How do I disassemble the bolt of a Rem 700 ADL?

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stephen_g22

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The bolt of my Remingtom 700 ADL is beginning to get a little sticky. Not the bolt action, but the firing pin assembly. When I pull the trigger there is a delay before the click. I think there is a buildup of crud in the firing pin channel.

What would be my best option? I would think I should disassemble the bolt and clean the firing pin assembly, but I cannot find any instructions on how to do this. Or should I just try to drip solvent in the firing pin channel to try to reduce the crud? Any other ideas?

If anyone has a link to the bolt disassembly instructions for the 700 ADL, I would be greatful.
 
Get the bolt dissamembly tool from Sinclair. It is the easiest way to break it down, and the safest (in terms of messing up the bolt). Take the bolt down, completely clean it off, inside the bolt also, those long q tips come in handy for this. After that is clean, inspect everything to make sure you do not have a cracked firing pin, obstructions, what have you. Q tips work good also in the bolt face, as does a small brush.
Put a light coat of grease on the firing pin spring, I use the Shooter's Choice red grease and it is just fine. Not too much, just a line or two down the spring and rub it in. You should be fine for at least two or three hundred rounds before it needs to be repeated.
http://www.sinclairintl.com
 
Here is the best way to take the bolt apart.

1) Remove the bolt from the rifle.

2) Hold the bolt by the locking lugs, so the handle is away from you.

3) Get a dime, or your dogtags for step 4.

4) Hook the protruding cocking piece on your tightly laced bootlace, between the first two eyelets, closest to the toe.

5) Pull the bolt toward you, until a slot becomes visible on the side of the cocking piece.

6) Insert dime or dogtag in the slot, then relax and let the cocking piece retract back into the bolt until the dime or dogtag catches.

7) Unscrew bolt assembly, leaving the dime or dogtag in place, DO NOT let the dime or dogtag fall out of the slot.

This all takes about 7 seconds after you have done it a few times.

Assemble in reverse order, be sure to assemble it in a cocked condition or it will not go back in the rifle.

Do this in the gunshop and watch the amazed looks from Remington owners who bought that damn bolt disassembly tool.

[Edited by Rex Feral on 11-30-2000 at 01:59 AM]
 
I bought my first Rem. 700 in 1965 and now own 5 of em and all I ever used was either a dime or a penny! Works like Rex said!
 
In case you have a shop but aren't wearing boots, clamp the bottom of the cocking piece in a vise and pull the bolt away from it. Drop a penny in the gap between the bolt sleeve and the cocking piece and unscrew the bolt sleeve.

Jim
 
Jim, another thing that works is if you have a piece of fairly soft wood, jam the sear into the wood and pull the bolt down by the locking lugs. Be really careful doing this so you do not mar the sear.
 
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