Gunsmithing Surgeon/Rem700 inlet?

[shadow4]

If I have a stock with a Rem700 inlet it can be easily adjusted to have a Surgeon 591 action bedded in it right? And vice versa correct? I know that there might be some minor adjustments that any competent gunsmith can easily adjust(?)

I just want to know if I can purchase an stock for a Rem700 and not have any issues if I get a Surgeon action.

I got a little confused looking at the McMillan website where they had 700 inlets and Surgeon inlets listed apart from each other.

Thanks

 

[selfbowhunter]

Re: Surgeon/Rem700 inlet?

straight bolt handle and bolt release SHOULD be the only mods necessary.

chuck

 

[GunjunkieM24]

Re: Surgeon/Rem700 inlet?

+1 on the above.

The bolt release on the Surgeon is on the left side. The stock ( if using a remington ), will have to be "notched" where the bolt release is. Its no big deal but the finish will be affected if modifying a stock inletted for a remington.

The Surgeons come with a straight bolt handle and therefore use a straight cut notch in the stock. The straight handle will more often than not fit in the standard remington notch with little to no mods. If anything, you will have to make a small relief cut to let the bolt handle sit all the way down when the bolt is closed. If your really picky about the cosmetics, you will notice a gap where the swept cut does not match up very nicey when installing a surgeon in a remington inletted stock but it will work.....

 

[USMCj]

Re: Surgeon/Rem700 inlet?

I modded a MCM A5 stock that was for a M700 to fit my Surgeon short action.

The bolt release took all of 5 minutes to mod, real easy.

I had to open up the recoil lug area for the .300" Surgeon RSR lug, and that was not so easy, but I got it done with a Dremel. Remember, it doesnt have to look pretty, since it will be bedded anyway.

The bolt handle area was another story. You have to measure 10 times before you cut as this part of the stock is visible, and any mistakes you make can be seen. I used a sanding drum to make the mod to this area and it worked out pretty good.

then I sent the stock off to McMillan to have the gelcoat patched in the areas I did the inletting.

hope this helps
USMCj


EDIT: Just remember, you can send you stock back to McMillan, and they will do all of this work for you, including the gelcoat patch, and send it to you so your rifle just drops in. Not a pride issue here, being coated head to toe with fiberglass particles is not fun, or healty for that matter. Next time, Ill let them handle any inletting the stock needs.

 

[USMCj]

Re: Surgeon/Rem700 inlet?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: GunjunkieM24</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The straight handle will more often than not fit in the standard remington notch with little to no mods. If anything, you will have to make a small relief cut to let the bolt handle sit all the way down when the bolt is closed. If your really picky about the cosmetics, you will notice a gap where the swept cut does not match up very nicey when installing a surgeon in a remington inletted stock but it will work..... </div></div>

Sorry but you are very wrong! the surgeon bolt handle drops farther down, wayyyy down when closed, and it took a whole lot of sanding with the dremel to get the bolt handle to close and not touch the stock. See pics above.

 

[GunjunkieM24]

Re: Surgeon/Rem700 inlet?

It May have taken a lot on yours...

The point I was trying to make is that it is not a pefect fit. I have seen stocks that had a deeper cut from the factory that did not take nearly what your McMillan did. Hell, I have seen remington bolts hit in a remington inlet. Some take some tweaking and some dont. Some take a lot of mods to fit but they can be made to work....

 

[Terry Cross]

Re: Surgeon/Rem700 inlet?

This is just my opinion so take it for what it's worth.

Any custom stock is not cheap. The McMillans are excellent and are made to order all the way around. That includes all the little cuts, curves and bumps that will make the stock work with specific actions and barrel contours.

The bolt stop cut can be made to look pretty good but the bolt handle cut is going to look like it was botched no matter how much you sand and Dremel. The cut around the bolt handle is one that catches your eye right away if it is not right. The bolt side of the rifle is usually the first thing everybody looks at in profile and any "adjustment" to a cut that wasn't meant to be there is going to take away from your otherwise very nice rifle.

I'm just saying that if you are going to spend that much money on a rifle job please don't just throw something together. Plan your project and do it right with all components made to work together.

If you did this with a "take off" stock that you got on the cheap and are trying to just make a good shooting rifle on a budget, I am all about that. Buying a new stock that is wrong right out of the gate is another story.

If you ordered that rifle from a shop and it came it with the bolt handle cut (or any other edgest not mating) you would get pissed and have every right to be that way. Don't willingly go down that road with you hard earned money.

Good luck with the project.

TC