[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Help....Remington 799 ?

Posted: 8/10/2009 4:22:58 PM EDT

I just recently bought a Remington 799 in 7.62 X 39 caliber. I finally got to shoot it this past weekend. The problem I had is the bolt is not closing after a couple shots !!! The first shot and all is fine. Second shot and bolt is harder to close. By the forth shot I can hardly force the bolt closed. Pushing the bolt forward to feed a round into the chamber is fine. It is when I try turn the bolt down to lock it that I have a problem. After about five minutes without firing a round everything works fine for the first shot......then the trouble starts all over again. What's going on ??? TIA

Posted: 8/10/2009 4:31:52 PM EDT

[#1]

Sounds like it doesn't like being hot.

How does the fired round look?

Posted: 8/10/2009 4:40:07 PM EDT

[#2]

Hmmmmm.................I failed to look at the spent casing..............Brain Fart I Guess............

Posted: 8/10/2009 6:43:06 PM EDT

[#3]

The only thing I can think of is a real close tolerance match between your chamber and ammo.
As the gun gets hot, things move around just enough to cause problems.

What kind of ammo was it?

Posted: 8/10/2009 8:01:36 PM EDT

[#4]

What ammo are you using??

Posted: 8/11/2009 4:42:57 PM EDT

[#5]

I was using Brown Bear FMJ. There was no problem extracting the spent shell casing. Only closing the bolt when it was warm/hot. I didn't think 3 fired rounds would cause this kind of problem.

Posted: 8/11/2009 7:02:36 PM EDT

[#6]

Why don't you try something that is brass cased for shits and giggles and then go from there.

Posted: 8/11/2009 7:08:28 PM EDT

[#7]

Make sure your bolt lugs are lightly greased too. I'd hate see you gall the metal on a new rifle.

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