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Remington 700 stuck bolt --- Please Help!
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 972912" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>"Slightly used", huh...... If the previous owner adjusted the over travel on the trigger and didn't re-seal it (lock tite or nail polish) the adjustment may have moved slightly when dry firing so the internals of the trigger are in the way as the bolt handle lifts and withdraws the firing pin from the 'fired' position (the trigger won't let the sear be pushed lower, into the trigger body, far enough for the cocking piece to pass over it, as it should, as the bolt handle is lifted). Just speculation (but isn't everything that's been posted so far?). See a competent gunsmith before separating the bolt handle from the bolt body or.............</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 972912, member: 24284"] "Slightly used", huh...... If the previous owner adjusted the over travel on the trigger and didn't re-seal it (lock tite or nail polish) the adjustment may have moved slightly when dry firing so the internals of the trigger are in the way as the bolt handle lifts and withdraws the firing pin from the 'fired' position (the trigger won't let the sear be pushed lower, into the trigger body, far enough for the cocking piece to pass over it, as it should, as the bolt handle is lifted). Just speculation (but isn't everything that's been posted so far?). See a competent gunsmith before separating the bolt handle from the bolt body or............. [/QUOTE]
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