Gunsmithing What needs done. 30-06 to 300RUM
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Re: What needs done. 30-06 to 300RUM
The 700 RUM actions use a 0.750 diameter bolt and under the tenon threads have a "U" stamped in there.
The amount of work to make a 30-06 action "work" with the RUM is substantial and it's likely going to cost at LEAST as much as simply selling the 30-06 and going to an action designed to handle the RUM to begin with.
The 700 RUM actions use a 0.750 diameter bolt and under the tenon threads have a "U" stamped in there.
The amount of work to make a 30-06 action "work" with the RUM is substantial and it's likely going to cost at LEAST as much as simply selling the 30-06 and going to an action designed to handle the RUM to begin with.
Re: What needs done. 30-06 to 300RUM
I could order you a 1 piece bolt from PTG with the appropriate bolt face.
Just a matter of fitting it and either rechambering/installing a new barrel at that point.
Bolts are $209.00 and custom fitted to the receiver bore of your action. lead time is 6weeks.
Chambering the barrel starts at $200. Add $50.00 for a fluted barrel.
Be glad to help.
C.
I could order you a 1 piece bolt from PTG with the appropriate bolt face.
Just a matter of fitting it and either rechambering/installing a new barrel at that point.
Bolts are $209.00 and custom fitted to the receiver bore of your action. lead time is 6weeks.
Chambering the barrel starts at $200. Add $50.00 for a fluted barrel.
Be glad to help.
C.
Re: What needs done. 30-06 to 300RUM
You'll also need to do some mill work on the receiver. The last time I tried to feed a 300 RUM through a 700, one that was originally chambered in 7 Rem, it wouldn't even fit through the feed lips.
You'll also need to do some mill work on the receiver. The last time I tried to feed a 300 RUM through a 700, one that was originally chambered in 7 Rem, it wouldn't even fit through the feed lips.
Re: What needs done. 30-06 to 300RUM
Dern it! Ya got me. Forgot that part. Shameful as I just did one a couple months ago.
Good eye sir!
C.
Dern it! Ya got me. Forgot that part. Shameful as I just did one a couple months ago.
Good eye sir!
C.
Re: What needs done. 30-06 to 300RUM
Kombar - That's exactly what I ran into. Feed lips, feed ramp, and if you're going to a 750 bolt, the bolt raceway needs to be reamed to fit the larger bolt body too.
Run a DBM for RUM/WSM cases then the feed lips can be ignored and it will still function. The feed ramp has to be modified no matter how you slice it.
Kombar - That's exactly what I ran into. Feed lips, feed ramp, and if you're going to a 750 bolt, the bolt raceway needs to be reamed to fit the larger bolt body too.
Run a DBM for RUM/WSM cases then the feed lips can be ignored and it will still function. The feed ramp has to be modified no matter how you slice it.
Re: What needs done. 30-06 to 300RUM
I've had two that used Rem 700 actions that were originally chambered in 7mm Rem mag.
One, nothing more was done than headspacing a new takeoff barrel. That one fed fine from the ADL magazine and nothing was done to the action to make it work as it should. Worked fine as a repeater, but I used it as a single shot due to the long throat in the factory chamber and resulting OAL of the cartridge. Played with it for a couple years until I was satisfied that the cartridge was worthy of a full build, then went back to the standard Rem mag on that action.
The second was a semi-custom on a Rem 700 action where a Wyatt's center-feed extended mag box was fitted, feed lips were opened slightly, but nothing else was done to the action or bolt outside of standard truing. Works just fine as a repeater.
No need for a larger bolt, feed ramp manipulation, etc. in my experience.
Edit: Since you'd need to open the face anyway to go from the '06 to a mag case head, I'd get a new bolt as Chad suggested, but stay with the .70x diameter to avoid more work on the action.
I've had two that used Rem 700 actions that were originally chambered in 7mm Rem mag.
One, nothing more was done than headspacing a new takeoff barrel. That one fed fine from the ADL magazine and nothing was done to the action to make it work as it should. Worked fine as a repeater, but I used it as a single shot due to the long throat in the factory chamber and resulting OAL of the cartridge. Played with it for a couple years until I was satisfied that the cartridge was worthy of a full build, then went back to the standard Rem mag on that action.
The second was a semi-custom on a Rem 700 action where a Wyatt's center-feed extended mag box was fitted, feed lips were opened slightly, but nothing else was done to the action or bolt outside of standard truing. Works just fine as a repeater.
No need for a larger bolt, feed ramp manipulation, etc. in my experience.
Edit: Since you'd need to open the face anyway to go from the '06 to a mag case head, I'd get a new bolt as Chad suggested, but stay with the .70x diameter to avoid more work on the action.
