fishshocker
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- Mar 14, 2011
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I have an older remington 700 cdl .270 (approx 12 years old). I have kept it 100 percent stock all that time but have decided to start tinkering with it. I was thinking trigger first, pillar bed second, action bed third.
I have tinkered my ruger 10/22 to death (very successfully too) and am about to do the rem 700 and a mosin nagant.
Right off the the bat, I removed the clear polish from the three screws and backed the trigger pull screw out some, a little lighter pull. I was going to slightly adjust the sear adjust screw. It would not budge, I soaked the screw overnight in wd40, still no budge. Soaked overnight in clp, still no budge. I had a quality perfect fit screwdriver. It finally budged, maybe 10 degrees clockwise. I went to back it out some and free things up but the screw top just cratered.:banghead::banghead: No stripping of threads but all material is gone on both sides of screw slot.
It was one of those moments (voice in head says, leave alone...you will damage this, leave alone) and you just keep doing it.
Pretty small area to work with, but has anyone ever drilled a small hole in the screw and used an extractor. If so, what size screw to order for replace.
Also, anyone have a factory rem 700 trigger (old style) laying around from when they replaced with a timney, etc., they would sell cheap.
I have tinkered my ruger 10/22 to death (very successfully too) and am about to do the rem 700 and a mosin nagant.
Right off the the bat, I removed the clear polish from the three screws and backed the trigger pull screw out some, a little lighter pull. I was going to slightly adjust the sear adjust screw. It would not budge, I soaked the screw overnight in wd40, still no budge. Soaked overnight in clp, still no budge. I had a quality perfect fit screwdriver. It finally budged, maybe 10 degrees clockwise. I went to back it out some and free things up but the screw top just cratered.:banghead::banghead: No stripping of threads but all material is gone on both sides of screw slot.
It was one of those moments (voice in head says, leave alone...you will damage this, leave alone) and you just keep doing it.
Pretty small area to work with, but has anyone ever drilled a small hole in the screw and used an extractor. If so, what size screw to order for replace.
Also, anyone have a factory rem 700 trigger (old style) laying around from when they replaced with a timney, etc., they would sell cheap.