Stainless Receiver Question

[charles p]

I have a Rem LVSF in 7mm-08.  I have several other Mod 700 rifles and their bolts slide effortlessly in the receiver.  Non are stainless except for the new rifle.  The bolt in this rifle feels scratchy when operated.  Can I smooth it out, or is that how stainless receivers feel?  The rifle has yet to be fired thus there is no wear yet.

[Chuck White]

I'm not an expert in this area, but I have heard in the past that stainless is a little rougher  finish than traditional blue!
The action will get smoother with use.

[wadevb1]

I use a light amount of bolt grease on my lugs. SS has the ability to gall. You will eventually "lap" your lugs and then all will be well.

[The Gamemaster]

Not to sound smart here, but didn't you inspect the gun before you bought it?

I got took once with a Marlin 22 Magnum Tube fed rifle that I bought a few years ago.

It looked really good in the box, but when I took it home - the brass rod got a big gouge in it when I took it out the first time because they did not bend the tang the right way that the cap indexed into when it locked it in place to keep the rod from coming back out.

Now the gun-shop was 40 miles one way to take it back and so I just adjusted it myself and polished the scratch out of the brass rod the best I could with a piece of scotch brite.

Now there is no excuse for shoddy workmanship like that.

One other Marlin 22 WM was so bad that I couldn't sight it in any better than 3 inches at 100 yards.

I took it back and exchanged it for a new one.

Remington has been putting out some real crap lately and calling it a gun because Winchester went out of business and when you think that you are the only gun-maker in town you can do just about anything you want and get away with it.

Sooner or later people are going to get tired of being treated like that, and when it happens - they will all be buying Browning's like me.