Remington 700 magazine box question

[wildcat284]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if there is a difference in height between the Remington 700 ADL and BDL mag boxes?

Reason I ask is my BDL laminated stock and alloy floor plate assembly turned up the other day for my stainless Remington 700 ADL mountain rifle. I didn't order a magazine box, as I was going to use the existing one. However, when I assembled the rifle, I found that the magazine box is too high for the floorplate assembly to sit flush in the stock.

I cut too much off the original box magazine by accident, would like to get a new magazine box.

Apart from that, the new,old) rifle shoots beautifully, doesn't look like I need a bedding job done, as its grouping just under 1 MOA,it is a .280).

Cheers,

Michael.

 

[fdshuster]

wildcat284: Yes, the box magazine is deeper on the BDL than the ADL. I had the same problem when converting BDL to ADL. Midway sells the proper size box magazine for each type. Cost is approx. $10.00 and is very high quality,,factory original?) fdshuster@hotmail.com

 

[terryb]

ADL box is deeper than the BDL,you have it reversed,you need to take off a bit from the ADL to work in a BDL stock !!!

 

[fdshuster]

terryb; Good thing someone out there is paying attention, you are correct. I've done the "conversion" both ways and had it backwards. Box magazines are on page 508 of Midway master catalog#30.

 

[Cheaha]

Yeah, the ADL Mag box is much taller than the BDL Mag box. You can trim the ADL when converting but it's much simpler to just order the correct box and be done with it. Brownells and Midway carry them in S/S and regular blued models.

 

[wildcat284]

Thanks guys.

Actually, I ordered a stainless L/A BDL magazine box from Numrich gun parts last night. On it's way as I type this!


Cheers,

Michael.