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Was chronographing some handloads in my Remington 700 VSSF (.223) when bolt handle came off in my hand. I was going up the line in increased powder charges when on the next increment after firing, the bolt lifted with no noticeable resistance but couldn't extract the spent case. After pulling and pulling on the bolt handle reluctantly took a rubber mallet did a couple of increasingly harder hits on the bolt handle to extract the spent round. Of course stopped firing that load and went to the next load to chronograph. I fired the next 15 rounds with no problem and gave the rifle a rest to cool off.
After resuming with the 700 VSSF upon the forward motion of the bolt to chamber a round the bolt handle came off in my hand. Fortunately that didn't happen on the down stroke of the bolt or it may have been a bit[h getting a live round out of the chamber.
I guess it is a matter of cleaning up the bolt and handle and rewelding. I've had the rifle for over 20 years and have hardly fired it. I don't want to send it back to Remington (not sure if they are even still around let alone if it would even be a warranty repair especially since it involved a handload). Anyway who would the MDS brain trust recommend as a local ( to central MD) gunsmith that could make this repair?
After resuming with the 700 VSSF upon the forward motion of the bolt to chamber a round the bolt handle came off in my hand. Fortunately that didn't happen on the down stroke of the bolt or it may have been a bit[h getting a live round out of the chamber.
I guess it is a matter of cleaning up the bolt and handle and rewelding. I've had the rifle for over 20 years and have hardly fired it. I don't want to send it back to Remington (not sure if they are even still around let alone if it would even be a warranty repair especially since it involved a handload). Anyway who would the MDS brain trust recommend as a local ( to central MD) gunsmith that could make this repair?