H-S Precision Remington 700 Fitment Issue...

[LowStandards]

Hello everyone!

I hate for my first post to be a plea for help, but it is! I'll go ahead and say that working with bolt actions rifles is fairly new to me, so please, bear with me!

I purchased the gun in question, a Remington 700 SPS Tactical .308, about a year ago. I loved everything about the rifle, but the factory hogue stock. Today, I thought I was finally going to change that! I purchased a H-S Precision stock from a local individual. It had been on one of his rifles (Supposedly), but he had since parted with the barrel, and no longer needed the stock. I am unsure of the model, I was just told it would fit a 700 SA BDL.

Everything seemed to go smoothly, until i went to put the floor plate back into place and realized the trigger group was a little too close to one side of the stock.

The bolt holes all lined up, so I'm sure it was in the stock straight. Everything fit fine when I put it back in the hogue.


Am I doing something wrong? Or, did I buy a bum stock?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Tatuued1]

Really hoping a reply comes in to this post. I just ordered a Precision from Brownells and am going to be REALLY tweeked if I cant use it.

 

[caleb7mm]

normal, put your bottom metal on and torque to 65 INCH lbs.

 

[Trigger Monkey]

It's not normal, I ran into the same problem with a X Mark Pro and HS Varmint stock a while back and it's due to the little extra width in the safety of the X Mark Pro trigger compared to the old-style trigger that HS stocks are inletted for. A little bit of the stock has to be taken out on the right side to allow the safety to move freely, which can be done with a Dremel tool pretty easily.

 

[Clinker]

I find that pretty normal on quite a few builds. Its not uncommon to have to get the file out and increase the inlet on the stock. On a few occasions i have also had to remove metal from the trigger gaurd for clearance as well. You have done nothing wrong, just get out your file and take your time, you will get it to fit.

 

[Lukas Koukal]

It´s not clear from the picture whether there´s any contact between the stock (or BM for that matter) and the trigger unit or not. If not and it is only misaligned, it´ll be fine, just unsightly. If there´s any interference, then definitely do not use it that way!

A random thought: have you checked the recoil lug? That may be where the misalignment originates, if it´s not by the trigger assy itself.

 

[RugerSlinger]

Here you go. I would suggest doing it yourself versus sending it in to HS as this guy did. I have already done 3, its a common problem.

http://www.snipershide.com/shooting/showthread.php?t=172845&p=2324899#post2324899