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Help with Remington 700 action

Dave Zander

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This is a 30 year old Remington 700 action . This was a 22-250 from the factory.
I switched it over to a 6.5 creed moor. Everything works fine except I can not magazine feed these 140 Hyb rounds as the tip of the bullet hits the window causing the round to nose dive. I can't or don't want to shorten the oal of the round enough to clear.
Has anyone run into this before? It appears I could grind a little notch in the bottom of the receiver to solve this problem.
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Do they fit in the magazine?

The 6.5 prc is on the long side for a short action - a box for the prc might be an option - there are extra long boxes available from Wyatt’s and they specifically have said it’s worked with the Creedmoor with slight modifications.

 
Your solution is correct as well as others and no need for me to post other than saying that is exactly what I have done with my 700. I shoot 140 Hybrids as you do and also VLD's. I use AI and MDS magazines without the binder plate. In my opinion this is what the short action 700's need is a little more breathing room for the bullet tip to add more flexibility for seating depth of some bullets.
 
Thanks guys .
I don’t have a mill but grinding a notch in the bottom of the ramp now.
 
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Buy a long action with standard bolt face and you can load the 6.5 creedmoore as long as you want.i have a short action and load long and they work how much Freeborn do you have
 
I’m not sure what my freebore is.
I know the 140’s to 2.184 from base to ogive and there jumping .039”.
I’ll see the gunsmith that chambered it pretty soon. I’ll find out what his reamer is.
 
Here is a link to some pictures of a Surgeon Action. They mfg them with a notch.

 

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