A Mini Project Rifle.
THE REMINGTON 700 SPS TACTICAL Part 3
Dave turned the integral trademark Remington item down, threaded the resulting round stub on the end of the handle and screwed the smooth and much more substantial new Third Eye component on - ensuring it’ll stay there with a dollop of epoxy compound. Not only is this shape of knob much easier and more pleasant to grasp with its increased diameter and radiussed edges, the noticeably greater effective handle-length moves the bit you grab further out from the stock providing the thumb and index finger with an instinctive first-go grasp.
The clearance between the knob on an open bolt and the rear bell of a low mounted scope is increased. Finally, you get more leverage from the longer handle making the bolt noticeably easier to operate especially, on the unlocking stroke which requires the most work seeing as how it simultaneously compresses a powerful mainspring and effects primary extraction. The only downsides come from the extended length that can see the knob foul heavy foliage (on a field rifle) and may also require bolt removal for rifle storage or carrying it in a slim case, neither issue a problem in my shooting. The Third Eye bolt knob and fitting work added another £75 to total costs.
MCS, B.O., AI
If the internal 5-round magazine arrangements had suited and I’d been happy with the rubber-covered Hogue stock supplied on the factory rifle, I could have called it a day now. During initial range testing and load-development I’d used the rifle in repeater and
The old knob has nearly been turned off – Dave measures the stub diameter.
the bullet tip hung up on something, requiring the right hand to be removed from the bolt handle for a quick poke inside to reposition the cartridge before having another go – simply not good enough if reliable feed is needed.
The original Remington fly’s eye bolt-knob.
The standard internal box is configured for cartridges of SAAMI standard COAL too of course, so if you want to seat heavier, longer bullets in the 65-75gn weight range out longer than 2.26-2.3 inches overall, magazine operation is no-go. While many 68-77gn match bullets are designed for magazine operation
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single-shot modes, filling the integral magazine with the full complement of five cartridges on occasion and they’d fed reliably enough although bolt operation needed considerable effort so that rapid operation would almost certainly have seen a lot of rifle disturbance.
With the bolt mounted in a jig, step 1 in fitting a tactical knob is to drill a small pilot hole to sup- port the bolt-handle in the lathewith a revolving. centre.
Unlike my original .223 Remy 700VS, single loading by just popping a round onto the top of the magazine follower usually worked and needed much less effort on the bolt’s forward stroke. However, every so often
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