a higher temp and longer time as it seems to make the finish harder and less grabby. Just my thoughts for now. [/QUOTE]
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