coles Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 A few weeks ago I bought a Remington 700 ADL 243 Win when I was visiting down in Louisiana. Bought it brand new with box, papers, and all at the Academy in Lake Charles. A week and a half ago my dad and I went to the rifle range. I shot 10-15 rounds through it with no problems. This past sunday morning we went out early before church. I shot 3 rounds of Federal Power Shocks, 3 rounds of Federal Fusions, and then loaded it with 3 rounds of Remington Corelokts. I chambered the first round of the Remington ammo and settled on the target. I pulled the trigger and all that happened was a very faint click. The firing pin was flush with the bolt shroud. I sat there for about 30 seconds waiting to see if it was going to go off. It never did so i grabbed the bolt to look at the round. I lifted the bolt maybe 1/4" and it went off! I had it pointed down range the whole time but it still scared me and my dad both. I took the other 2 rounds out of the magazine and then dry fired it 10 or 15 times to see if it would do it again and it never did. Today we took the firing pin out of the bolt and it looked pretty clean. No grease just oily. I have called Remington a couple times and cannot get ahold of anyone. Anyone have any ideas or similar experiences? It seems to me that the trigger functioned properly but the firing pin hung up and cut loose once the bolt was moved. Im stumped and pretty upset this is happening with a basically brand new rifle with a maximum of 20 rounds or so down the barrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 Don't know coles, never had a pin hang on the bolt like that before. Think if it were me, I would take the rifle to a remington authorized smith and have them look it over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goinghuntin Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 I'm surprised to hear that a Remington 700 is having that kind of problem, I've only ever heard good things about the 700. I wouldn't know what to do, I guess William bout said it right. Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterbobb Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 I had this problem with a savage rifle once. A small sliver of wood had gotten stuck in the firepin spring and caused the pin to hang up. Same thing happened, when I open the bolt the gun went off. Still cleaning my pants out from that one almost twenty years ago. However, you need to get it checked out. I would contact the shop you bought it from. They should send it back to Remington for you. If they don't I would never do buissness with them again. Don't let them tell you we checked it out and it is ok. Insist they return it to the factory. A faulty trigger is not something to mess with. If they won't send it back for you, contact Remington directly. You have to get that trigger looked at. There is no other option. :gun2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganHunter Posted June 16, 2010 Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 I'm surprised to hear that a Remington 700 is having that kind of problem, I've only ever heard good things about the 700. I wouldn't know what to do, I guess William bout said it right. Nathan I bought a new 700 sps tactical this last winter and had problems with mine too it was like the bolt was a fraction of a fraction of an inch too long and would not close on the round with out a great deal of pressure. It was a very expensive 700 and I took the bolt and gun back to the store and had them exchange my bolt for another one of the same caliber on another new rifle. It was a real pain, when I looked at the shell there was a chunk of brass pulled out where the bolt fingers grabed the shell. I have had 1 hang fire with an old bolt but it was in the winter and was mostly frozen but cleared all of a sudden and gun went boom...took out a nice tree in the back yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted June 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2010 I finally got ahold of remington this morning and they said to either send it back to them in New York or send it to their authorized repair place in Helena. So hopefully they can fix it without keeping it for months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 Man that's not good Cole! Glad they were able to point you in the right direction though, hope it gets fixed right, and as quick as possible for you. Can't imagine having a gun do that on me, scary stuff! Hope they pay for a new pair of drawers too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coles Posted June 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 Man that's not good Cole! Glad they were able to point you in the right direction though, hope it gets fixed right, and as quick as possible for you. Can't imagine having a gun do that on me, scary stuff! Hope they pay for a new pair of drawers too. Ah, it didnt scare me too bad. Just surprised me. Could have been alot worse if it had been a rifle that kicked alot or if i would have had the bolt open far enough for it to jam the bolt back in my hand or explode outside of the chamber. it was just a 243 so at least it didnt fly out of my hands or kick back into my body somewhere! After having a brand new Springfield Garand 30-06 blow up on me while i was shooting it, this was nothing compared to that. The stock shattered into 13 pieces and knocked the bullets out of the live rounds in the clip. Ive been very lucky and blessed with my gun malfunctions. Hopefully it stays that way and hopefully i dont have anymore problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterbobb Posted June 17, 2010 Report Share Posted June 17, 2010 I finally got ahold of remington this morning and they said to either send it back to them in New York or send it to their authorized repair place in Helena. So hopefully they can fix it without keeping it for months. I have dealt with remington costumer service a could times. They are very fast. I would guess you will have your rifle back in a mater of weeks, not months. Plus they will work it over and make sure everything is perfect. There is a reason Remington is the oldest rifle maker in the country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted June 18, 2010 Report Share Posted June 18, 2010 Never had that happen. Hope the 243 gets fixed quick. I'm sure it'll be perfect when you get it back. Good that you were safe when it happened. Good for you! Could've been real ugly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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