Problems with 6.8 Rem 700

[Lobo2]

Ok guys, has anyone ever had a 6.8 bolt for a Rem. 700, that extracts just great, but as you pull the bolt back the extractor drops the case as the ejector tries to push it to the right. I have the bolt at Gre-Tan right now and he is working the problem, just wondering if anyone else has had this problem.

[Lobo2]

Wow, I guess I have all the luck with used rifles, the gun smith is trying a few things now. Hopefully will get it back up and running.

[Lobo2]

Ok, after 163 views, I will tell ya'll how this worked out. Sent the Bolt out to get it bushed, and I mentioned the ejection problem. Got the bolt back and still had the same problem. So I gathered up the rifle and went to see Matt Spoon at MacksPW, he does a lot of custom work on bolt rifles. He calls me back about an hour later and tells me the only problem is the case is hitting the turret on the scope.... duh The rifle ejects high, and was hitting the turret, sure enough the bottom of the turret had brass all over it. A good excuse to buy a new scope, and no more ejection problems. Sometimes you can't see the forest for the stick in your eye.

[Nswish]

Well, on the plus side, the gun/bolt is fine, and you get to go shopping for some new optics. I'd say its a win!
Sorry we didn't have any advice for you, not many of us running bolt guns in 6.8, although I bet a lot of us would like to.

[Lobo2]

It's all good, went to the range the other day, my son had a lot of fun shooting it. So it was worth the effort, a couple of guys wanted to know the caliber, and where they could get one, (I guess I brag on the 6.8 too much) but Remy doesn't make them anymore.

[Ratdog68]

Yup, ya never know when you're buying a used firearm. My very first gun I bought when I was old enough to do so (contrary to dear ol' mom's hissy fits) was a Rem 700 .30-06. Scoped and "ready to go" (so it appeared). It was purdy, don't think it'd ever even been fired either. I'd been looking at others' guns, and got curious. So... off to the nearest gun store (mind you, this is back in the day of this meaning I was headed to "the mall", to a "department store" which had a REAL "Sporting Goods" section to talk to an employee there) I go with my beloved new rifle in tow.

The nice man behind the counter offers to help me and I proceed to explain to him that something doesn't look right about my rifle and I needed another opinion. I explained to him that I'd just purchased the rifle "as is", but, have decided that the bolt didn't look right as it nested in the cut-out for the stock. Every other one I'd seen, the bolt nestled all the way down into that relief. After looking things over, he tells me it's a good thing I'd noticed that. Whoever mounted the scope had used screws which were just a little too long for the rear mount. The screws were protruding down passed the roof of the receiver... keeping the bolt from rotating and locking completely. Had I fired it like that, the bolt could've gone back towards my eye about as fast as the bullet headed out the muzzle.

The nice man removed the screws and filed them down a bit, verified they were of the correct length, and remounted my scope for me... and sent me on my way without a fee for the service he'd just provided. (I didn't even get body slammed by a mall ninja for carrying a gun inside the mall ! Let's seen an 18yr old get away with THAT today).

Oh, yeah... that mall was one of the first malls, and the layout of it (major department store at either end, and little shops between) became the standard for mall designs when they took off in WA State. And, back then, it wasn't climate controlled, it was "open air" with a roof over the hallways. Yeah, I'm dating myself a little bit with that little extra tidbit.

Moral of the story, don't just assume the "new to you" gun is ready to go before you take it out and shoot it. KNOW that it's ready to go.

[Hogfarmer]

Yep...err on the side of caution.

[Lobo2]

Good point RD and Hogfarmer, used guns can be like used cars....