I traded into a new Remington 700 tactical in .223 rifle. It kind of "just happened" and did not plan on it but its really a decent rifle. I took it to the range completely stock and mounted a Leupold MK4-16X on it to see if it was a shotgun or a rifle. Completely stock it grouped well under an inch ( 3/4" @ 100 yds.) so I deemed it worthy of a few functional mods. The 1st thing I did was thread the muzzle for a Blackout flash hider and suppressor mount so I can run my AAC M4-2000 on it. The stock crown was OK but I cut a fresh 11 degree crown. The factory Hogue stock is great for field or woods use on a hunting rifle but far from a precision foundation. My forearm rubbed the barrel stock sitting on a bipod. I decided to go a different rout for a stock and purchased my 1st Bell & Carlson. Its not a bad stock for the money. Its not in the same league as a McMillan but its not priced the same either. Its solid with the aluminum bedding block and integral pillars. My rear pillar was slightly off center but I can fix this.
I absolutely hate the Remington box magazine. It "works" most of the time but sucks IMHO. I went with the PTG bottom metal and AICS .223 magazines. The PTG bottom metal is top shelf and the AICS mags fit perfectly together. PTG included pillars which I used to measure the pillar height and then milled the B&C stock down to the same dimensions. I no longer have access to CNC milling equipment so I did the inletting on my manual milling machine at home. After an hour milling and fitting the bottom metal fits and functions oh so smooooothly. I know some have said they fitted it with a dremel tool but I can not imagine doing it!
I still have to bed the action and then the bottom metal but I am liking the way everything has gone together.
I absolutely hate the Remington box magazine. It "works" most of the time but sucks IMHO. I went with the PTG bottom metal and AICS .223 magazines. The PTG bottom metal is top shelf and the AICS mags fit perfectly together. PTG included pillars which I used to measure the pillar height and then milled the B&C stock down to the same dimensions. I no longer have access to CNC milling equipment so I did the inletting on my manual milling machine at home. After an hour milling and fitting the bottom metal fits and functions oh so smooooothly. I know some have said they fitted it with a dremel tool but I can not imagine doing it!
I still have to bed the action and then the bottom metal but I am liking the way everything has gone together.
