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Bolt on Mohawk 600

Texas Hunter
Hello all i am new here and have a question for you expert guru's about my recently aquired Rem. model 600 Mohawk in caliber.308.
It appears that when the bolt is closed it is making contact with the stock and is starting to put a small dimple in it.
I also own a Mohawk in .243 and the bolt handle is no where near the stock when closed.
I took the rifle out yesterday to the range and was quite happy with how well it shot.
After getting the crappy Tasco scope that came with the rifle adjusted i was able to shoot a 7/8 group with standard Rem. corelock 150 gr. ammo,so there is no problem with that aspect of the rifle.
Any help would be appreciated.

mike


mike
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  • Kdub
    To assure a complete breech lockup of the bolt it would be a good idea to take a small round wood rasp and remove enough stock material in the bolt cutout until the bottom of the bolt is resting on the receiver frame. Shouldn't take much to accomplish. Evidently, your .243 is making solid, metal-to-metal contact and not pressing on the stock.

    Keep off the Ridgeline
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  • Spring Creek
    I, myself would have the bolt "Professionally" bent as opposed
    to altering the wood.
    Also, have a competent gunsmith check the lock-up of the bolt.
    Something's amiss here.
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  • Texas Hunter
    Thanks for the advice kdub.
    But what really bothers me is the .243's bolt is close to 1/4 away from making stock contact.
    I was wondering also if there might not be some part that is missing??
    After i get home from work i intend to put both rifles side by side and examine each after taking the bolt out.
    I also know that Remington has an ongoing recall on these rifles but both the .308 and .243 have the "A" letter before their serial numbers which means these are not affected units.
    Still this bothers me that it is making contact with the stock.
    Fwiw i bought this gun last week at GB's auction....My first transaction no less.


    mike
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  • Texas Hunter
    Well the mystery continues.
    After getting home yesterday i put both Mohawks side by side and discovered that on the .243 the cock indicater is very much like my model 700.
    On my .308 it is rececssed somewhat in the fire position and after being fired is much deeper inside the bolt mechanism.
    Possibly they made a design change in the production over the years the rifle was built.
    So i took both bolts out and swapped them.
    The bolt from the .308 which was put into the .243 made no stock contact but the bolt from the .243 which was fine in the .243 made stock contact while in the closed position in the .308.
    So i am thinking that this is a problem in the receiver and not the bolt mechanism.
    Being these were not top dollar rifles that were being produced at the time i can only assume that there was not enough machining done on the receiver during production or possibly to much.
    Does this make since??
    My question now is what if anything within reason of the guns value can be done about this??
    Since the rifle shoots so well i have to ask is there a danger with the way it is as far as safe firing.
    Again any help would be appreciated.

    mike
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  • guffie
    Mike, I bet that Remington will fix this free of charge if there is a problem. You should contact Remington, and send the gun back to them, or to an authorized Remington service center, and have a Remington expert look at it. It may be nothing. If so, it would still be nice to know. If it is a problem, Remington will take care of it.

    Gun control means all X's.
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  • Texas Hunter
    Guffie you must be sending me telepathic messages because not ten minutes ago i posed this question to Remingtons on line help center and am waiting to hear back from them.
    I am not sure why they would be interested in repairing a rifle that's almost 30 years old for free but hey if they offer it i certainly won't say no!!
    Their help line says they will get back to me in 2-3 business days.
    It seems hard to believe it's something serious because the little rifle shoots so true but hey i am not a gunsmith so i will follow any good advice.
    I have owned many rifles over the years and this is the first time i have seen something like this.
    Thanks for your input.

    mike
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  • temblor
    They used to chamber these rifles in the short magnum calibers(6.5 & 350 mag). It's possible someone put one of the magnum stocks on your gun. The heavier taper of the mag bbl would probably make the action sit up a little higher in the stock and clear the wood. ---- Just a possibility................[8D]
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  • Texas Hunter
    Hmm...I wonder if the stocks on the Mohawks are the same as the vent ribbed 600??
    The stock on the .308 looks identical to my other Mohawk.



    mike
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  • jax18421
    The magnum stocks were laminated...Beech and Walnut.
    The 600 Mohawk stock had a wider barrel channel to accommodate the heavier barrel then the ribbed 600 stock and, on some, had maple or birch wood instead of walnut.
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