Dual port 700

[Cody Richardson]

Would it be possible to turn a factory Remington 700(not a clone) into a dual port? I know physically it can be done but do you think the action would be strong enough to handle it.​

 

[Ggmac]

Buy a 783 rem . A lot more support and easy .

 

[Dusty Stevens]

The only thing an action does behind the front ring is hold a trigger, hold a scope base, hold a magazine and provide rear support for the bolt. If you take a pipe and cut a window in one side that pipe will bend so the raceway needs to be bigger to compensate. This was the theory behind farley casting his actions instead of broaching a billet. Once you take away even more support theres not gonna be much left with the mag cutout and other port. You could probably break it by hand

 

[butchlambert]

Won't you have to either install a different extractor or bolt to get it to eject it out the other side?

 

[Ggmac]

Butch if that was in response to my 783 , I made it a left load right eject . It is a lot easier as the bolt head has a guide on it so once the left lug is milled away the bolt still rides smooth . I tried this on a savage axis and had to bevel the frt of the bolt head to stay guided in the lug way .
Gary

 

[Dusty Stevens]

If the right has the anti bind rail you could just mill it from the top til you had enough room to throw a case in but far enough down you can control it so it doesnt fall out the other side. I did it on a few actions including a 40x rimfire so you can load it from the left and thats a tedious process with that loading ramp

 

[Alex Wheeler]

Sure it could be done, you just need to cut the left side down and use a steel pinned pic rail for some extra strength. The problem I see is, what will guide the bolt? You wont have any race way left on the top for the lugs to ride. I bet the bolt would bind and run like hell.

 

[Dans40X]

A single shot 40X action would be your easiest/stiffest option....but-
My concern would be de-facing the make/model from the LH side of the receiver.

Yes, milling a load port into the LH side of a 700 RH action is possible.
I'd suggest attaching a steel rail to the front & rear receiver rings before any mill work is attempted.
I'd also suggest not pinning the recoil lug at 5 & 7 O'clock but only a single slot cut to pin a lug at 6 O'clock.
Attaching a slip fit single round follower will stiffen & help support the bolt raceways & allow secondary drafted lug attachment of which neither would be glued in place.

AND
Do NOT use a rear entry action wrench to install a Bbl into the receiver or it will twist.
Use a front ring receiver block to install Bbls.

 

[butchlambert]

Butch if that was in response to my 783 , I made it a left load right eject . It is a lot easier as the bolt head has a guide on it so once the left lug is milled away the bolt still rides smooth . I tried this on a savage axis and had to bevel the frt of the bolt head to stay guided in the lug way .
Gary

Talking about a 700 Gary.

 

[rayjay]

The rear action screw has to help support the bbl weight and also help support all the gyrations that go on when you pull the trigger. IMO the 700's are already missing too much metal between the action screws. On my 40X CF I d&t'ed the front trigger guard screw hole to 1/4-28 and use it as the rear action screw. Then I float the tang.