Just curious - how old is the Remington?
I'm really interested in this, as I have a Harvestor on the way to mount on a 700 AAC-SD.
I do wish you luck with this issue, and am really glad to read you were not seriously hurt.
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Just curious - how old is the Remington?
I'm really interested in this, as I have a Harvestor on the way to mount on a 700 AAC-SD.
I do wish you luck with this issue, and am really glad to read you were not seriously hurt.
Thanks Gents for the best wishes.
Not pinned, the specwar was timed with shims by the smith. Hopefully Remington will get to the bottom of it.
I bought it from a guy on a local forum a couple of years ago. He claimed it had a couple of boxes of ammo through it. Based on the condition, I'd say it was accurate. The model was a 20" SPS Tactical, unthreaded. It's real shame because the barrel is pretty accurate. Is there anyway to check the age based on serial number or some other mark?
I missed the part about having a gun smith thread the barrel. I don't think Remington is going to help you. I would send it to adco, see what they say and possibly ask the gunsmith for a refund.
Ok so it was unthreaded and they are telling you to contact Remington.
I don't know what "gunsmith" you used but never go back. The threads are not concentric at all if it will not pass the test.
It's solely on them and they are screwing you over.
Send the barreled action to a precision rifle smith.
Long rifles inc.
Short action customs
GA Precision
That's what I would do. Call or email them and tell them what you had happen. A new threading job is about $100-$150.
LRi claims that he has never had a customer have a baffle strike from his threading job.
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My buddy threaded my rem .22. He checked the bore and said it was u-shaped. He made the threads concentric to the muzzle portion, but if the 700 bore is anything like it, and the gunsmith didn't check the whole bore, could that cause issues?
I am confused by their response and questioned further on it today. They have seen another R700 with a similar issue apparently. They say they are going to contact Remington tomorrow so I am holding off on picking up the rifle. At this point, let's say they screwed up the threading job and they refund me the cost; if it is rethreaded, can it be salvaged or am I looking at the barrel being cut, recrowned and threaded? I am at the point of just saying F it and buying a new barrel but I'd like to keep whoever made the mistake honest and hold them accountable.
Sounds like a reasonable assumption but I did not stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!
I think that your gunsmith is the problem. Here is what I'm noticing:
1) There is no "both ways" when it comes to the Geissele Alignment Rods. I own two of these and the instructions are very clear - the rods are to be introduced from the chamber and allowed to slowely pass to the muzzle by tilting the weapon. The rod passes the test if it exits the suppressor ideally with equal distances from all sides. I can't imagine a gunsmith sticking a metal rod down the muzzle end of a precision rifle; that is about as stupid as it gets. If you barrel was truly bent like your smith suggests, the rod would simply not exit the muzzle; no need to stick it down the crown.
2) Your gunsmith seems to be suggesting that your barrel is bent so as to cause baffle strikes. This is HIGHLY unlikely for a R700 barrel. If it was the case, you would have known it the first time that you pulled the trigger. Having said that, I would not put it past this gunsmith to **** with your barrel to cover his hack job on the thread.
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I like my rifles like my women - short, light, fast, brown, and suppressed.
I'm in complete agreement with what you are saying, their explanation makes no sense. They got back to me saying Remington said send it in. I plan on clarifying with them their course of action when Remington turns around and says the threads a borked.
Now for irony; the Remington warranty/repair center is Wild West here in Vegas. The very shop I planned to take it to originally but was put off by their turnaround time. Doh!
There is no way to repair the threads being out of concentricity, they will have to be cut off and new threads and crown cut. Hopefully this wont drop your barrel below 16". On the plus side, short 308 barrels still work great. My favorite R700 is an early 90's PSS 308 with a 18" barrel wearing a specwar can.
This sounds like the smith just chucked it up in a lathe and centered off the outside instead of using a plug gauge, spider and 4-way chuck. I've yet to see a perfectly centered bore on a factory barrel.
Minor update, Remington is with Wild West. Waiting to hear back but preliminary from when I took it in is the threading being off. Surprise, surprise. They are going to measure the threads once they get past the rockset. I'll likely end up with a shorter barrel but it won't be so bad if I use it suppressed 100%. If I can get it in writing that the threads are jacked, I'll have something to go back to the original smith with and state my case.
Put some more rounds through the can today on the AR at the steel range at the club I'm a member of. It really makes the rifle even more of a pleasure to shoot. Didn't have time to load so picked up some 55gr AE223. Very consistent out to 400. Got a few hits on the 550 and 675 plates.
Last edited by Vegas; 01-15-17 at 04:39.
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