My uncle wants to hunt deer this year and he wants to use the same rifle he used 40+ years ago hunting in Wisconsin.
He has a BEAUTIFUL Remington 700 ADL in .25-06 that I hope to inherit some day.
We took it out last weekend to ensure it was still sighted in. He hasn't shot it in 40 years!
It shot fine, and the scope was surprisingly still zero'd, but we did find an issue with the ejector. It's stuck flush with the bolt face.
I think he may have left a spent case in the chamber for WAY too long.
I soaked the bolt in penetrating oil for 2 days while periodically trying to get the ejector to pop out.
No luck, so I went ahead and drove the retaining pin out.
Nothing! The ejector did not budge.
I'm at a loss.
I see no obvious reason that the pin would be stuck.
It will depress about 1/32" and spring back to flush with the bolt face when pushed in by hand, but will not come out.
Now, the rifle fires just fine. It extracts, but will not eject the shell casing.
Is this going to need to go back to Remington?
Any idea how long they may take to rectify a problem like this?
I'm open to any and all suggestions.
Uncle REALLY wants to use this rifle, even though he has others that would suffice.
He has a BEAUTIFUL Remington 700 ADL in .25-06 that I hope to inherit some day.
We took it out last weekend to ensure it was still sighted in. He hasn't shot it in 40 years!
It shot fine, and the scope was surprisingly still zero'd, but we did find an issue with the ejector. It's stuck flush with the bolt face.
I think he may have left a spent case in the chamber for WAY too long.
I soaked the bolt in penetrating oil for 2 days while periodically trying to get the ejector to pop out.
No luck, so I went ahead and drove the retaining pin out.
Nothing! The ejector did not budge.
I'm at a loss.
I see no obvious reason that the pin would be stuck.
It will depress about 1/32" and spring back to flush with the bolt face when pushed in by hand, but will not come out.
Now, the rifle fires just fine. It extracts, but will not eject the shell casing.
Is this going to need to go back to Remington?
Any idea how long they may take to rectify a problem like this?
I'm open to any and all suggestions.
Uncle REALLY wants to use this rifle, even though he has others that would suffice.