Remington 600 feed troubles

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JasoninSD

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I recently bought a new (to me) Remington 600 in .222 Remington. Anyway, I find that the first round into the magazine does not want to stay in place and when I can get it to stay in place it pops out of the port base first as soon as I try to close the bolt. If I can get the first round in the magazine and then place a second in the magazine, the second round will feed normally but once I am back to the first round it jumps out of the magazine. I'm not sure if it is a rail issue on the right side of the magazine or a follower issue. Has anyone experienced similar out of the Remington 600? BTW, I have a 243 and a 350 magnum that feed just fine.

Thanks in advance for any tips.
 
I wonder if the magazine box is improperly seated in the action? If the previous ownder had the action out of the stock for one reason or another, it's easy for the magazine box to not be seated squarely into the receiver. I ran into that problem when I restocked a Remington 660. (Same gun with no rib and a 2" longer barrel.
Paul B.
 
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Could be - the "magazine box" is actually a thin sheet metal rectangle sandwiched between the action bottom rails and that plastic triggerguard/floorplate.

It needs to be seated into both for proper function.

IMO, if there was a follower issue, it would only become apparent with the last round feeding from the magazine.



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I agree with the "magazine box" most likely being the issue. Take the stock off and see if the magazine box is up inside the receiver where it is supposed to be. There should be a rectangular cutout in the bottom of the receiver. The box must be squeezed together in the back and pushed up in that cutout about an eighth of an inch. If it has been properly installed the mag box should pull out with the action when you take it out of the stock. If not it will fall out when you remove the trigger guard. About that trigger guard. If its the original one, its flimsy plastic and is most likely warped, which could also be adding to your trouble. The bottom end of the mag box has to be pressed down in it as well. The best fix for that is to get on ebay and order an aluminum trigger guard from Coquille Valley machine works for $80. I've shopped around and they are the best deal by far and it's a quality product. I have one on my 660 in 6mm and its a vast improvement over the original.
 
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Thanks for the tips on the magazine box. I will need to pull the stock and take a look.

I will take a look at the aluminum trigger guard from Coquille Valley. It seems every 600 or 660 I have seen has had a warped trigger guard and this one is no exception. Luckily this one has a vent rib that is still in tact.

I don't know about you guys, but I just love those little dog leg bolt guns.
 
I finally got around to pulling the action and it turns out that the magazine box was the culprit. After getting it installed correctly and fully, it feeds like a champ. Thanks for the tip.

Jason
 
The reason nearly every 600 has a warped triggerguard is that same magazine, that and owners not being careful.

The sheet metal box easily pops out of place, if you do not reassemble the rifle exactly right (you have to squeeze the back of the box together and insert it into the bottom of the action -this is easiest and best done if the action is upside down, and stays that way until after you get the rifle reassembled). When the box pops out of place, it stick down slightly below the belly of the stock (and stays there, unless you squeeze it and put it back in its proper place).

With the box out of place (and not noticed), tightening the action screws will warp the triggerguard/floorplate. Every time I see one of these guns, that's the first thing I look for. It means that at some point, someone who didn't know what they were doing took it apart, and put it back together wrong.

At that point, I always have to wonder, what else they did to the gun that was ...wrong. My first deer rifle was a model 600 in .308, 40 years ago. I still have it. Also have 600 series rifles in .222, .243, 6mm, .308, & .350Mag. And an XP-100 in .221 Fireball (all original).

They are great rifles. Not so good off the bench, (where everyone only looks at group sizes) but in the field, they shine.
 
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