Gunsmithing Remington 700 long action
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I'm shooting a 243 win in a tl tech la in a krg bravo that uses aics standard la mags. Feeds great never had to do anything to it.
Idk why and I bought it because it’s going to be my first target rifle and it was $600 my budget was to stick under $700 and kick less than a 6.5 grendel and my shooting buddies told me that it would kick less than a grendel with 95 grain bullets so it was a perfect fit
idk if it'll recoil less. 12ish grains more powder. and i would shoot 105/108/115s from it. there isnt performance in the 95gr weightclass for target shooting
either way, neither really recoil
seems like you could have gotten into a purpose built system for what you're gonna spend making a long action 6XC work
pics/full details on it?
either way, neither really recoil
seems like you could have gotten into a purpose built system for what you're gonna spend making a long action 6XC work
pics/full details on it?
The reason I am trying have a rifle that recoils less is because I only have 1/8th of a shoulder socket so if I shoot something that recoils harder than a grendel I dislocated my shoulder and it’s a 20” Remington 700 with a 1 in 8 Krieger barrel on an hs precision stock. I should be at my ffl on Thursday
The 6xc is going to kick more than a 6.5 grendel, put a brake on either and they will be tame.
As for how to make a long action a dbm to feed a short action round will involve you replacing that bottom door latch bottom metal with a drob box mag bottom metal, that could involve relieving stock material for the new one to fit, the DBMs are wider than the BDLs.
Unless you are getting an absolute steal on that frankenrifle I would look elsewhere for something that will be less labor intensive and more appropriate for your goals.
As for how to make a long action a dbm to feed a short action round will involve you replacing that bottom door latch bottom metal with a drob box mag bottom metal, that could involve relieving stock material for the new one to fit, the DBMs are wider than the BDLs.
Unless you are getting an absolute steal on that frankenrifle I would look elsewhere for something that will be less labor intensive and more appropriate for your goals.
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Also. Learning to shoot from the support side would be a good alternative
I wish it were that easy but with my chromosomal deletion I was born with only 1/8 developed shoulders and knees but I will make due with this rifle and if it’s too much I will save up and find a solution that works
Nice looking rifle. Just my opinion I’m no gunsmith but we feed short 6br from actions way shorter than there meant to be. So I dont why you wouldn’t be able to possibly put long action bottom metal on it using a long Action mag and possibly put a spacer kit on it. Or if it feeds like it is it will probably feed from a LA mag with a little modification.
Your going to want to get that barrel threaded and put a quality break on it. 6xc doesn’t have a lot of recoil with a 110 smk but probably more than you want without a brake.
I don’t have to have it but I just thought it would be a nice feature to add if it wasn’t too big of a pain but as the situation goes right now I might have to sit this season out cause I am looking at a 2nd major shoulder surgery
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