Looking into buying a remington 700 as a action to build on and was just wonder if anyone had any pictures or videos they could post of the halfcock modification on these?

I have heard some gunsmith's refuse to do the mod, what is the reasoning behind this?  Any info on the cons of the half ccock mod on the 700's?

I am pretty set on the 700 action and will be upgrading the trigger to a timney 510. the safety on this should be more than reliable in the hot moments but halfcock seems to be another step to ensure abit more safety on the hill..

Dont want to stir up a debate about when or how to load your rifle while stalking this has been done to death on this site already.. hope someone with a remington 700 can vlear this up cheers.

I fully agree with the gunsmith, the engineers who designed that action most likely designed it to be carried loaded and with the safety on. If you are of the opinion that your engineering knowledge, as applied to firearms, is greater than the designers, then by all means consider a modification to the action.
It is also quite likely that the design is subject to failure, this is very apparent in the British 303 the smle, the safety is not to an acceptable for sporting purposes, it fails, and it is difficult to use.
Fortunately the design has a sticky point where the case firms up in its passage into the chamber, sufficient to hold the bolt, and bullet in a safe location.
This is a semi loaded state and has become known as the "halfcock" and when most hunters were taught and tested with the smle 303 as the main common rifle the instructors insisted the halfcock idea was used.
I am in partial agreement with them as far as the smle goes but feel that the gun designers have a better idea than most people.
This subject has been discussed a number of times and opinions differ.

Cigar,

Perhaps I should define the word "Carried".

I do not mean to carry it loaded
from the shop to home
from home to the car
in the car
when walking about
when in rough stuff
when you met a policeman
when you are just about to stalk
But in the final stalk
when taking a shot
and so on and so forth

Cigar wrote on Sep 20^th, 2018 at 9:01pm:


When I worked for the Rem agents I asked the head design engineer about developing a "half co*k" for Rems , he asked "Why would any one want that ? that is what the safety is for " and there was no way that Rem would put in a ½ co*k .
That was before  the recent litigation.
The 700 rifle inc action and trigger was designed by Mike Walker , an engineer and designer  ,not engineers

You could course, use a smle action to do a rebuild, I can supply you with details of a proper safety arrange.
My safety adaption requires a small modification to the sear arrangement and some additional parts, it provides a stop for the sear lever and works well except that it is on the wrong side.

The big problem with the Walker designed trigger on the Rem rifles is that it is easily adjusted by any one with a small bladed screwdriver , If your rifle is firing when the safety is let off then the trigger needs fixing , there is alot of advice on the net on how to do this .
In saying that , I have  a 700 which,  from new, went off when the safety was disengaged , I discovered a small piece of the foam packing in the box had broken off and was wedged in the trigger , so I guess bits of bush crud could have the same effect

i got Dean Maisey to do my 700 half co*k, very positive and silent to close when pushing forward on the bolt when closing.