Hi anyone know where i can get my rem700 bolt handle changed and the bolt body fluted??
Cheers
Daz
Thanks for the info mate,
Cheers
Daz
At the risk of being jumped on:- ........................................
May I ask why not just a decent action in the first place rather than muck about with what is after all just bits of tubing brazed together?
There are after market fluted bolt bodies available from places like PTG (Pacific Tool and Gauge):-
http://www.pacifictoolandgauge.com/products/parts/remington.htm
They make one with integral bolt handle too and with the Sako style extractor to correct another Remington flaw.
Of course as it's a pressure bearing componant a variation would be required.
On the other hand having you existing bolt fluted and threaded for a knob seems like a much simpler and cheaper job, as long as you happen to have a 4 axis CNC mill handy!
Mat,
I mentioned PTG as I happened to know they offered them. Noticed it when looking through their site last year for a reamer and head space gauges and for no other reason. There are no doubt others that offer them as after all the Rem 700 is the Vx Corsa of the rifle world. Everybody and their mother makes bits to bolt on them .
Not sure what their mark up is I had to get the reamer from Midway in the end as PTG didn't have a .280AI on the shelf but Midway did and yes a PTG one at that. The reamer was a similar price, not that much different to getting it direct, so perhaps their marks ups vary on what they are selling???