Gunsmithing Rem 700 Bolt help 300 Win Mag.

[woodspider]

I have a Rem 700 Sendero 300 Win Mag, while shooting 2 weeks ago, I had a primer blow and it sent gasses out the side hole, and the pressure sheared the vertical extractor pin off my bolt, now that rod that sticks out the bolt face just flops in and out. Clearly I have broken at least the extractor pin , I may not be calling these things by their right names but my Question is . Where can I get my Bolt looked at to be fixed and to see if its safe? Do I need to send the whole gun to be sure its safe to shoot? I see no other damage to the gun, action, or any other part just the Bolt, The brass looked ok no damage except blown primer. But I cant be sure damage wise as I am not experienced enough with something like this. Thanks for any direction you guys may provide. A Smith, company name, or any advice would be appreciated.

Or should I just buy a new bolt? Can I just drop in or does it need checked by a Smith?

Again its a Factory Rem 700 Sendero 300 win Mag.

 

[x ring accuracy]

The replacement parts are available from Brownells, Midway, etc. You can replace them yourself but I wiould still have it inspected by a smith.

 

[STR]

Can you post a picture of the damaged bolt? That would help on getting accurate advice. Like Xring said, you might be able to fix it yourself.

 

[E. Bryant]

Do you know why the primer blew? Do you feel comfortable evaluating the other bolt components to ensure that no damage was done? If so, the ejector parts can be purchased from a number of sources; Midway was probably the last place that I bought them. It takes a few minutes to change out the parts if you have a punch of the correct (small) diameter, and if the existing pin didn't get mangled too badly during the event. If the pin is stuck, then you may need the services of a gunsmith to remove it.

 

[woodspider]

I will work on a pic tonight when I get home.
I THINK I know why it blew. Here is My "Theory" It is I got Lazy with a new box of brass and I was in a hurry to get out shooting and failed to size at all the new brass neck nor FL.
I was seating the first 6 or seven bullets and noticed 2 of them had to be sorta forced into the neck on the down stroke, one of them I really got stupid and pulled too hard to get it to seat. Realizing this was probably a bad idea, I stopped & neck sized all the rest of the new brass and loaded them. Instead of pulling the tight necked few rounds I screwed up on I just put them into the case to "SHOOT " them off convincing myself the increased neck tension shouldnt be a problem. In addition I had loaded an xtra grain of powder that batch to get a lil more velocity. It worked and crono went up to 2940 FPS 208 AMAX out of the 300 WIN MAG.
So i Fired the first two rounds no issues fast but didnt notice any pressurte signs then I grabbed the tight neck round third this shot blew its primer expelled the gases out the safety hole on the right side of the gun and the bolt stuck, I had to hammer it open, case was ok, primer was halfway out hanging. Boltface had a nice Tatoo of the headstamp in brass dust on it.
Lugs and everything else looked fine. Am I outta line here or is that the possiblilty.
I have shot this load minus the added 1 grain over 1,000 rounds already no issues ever. Load was 76.9 H-1000

 

[moore_man]

I had a remington 7mag i purchased used for a build. It had a siezed ejector. I wound up puting the bolt face up in a mill and "bouncing" a carbide end mill on top of it to help get it lose. Once it worked out far enough I was able to get tweazers on it. After the ejector was removed the spring was mangled and wouldnt come out. I used a small drill bit to "screw" into the spring which allowed me to grab it and work it out. After all that it was as simple as replacing the spring, pin and ejector. You may just have to remove those very parts and replace them.