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Gunsmithing Firing pin hole

glock63

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The firing pin hole on my 700 bolt face seems to be bored slightly oversize. It allows the primer to flow into the firing pin hole, even with mild loads. Can anyone reccomend a good smith to install a proper sized bushing in the bolt face?
 
Re: Firing pin hole

dude, don't worry about it and ignore the craters as a pressure sign. Pay attention to the outside of the primer cup along the rim of the primer pocket and the bolt lift.
 
Re: Firing pin hole

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Captain Kick-Ass</div><div class="ubbcode-body">dude, don't worry about it and ignore the craters as a pressure sign. Pay attention to the outside of the primer cup along the rim of the primer pocket and the bolt lift. </div></div>

Never take shooting advice from a guy with one eye and only seven fingers!
 
Re: Firing pin hole

lol... every factory Rem I have ever been around had flow back through the over sized firing pin hole. Surgeon, BAT, etc did not.

I put 5K rounds through an old 700P that made Neil Armstrong craters in the primer at .2gr below the max. Shot great with no cycling issues.
 
Re: Firing pin hole

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Captain Kick-Ass</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Perhaps you should go to moderator school again?</div></div>

I only have 2 minutes free this whole week and you were going to teach me everything you knew about shooting during that time.....decisions.....
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considering mod school is 50 sec and what I know takes up 45 sec....you could also have time for a free quote from Geico.