By: Mitchell Maxberry

Mitchell Maxberry — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 04:29:33 +0000

Have a customer that did the same thing , interrupted by a phone call then resumed shooting. I have the bolt barrel and the ROD . The rod tells a great story as the bullet tried to flow around the rod it started twisting the 6mm stainless rod which expanded to 6.5mm. Spiraling the back in then the rest of the rod as the bullet spun the full length . I had fitted this barrel and used minimal counter-bore in the back of the Remington 700 barrel to closely fit the bolt. In the attempt to open the bolt the bolt handle was broken off and the lip around the front of the bolt obterated and sealed so that no gases got into the action except the firing pin hole! The firing pin spring was totally collapsed and looked more like a slinky than a spring have retained that as well.The barrel could not be unscrewed as the WSM case left the chamber wall thin and expanded the barrel into the action . The barrel had to be cut off and a X cut from a vertical position to relieve and extract the remaining barrel. Shooter had no injuries except his pride and joy that was shooting 1/4 groups was ,, ahh “SPIKED” as the ole canonniers would say . This is one of the reasons I do not like Sako type extractors in Remington’s, Mike Walker did an excellent job when he designed it with safety in mind !

By: Ethan Gray

Ethan Gray — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 11:55:26 +0000

hi,
Thanks for such a great cover, you have covered good points for self safety.

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