It's a cheaper way of installing a barrel into the action, the place where the bolt is contained. The bolt removes a spent cartridge,load s a new cartridge and contains the firing pin (makes the rifle fire). It also has protrusions (lugs) that help contain the gas pressure where it belongs. The rifle we're talking about is an inexpensively built rifle. Though safe to use it's not the most accurate or trouble free rifle and thus wasn't produced very long.
Bubba's 710 is repaired. I bought another stock for $35 shipped put it didn't fit. Evidently there were changes made in the stock. After some careful examination I found the problem areas, broke out the Dremel tool and went to work. After 15 minutes I had the action fitting tight into the stock. The bolt release spring is held into place by the stock and the modification I made added pressure to the bottom of the spring where there's more material in the stock to resist the pressure. The result, a stiffer bolt release lever that stops the bolt correctly. I took it to the kid (32) who owns it , a good man with a wife and four daughters living on his income, he was very excited and grateful. I still have the original stock and will repair it when I need something to tinker with it. I'll continue to look for another bolt release lever. If I find one I'd like to have it heat treated or better still have another made with better material.
He's a good man and neighbor. A renter who tends his yard and is making improvements on the house he lives in. His daughters are adorable and well behaved. I couldn't ask for a better neighbor and when I look at him I see my broke butt years ago. This rifle was given to him because it had problems that his father didn't want to deal with and bought a Savage. The look on his face was worth the money, research \nd work. It is in giving that we receive.
The selfish side; I love a challenge and tinkering on guns.
Good on you. I would have just dropped the $ on a Savage Axis for him before going through all that though....
His father bought a Savage and gave him this POS.
As a side bar I gave up on the idea of bedding and floating this rifle. The action doesn't have a recoil lug. There is a bar of steel set in the stock that fits into a slot in the barrel. There is a screw in through stock on ether side of the steel block, one attaches to the action the other the barrel. This was Remington's idea of a recoil lug and an attempt to keep the barrel in the action. A third attaches to the tang. Like I said before the stock puts pressure on the bolt release lever, that's why the stock cracked. The action and barrel were fit into the stock like a spandex suit for a reason.
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He's a good man and neighbor. A renter who tends his yard and is making improvements on the house he lives in. His daughters are adorable and well behaved. I couldn't ask for a better neighbor and when I look at him I see my broke butt years ago. This rifle was given to him because it had problems that his father didn't want to deal with and bought a Savage. The look on his face was worth the money, research \nd work. It is in giving that we receive.
The selfish side; I love a challenge and tinkering on guns.
As a side bar I gave up on the idea of bedding and floating this rifle. The action doesn't have a recoil lug. There is a bar of steel set in the stock that fits into a slot in the barrel. There is a screw in through stock on ether side of the steel block, one attaches to the action the other the barrel. This was Remington's idea of a recoil lug and an attempt to keep the barrel in the action. A third attaches to the tang. Like I said before the stock puts pressure on the bolt release lever, that's why the stock cracked. The action and barrel were fit into the stock like a spandex suit for a reason.