Rem 700 firing spring recommendations

[JCCinOhio]

Watching WAYYYY to many youtube videos.. Thinking I need a new firing pin spring for my .308 Rem 700, have no idea what the differences are.

Tubb duo spring sounded good, but what's the reality? Just go with a stock spring? Advice appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Shoots 700's]

What's wrong with the spring you have?

 

[JCCinOhio]

What's wrong with the spring you have?

It's about 5 yrs old, with ~1000 rounds.. I store the rifle without the bolt in, so the bolt remains in the cocked position. Not sure if it's having an impact on ignition or not. Just now starting to attempt to shoot past 300 yds (eventually to 1000).

 

[whatsupdoc]

I doubt you need a new spring, but if it helps with your wind calls its worth it.

 

[Shoots 700's]

Keep Shooting it.

 

[Haney]

They are cheap, nothing wrong with a fresh spring . I buy mine from Greg Tannel .


https://www.gretanrifles.com/product-page/chrome-silica-spring-short-action

 

[Holliday]

They are cheap, nothing wrong with a fresh spring . I buy mine from Greg Tannel .


https://www.gretanrifles.com/product-page/chrome-silica-spring-short-action

I have his light firing pin complete setup in two of my rifle and love them. Great guy to deal with.

 

[JCCinOhio]

I have his light firing pin complete setup in two of my rifle and love them. Great guy to deal with.

What's the advantage of a lite firing pin?

 

[LRI]

Watching WAYYYY to many youtube videos.. Thinking I need a new firing pin spring for my .308 Rem 700, have no idea what the differences are.

Tubb duo spring sounded good, but what's the reality? Just go with a stock spring? Advice appreciated.

Thanks

The link is a clip of a dual valve spring setup running to a crank speed of 8,000 rpm. That pencils out to around 60 cycles a second, so it'd take around 16 seconds to get to the number of cycles on your Remmy. This would represent a fringe example of what springs are subjected to. Now take a few steps back and think about the ones in your daily driver vehicle. They work and last for ###,###s of miles. -literally, millions/tens of millions of cycles.

By comparison, the striker spring in your rifle lives a pretty quiet/comfy life. Unless you are suffering light strikes or seeing elevation in your plots, your spring is fine.

C.

 

[LRI]

What's the advantage of a lite firing pin?

There isn't one.

 

[Holliday]

What's the advantage of a lite firing pin?

Without a doubt smoother than the old Rem 700 factory high tolerance piece of crap I replaced after thousands of rounds on it.

The shit people replace on thier rifles but yeah Greg is selling snake oil.

Greg is good people and I like his products, methodology and customer service. Money well spent for me.

 

[Tikkaguy]

Not sure I was having problem with my trg 22 and was having issues with flyers. On barrel #2 trying to sort it out. My rifle was a 2008 so a pretty old spring. Always would shoot 3 in about .25-.3 of a inch and I would get 2 weird flyers. Replaced my spring yesterday and I shot 4 .25-.35inch 5 groups yesterday. Spring was about 1/2 inch shorter than the new one. They do get old.

 

[Shoots 700's]

Replace if you must, however its not going to make you hit at 300 and beyond. If you only have 1000 rounds down the barrel in 5 years, you might need too shoot more.

 

[hectorso27]

What after market striker spring do u recommend ? In what lb? My rifle is not working well ...

 

[hectorso27]

What after market striker spring do u recommend ? In what lb? My rifle is not working well ...

 

[DRAKENBURG]

Not sure I was having problem with my trg 22 and was having issues with flyers. On barrel #2 trying to sort it out. My rifle was a 2008 so a pretty old spring. Always would shoot 3 in about .25-.3 of a inch and I would get 2 weird flyers. Replaced my spring yesterday and I shot 4 .25-.35inch 5 groups yesterday. Spring was about 1/2 inch shorter than the new one. They do get old.

The TRG spring is very short due to the firing pin design. Thus, to generate all that energy in such a short spring, they put it under a lot of stress increasing the risk of the spring setting. On the Remington 700's, the spring is much longer and when properly designed and made from the correct material and quality, the spring has a longer life. This is because it can store the same amount of energy for less spring stress.

 

[Tikkaguy]

The TRG spring is very short due to the firing pin design. Thus, to generate all that energy in such a short spring, they put it under a lot of stress increasing the risk of the spring setting. On the Remington 700's, the spring is much longer and when properly designed and made from the correct material and quality, the spring has a longer life. This is because it can store the same amount of energy for less spring stress.

Makes sense to me. 170 bucks for the “sako tax” and it was fixed. Granted I did get a new firing pin with it