PTG (Pacific Tool and Gauge) sells bottom metal for Remington 700 Short Action rifles that allow you to convert the rifle over to using AICS magazines. You do have to inlet the stock to accept the bottom metal, but I have done a few into laminated wood stocks (Fajan and Boyds) in 308, 243, and 6.5 CM. All have worked flawlessly.
When hunting I hate the Remington ADL setup for loading and unloading, and tolerate the BDL setup. So much easier to have a AICS mag in your pocket, and snap it in or out.
So during the last snow storm / cold freeze I was cleaning the basement shop and realized I had a Remingon 700 SPS ADL stock doing nothing, I had a set of BDL bottom metal for the stock, and I also had a PTG bottom metal that I had not put into anything yet. I had often wondered if there was enough meat to the SPS stock to inlet for the PTG metal, so took a little time to tackle this wild hair.
First thing I did, was cut out the opening through the bottom of the stock, and inlet the bottom to convert the ADL to the BDL configuration. Pretty simple, and took about 15 minuted. I put in a barreled action and it worked fine. Sorry, did not take any pictures.
So here is what is included in the PTG bottom metal kit.
It assembles to barreled action like this, and if you have some snap caps or dummy loads around, you can load up a mag and function test it like this.
So I drilled the stock and bedded the pillars, then using a dremel tool and selection of sanding bits inlet the stock for the PTG metal. It is easier to do a laminate stock as the plastic one wants to melt the removed material around the bit if you go to fast.
So pictures of the installed pillars, and the top and bottom inletting. (I still need to clean up a few plastic hairs)
The one issue you can see from the top view looking at front pillar. The pillar is in an island of plastic that is no longer attached at the end towards the stock. That cross web of plastic had to be removed to fit bottom metal. So I will fill the gap either side of the island with bedding compound before shooting it.
So a picture of the final test fit of the bottom metal into the stock, then the assembled rifle. I ran five mags of five dummy rounds through it and it feed and ejected without issue.
So it worked. I did this with an SPS stock for a heavy barrel, but looking at a stock for the regular barrel the dimension appear the same so should be no different.
Come warmer weather I will go shoot this stock with a rifle of known capabilities and see what it does or doesn't do.
When hunting I hate the Remington ADL setup for loading and unloading, and tolerate the BDL setup. So much easier to have a AICS mag in your pocket, and snap it in or out.
So during the last snow storm / cold freeze I was cleaning the basement shop and realized I had a Remingon 700 SPS ADL stock doing nothing, I had a set of BDL bottom metal for the stock, and I also had a PTG bottom metal that I had not put into anything yet. I had often wondered if there was enough meat to the SPS stock to inlet for the PTG metal, so took a little time to tackle this wild hair.
First thing I did, was cut out the opening through the bottom of the stock, and inlet the bottom to convert the ADL to the BDL configuration. Pretty simple, and took about 15 minuted. I put in a barreled action and it worked fine. Sorry, did not take any pictures.
So here is what is included in the PTG bottom metal kit.
It assembles to barreled action like this, and if you have some snap caps or dummy loads around, you can load up a mag and function test it like this.
So I drilled the stock and bedded the pillars, then using a dremel tool and selection of sanding bits inlet the stock for the PTG metal. It is easier to do a laminate stock as the plastic one wants to melt the removed material around the bit if you go to fast.
So pictures of the installed pillars, and the top and bottom inletting. (I still need to clean up a few plastic hairs)
The one issue you can see from the top view looking at front pillar. The pillar is in an island of plastic that is no longer attached at the end towards the stock. That cross web of plastic had to be removed to fit bottom metal. So I will fill the gap either side of the island with bedding compound before shooting it.
So a picture of the final test fit of the bottom metal into the stock, then the assembled rifle. I ran five mags of five dummy rounds through it and it feed and ejected without issue.
So it worked. I did this with an SPS stock for a heavy barrel, but looking at a stock for the regular barrel the dimension appear the same so should be no different.
Come warmer weather I will go shoot this stock with a rifle of known capabilities and see what it does or doesn't do.
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