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- The plunger ejector can get stuck in the retracted position, failing to eject the case.

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This happened to me a couple days ago.

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The Remington 700, quite unfortunately, is a decent agglomeration of manufacturing shortcuts, and its foremost design consideration was cost of manufacture. Hence the "pipe" receiver, sandwiched recoil lug, three piece soldered together bolt, and "paperclip" extractor. You can do much, much better for your money. The thing that most impresses me about Remington is they have managed to sell so many.

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Quite true. They sell because of $ value + the dont come apart at the seams like some other rifles do. That is catastrophic failure.

The other thing for me personaly is I have suffered more failures from Mauser and other CRF rifles than I have with my Rems. So in my case the Rem is a better DG rifle than the CRF, go figure. I would think my cicumstances are the fly in the ointment that disproves the rule.

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Quite true. They sell because of $ value + the dont come apart at the seams like some other rifles do. That is catastrophic failure.

The other thing for me personaly is I have suffered more failures from Mauser and other CRF rifles than I have with my Rems.

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What sort of problems were these? And what exactly were the brands of rifle, or if original mil actions etc?

Interested in the causes and also what the "catastrophic failures" of rifles you have had? Thanks.

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I have owned quite a few Remington Rifles over the years...at least 2 dozen, and I've only ever had trouble with one, and that problem was taken care of while under warranty. They've all been very accurate, with none of them shooting groups larger than 2 1/2 inches moa with factory ammunition, and none larger than 1 1/4 inches with hand loads. Never had any extraction or ejection problems either. For the money, I think they offer the average working man or woman a decent, functional, and reliable weapon.

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Having said all that, one of my PH's in Zim in 2008 had the exact rifle in camp for his backup if the .458 Win actually broke as the stock was in very poor condition...

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I have seen a PH hunting with a rifle that would systematically jam on the second round, one with a broken magazine spring, defective bolt stop and defective safety, one with a crushed magazine box so the rounds would not feed, and a few other niceties along these lines.

The equation PH = Good Rifle returns a False more often than it's supposed to!

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Having said all that, one of my PH's in Zim in 2008 had the exact rifle in camp for his backup if the .458 Win actually broke as the stock was in very poor condition...

Ripp

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I have seen a PH hunting with a rifle that would systematically jam on the second round, one with a broken magazine spring, defective bolt stop and defective safety, one with a crushed magazine box so the rounds would not feed, and a few other niceties along these lines.

The equation PH = Good Rifle returns a False more often than it's supposed to!

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Honestly I have purchased two controlled feed rifles and when I go back I will probably take one of them..one is a new model Winchester in 416 Rem ---the other is a custom in 416 Rem. , yes, I really like that caliber..

My only point is I did do 4 hunts in Africa with the Remington Custom shop and it performed flawlessly..think they put a little more thought/care into them out of it maybe??

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Quite true. They sell because of $ value + the dont come apart at the seams like some other rifles do. That is catastrophic failure.

The other thing for me personaly is I have suffered more failures from Mauser and other CRF rifles than I have with my Rems.

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John not all the rifle were owned by me. Most of the problems- some M98's & Ruger 77- could be traced back to the extractor timing-so I found out latter in life. I have had bouble feeds twith the M98's of mates. These problems are why I swore off them in my younger years.

Once I learned more about them I started to appreciate M98 and it's clones. I now have several CRF -other than SMLE's.

I have never had a catastrophic failure but others have. I have not heard of a Rem 700 action ( or Ruger 77's, Steyr Prohunters)coming apart at the seems but plenty of Sako's, Browning, Howa's and M98 have. These are the ones I have heard of. The M98 is understandable if it was a late war time production and turned into a magnum sporter or similar. I have not heard of a Tikka action failing. Just because I have not heard of a brand/model failing does not mean some, somewhere have not. Yes I would think most would of been due to bad reloading or safety practices by the owner.

Not trying or wanting to start a Brand bashing exercise here, just pointing out that there are exceptions to the rule.

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Remington 700 rifles often get blamed for mechanical faults that were actually the owner\gunsmiths fault. The extractors that I have seen fail were the result of refinish jobs. The caustic involved with the refinishing process either ate the solder holding the extractor or the solder and the extractor. This also goes for bolts coming apart. Refinishing by a less than competent (would be)smith was always the cause. As for plungers failing. Hosing them down with a good synthetic oil and working the plunger with a screw driver or punch, then brushing the bolt face with an old tooth brush once and a while will take care of any plunger problems. Lack of maintenance and improper hand loading and handling will be an anathema to any brand of firearm. With Remington 700's being so popular, and reasonably priced, more morons own and handle them.

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