I've shot Remington rifles and shotguns all my life and always associated them with quality and accuracy. Recently I purchased a Remington XCR compact tactical 308. Rifle appeared well made and possessed many desirable features right out of the box.
I sent the bolt handle and stock off to GAP and had their bolt knob conversion and stock milled for the B/O bottom metal. Workmanship and service were excellant. Thank you. Upon its quick return I reassembled the rifle and attempted to mount the scope.
Much to my surprise I found both the scope mount holes grossly misaligned and the receiver front/rear not level. A call to Remington, was quite disappointing. I might as well had called Mongolia and asked what was for dinner.
A quick search on google confirmed this was not unusual and resulted in the rifle being sent to Darrell Holland for the installation of his "Perfect Picatinny Mount" which is adjustable for both windage and elevation. Rifle came back quickly with a personal letter from Darrell. Workmanship and service were excellant too. Thank you.
Went to the range and was zeroing rifle. Rifle was almost spot on and had tons of elevation/windage left in my 3.5x10 Mark 4. I was shooting factory Winchester Premium 168 gr HPBT and the rifle was shooting respectable groups at 100 yards.
On the eigth shot, I was cycling a new round into the chamber and unbelievably, the bolt handle came off in my hand. WTF!
My shooting buddies almost wet themselves. I managed to fire the rifle to deal with the hot round in the chamber. Could not remove bolt as, well, there's no bolt handle. Exhausted my lexicon of profanity.
So know, I am looking at getting this fixed too. Another google search reveals the Remington bolts do indeed come off. TIG welding or fine silver soldering seems to fix this. Looking at sending this back to GAP for doctoring.
What happened to Remington? You would think with CNC machinery, their rifles would be excellant.
Thank goodness this isn't a critical weapons system.
Anyone else?
I sent the bolt handle and stock off to GAP and had their bolt knob conversion and stock milled for the B/O bottom metal. Workmanship and service were excellant. Thank you. Upon its quick return I reassembled the rifle and attempted to mount the scope.
Much to my surprise I found both the scope mount holes grossly misaligned and the receiver front/rear not level. A call to Remington, was quite disappointing. I might as well had called Mongolia and asked what was for dinner.
A quick search on google confirmed this was not unusual and resulted in the rifle being sent to Darrell Holland for the installation of his "Perfect Picatinny Mount" which is adjustable for both windage and elevation. Rifle came back quickly with a personal letter from Darrell. Workmanship and service were excellant too. Thank you.
Went to the range and was zeroing rifle. Rifle was almost spot on and had tons of elevation/windage left in my 3.5x10 Mark 4. I was shooting factory Winchester Premium 168 gr HPBT and the rifle was shooting respectable groups at 100 yards.
On the eigth shot, I was cycling a new round into the chamber and unbelievably, the bolt handle came off in my hand. WTF!
My shooting buddies almost wet themselves. I managed to fire the rifle to deal with the hot round in the chamber. Could not remove bolt as, well, there's no bolt handle. Exhausted my lexicon of profanity.
So know, I am looking at getting this fixed too. Another google search reveals the Remington bolts do indeed come off. TIG welding or fine silver soldering seems to fix this. Looking at sending this back to GAP for doctoring.
What happened to Remington? You would think with CNC machinery, their rifles would be excellant.
Thank goodness this isn't a critical weapons system.
Anyone else?
