Sticking Remington Bolt

[bored184]

I've got a trued Remington action with a CG trigger that the bolt appears to be under spring tension from the trigger because it requires a little extra force to pull the bolt back and when it does break loose it springs back. I'll do my best to explain below. This action is not barreled or in a stock.

Pull trigger, firing pin drops -> rotate bolt up to cock and eject round ( it's at this point the bolt feels like it's under tension. I can hold just the bolt with the action facing down and the action will remain stuck to the bolt) -> pull bolt back like one would do ejecting a round (at this point at this point a spring sound can be heard and the bolt breaks free with a little force being exerted into my hand) -> close bolt -> open bolt , NOTE I do not dry fire the action, and this time I have no issues with cycling the bolt.

I've had this issue with another CG trigger in a Remington action but ended up switching triggers and that fixed the problem.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

And you get the same results? Id say you know your answer already.

 

[bored184]

And you get the same results? Id say you know your answer already.

This go around I cant afford to swap triggers. I also prefer the CG over the Bix N Andy.

Any ideas on how to fix it? Is this considered a timing issue?

 

[Dusty Stevens]

No its a trigger issue. I guess if you like it youll just have to get used to it.

 

[Alex Wheeler]

The worst part is all the drag on the striker assembly as it falls. You can actually hear the difference in pin strike between a trigger with a lot of spring force on the top lever and one with out.

 

[bored184]

The bolt on the left, the silver one, is from the single shot action and is the one that gets hung up in the action containing the CG trigger. The bolt on the right, the black one, is from a different gun but works great in the single shot action containing the CG trigger. If you look you will notice the cocking piece is longer in the black bolt then in the silver one. This lead me to wondering, using the silver bolt AKA the bolt designed for the single shot action, if the sear and and cocking piece do not line up properly. I've got a set of Arkansas stones and access to a surface grinder but where do I begin in trying to figure out why the cocking piece and sear do not match?

 

[DaveTooley]

I don't think it has anything to do with alignment. My guess is the black one is an after market firing pin assembly. Looks like it could use another turn.

 

[Papa Charlie]

I don't think it has anything to do with alignment. My guess is the black one is an after market firing pin assembly. Looks like it could use another turn.

I didn't notice that the first time. Wonder if he backed the silver one off one turn if it would make a difference in the sticking. Not that I am suggesting that he fire a bolt that is not completely assembled. Just curious.

 

[bored184]

I don't think it has anything to do with alignment. My guess is the black one is an after market firing pin assembly. Looks like it could use another turn.

I tried but it stops just short of allowing the cocking piece to sit in the notch on the bolt body.

 

[Bill K]

Notice in the photo that the trued bolt has drag marks on the two rear portions of the bolt shroud, which do not show on the black one. Could there be just enough drag at that point and it is hold up the bolt from sliding free ? Just a thought, how about measuring those areas and compare.

 

[bored184]

Notice in the photo that the trued bolt has drag marks on the two rear portions of the bolt shroud, which do not show on the black one. Could there be just enough drag at that point and it is hold up the bolt from sliding free ? Just a thought, how about measuring those areas and compare.

Thank you for pointing that out, I did not see those.

 

[gme]

looks like drag marks on the cocking piece on the left, which would explain where the interference is

 

[clowdis]

Sounds like you have your trigger/cocking piece engagement coming in too soon. The black one works better because it isn't screwed in all the way. You'll have to cut the cocking piece engagement lug back quite a bit to fix it. Not a job for a stone.

 

[ckrifles]

I also have a CG trigger on one of my rifles. A .308 that I built, I had to ''REVISE THE COCKING PIECE ! NOT RECOMENDED'' To rectify the problem. It works very well on this this rifle with this trigger with this cocking piece.