Remington 600 .350 Issues - HELP!

[westcoaster]

I have posted this else where also, but thought I would throw it up here to see what happens: Cheers

I have inherited my dads 600 in .350 and upon further inspection, cleaning, fondling and getting it ready to use I have started to notice some issues. Two to be exact. I knew about the triggers issues and this has been resolved, these issues are feeding and bolt related. Here they are:

1 - Bolt is very hard to close when round in chamber.
This happen regardless of the round being feed from the magazine or just sitting on top of the follower. And regardless of handload or factory ammunition. When the bolt face is inspected there are small brass shavings under the extractor lip. The ejector pin seems to work fine. The base of the cartridge, where the data stamp is, has a light scratch, about halfway between the primer and the outer edge of the rim, that has the same radius as the shell. The edge of the rim look quite roughed up.

Questions:
- how stiff should the ejector pin be? I think a deep bolt clean is in order.
- how can I tell if the extractor is bent or messed up?
- Or is this a head space issue?

2 - Rounds Catch on the way into barrel.
This only happens when a round is cycled from the mag box. Not exactly sure where it is catching but upon examining the brass, there are long scratch marks, the basically run from the tip of the bullet, down the neck over the shoulder and down the body of the shell. They are not that deep, but noticeable for sure, you can also heard a metal on metal noise. It has to be happening somewhere between the front of the mag box, just past the front edge of the follower and the leading edge of the barrel. I can't seem to pin point exactly where the problem area is.

Don't really have any questions on this one, just looking for advice or perhaps someone has had the same issues.

Cheers and thanks

 

[alex]

For No.2 - The ghetto gunsmith in me says to take a cartridge and paint it with white-out like you use for typing. Load the painted round in the rifle and cycle it once and see where the white out has rubbed off inside the action. Maybe the sheetmetal magazine box (if there is one) is not seated properly in the stock. The white out residue would probably show you where some very light sanding or filing might be needed. Paint and repeat the filing/sanding until no more shaving of the rounds occurs. Take a look also at the rifle chamber throat under a strong light also to make sure there are no burrs at the chamber throat that may be causing the scratches.

For No.1, I would call Remington's gunsmithing repair center and ask them to fit a new extractor if that is what is required. Sounds like maybe it is slightly bent or out of spec. You might get by with only have to send them the bolt but not sure.