Experts needed on a Remington 40 X

[troupe]

I picked up a New Remington 40X action, no bolt. My dilemma is that I have never seen one like this. It is marked Remington 40X on the right side where the ejection port would normally be and in what I believe is the laser script. It is a left port, right bolt. The serial is CS 1XX2. It does have the bolt guide in it and I think it is stainless. It is also a straight cylinder without the lower and flat rear section that most Remington's have for the rear scope base. It is polished. Any idea were to get a bolt for it. Not sure what section to post this in.

Any help would be appreciated,

Tom

 

[Sniperhandle]

You should post pics, If it is centerfire then I would try PTG for a bolt, They used to have them. You might be waiting a while to get it from them and they might screw up your order.

 

[troupe]

Thanks for the reply, It would need a left ejection bolt unless a right bolt could be converted.

 

[Sniperhandle]

Well PTG bought or somehow wound up with a lot Remington's inventory after their Bankruptcy. Call and talk to Kiff himself, Talking to the office girls is an exercise in futility.

 

[davidjoe]

Oddities, in addition:

I don’t see a the circle R for “Registered” they use, by the name, on 40-X’s. I have seen plenty of 700’s without it but I don’t recall seeing any 40-X’s without it.

A Four Digit serial number would seem to predate both laser engraving and their much later use of stainless steel, by decades.

Sandwiched between roll mark usage there was some laser engraving but it didn’t look like that.

“Remington” is single line lettering on 40-X’s I have seen.

A two letter prefix and a four digit serial number that starts in “1” might be a person’s initials and year of birth or month and day.

Of course “CS” could also be custom shop internal designations for nonsalable and test actions that they nevertheless had to serialize and book, but never planned to sell.

Unless that’s a plugged screw hole in the rear, the spacing for a base in the rear is far off.

 

[10XSHOOTER]

That is probably a very custom shop built for the Amy MTU.
I had in my hands at one time. A 40X that was built on a long action. but used a short bolt. the longer tenion was used for more threads. Had a silver soldiered front and rear recoil lugs over the action screw holes

 

[troupe]

What would be a fair price to ask for it if I decided to move it. I really am at a loss for this one. The top scope holes looks like a Stiller action.

 

[troupe]

Any idea where to get a bolt other than PTG or have a bolt converted if possible. If the bolt could be figured out, I could do a 6ppc which I would think would be cool.

 

[biggun2869]

I bet boltfluter would know if can make a regular Remington work.

 

[troupe]

I never knew of a right bolt, left port combo ever.

 

[clowdis]

The lettering sure looks laser engraved to me. Why would anyone try to fake a Remington?

 

[AlNyhus]

It appears that one of the rear screw holes for the standard 700's 6-48 thread/.605" rear base screw spacing has been plugged and the receiver modified to use the .860 spacing bases (standard for the 700 front). All the screw holes are 8's...likely 8-40's. What's strange is that the rear base c-c would have ever been made .605"...since the receiver bridge on a standard 700/40X isn't full diameter like the front is.

Pretty cool 40X variant. Put short 700 bolt in it and see what it measures. If that looks ok, stick a trigger in it and see how it works. I'd measure the receiver raceway diameter before ordering a replacement bolt. If that all checks out, Mack Bros. makes excellent replacement 700 bolts.

Remington 700 Replacement Bolt | Mack Brothers

The Remington 700 replacement bolt comes in standard and magnum, it's a fluted one piece bolt with a modified M16 style extractor and...

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Good shootin' -Al

 

[troupe]

Thanks Mr. Al for the reply back and the expert suggestion. A 700 bolt fits.

 

[troupe]

I think I am going to post it, may be a mistake on my part. Due to the serial # it is a very early model, if there is another out there.

 

[troupe]

I want to thank all for the replies and the forum experts for there help in this. I sold the action.

Again, thanks to all,

Tom

 

[butchlambert]

Back in the 90s Red Cornelison handed me a RB left port Remington SA receiver to give to a Texas shooter when we went to the Crawfish shoot in Louisiana. Red said at the time only 2 were in existence.

 

[davidjoe]

Back in the 90s Red Cornelison handed me a RB left port Remington SA receiver to give to a Texas shooter when we went to the Crawfish shoot in Louisiana. Red said at the time only 2 were in existence.

LOL, if the idea is one should never sell a 40-X, I’ll pile on.

My old .22 40X won ABRA on Wednesday’s night time shoot, that starts at 7:00 PM, and then this morning on a range that abuts the Rio Grande, in ARA unlimited.

A Vudoo was known to be attending today. That’s all it takes. That is the front rest that began all the NRA F-Class front rest rules changes. Version 2, dormant in the wings, would make this particular rifle look like John Wayne straddling a race horse.

 

[troupe]

Well, if it a fact, I sold #2. Thanks so much Butch.