Rem 740 help please

[Willoughby]

So I have a 740 I bought disassembled , and the trigger group has a spring in a blind hole that seemingly has no part it interacts with ? I don't know if I am missing a part or what, any help much appreciated, pics show the spring in question, being pointed out , and then raised up a bit

 

[kendog]

That hole is the location for the carrier dog spring and plunger for 1100 and 870 series shotguns. I believe that trigger plate is used in a bunch of different models. No carrier dogs used in the 740, 74, 7400. 740, 760, etc.

 

[gunfixer]

Here's a pic of an original no spring or plunger used ,as @kendog said trigger plate used other models.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I cant believe that spring has been in there this long

 

[Willoughby]

I cant believe that spring has been in there this long

Just along for the bumpy ride since 55, but the rifle does looks to have been used very little ,

 

[Adam in WI]

I cant believe that spring has been in there this long

Given enough time stood up in the gun cabinet; Hoppe's and Rem Oil make a wonderful adhesive...

 

[Willoughby]

anyone have a diagram of the bolt ?

 

[Timberyote]

Look here.

Remington 740 Parts and Schematics | Numrich

Shop for Remington 740 Woodmaster parts and schematics with Numrich Gun Parts.

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Remington Model Rifle Vsv - Firearms Assembly - Bev Fitchett's Guns

The Model 740 Woodsmaster high power center-fire rifle, offered in 1955 by Remington Arms Co., Inc., Ilion, N. Y., is essentially an autoloading version of the

www.bevfitchett.us

 

[Willoughby]

thank you

Timberyote !​

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Make sure it has the dust cover intact on the bolt or itll jam up on you

 

[Willoughby]

Make sure it has the dust cover intact on the bolt or itll jam up on you

it's there and its metal! next time I have it off I will file a small notch in the opening, so I don't need a flexible punch to remove the charge handle pin -thanks for all the help guys!

 

[DR_2297]

One came into the shop yesterday for a cleaning. Says it was hit or miss on firing. Took it apart and someone has worked on the firing pin and there is no FP return spring in the bolt. Later model 740, 155k SN. Try as I might I just don’t see enough daylight to get a spring between FP shank and the mating hole in the bolt (where it should go). Makes me wonder if someone in the past 70 years replaced the 740 bolt with a 760. Anyone know if that will even work (without the spring)? Gotta love solving mysteries. They tend to pay well.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

One came into the shop yesterday for a cleaning. Says it was hit or miss on firing. Took it apart and someone has worked on the firing pin and there is no FP return spring in the bolt. Later model 740, 155k SN. Try as I might I just don’t see enough daylight to get a spring between FP shank and the mating hole in the bolt (where it should go). Makes me wonder if someone in the past 70 years replaced the 740 bolt with a 760. Anyone know if that will even work (without the spring)? Gotta love solving mysteries. They tend to pay well.

760 bolt is a lot different. Main thing is lack of a charging handle

 

[DR_2297]

760 bolt is a lot different. Main thing is lack of a charging handle

The bolt specifically not the carrier + bolt. The 760 has a large + small cam pin like the 740. 740 has the charging handle acting as the large pin. Just didn’t know if the bolt itself would fit inside of a 740 carrier. Guess I could disassembly my 760 and find out but I totally don’t want to…

 

[Dusty Stevens]

The bolt specifically not the carrier + bolt. The 760 has a large + small cam pin like the 740. 740 has the charging handle acting as the large pin. Just didn’t know if the bolt itself would fit inside of a 740 carrier. Guess I could disassembly my 760 and find out but I totally don’t want to…

I bet they are exactly the same. I could be wrong but remington was always efficient at reusing parts- just like the trigger plate shown at the start of the thread

 

[Willoughby]

One came into the shop yesterday for a cleaning. Says it was hit or miss on firing. Took it apart and someone has worked on the firing pin and there is no FP return spring in the bolt. Later model 740, 155k SN. Try as I might I just don’t see enough daylight to get a spring between FP shank and the mating hole in the bolt (where it should go). Makes me wonder if someone in the past 70 years replaced the 740 bolt with a 760. Anyone know if that will even work (without the spring)? Gotta love solving mysteries. They tend to pay well.

mine has a fp retractor spring #9 in pic