Whittle stock or not? Rem 700 SA

[Rustytigwire]

My first honest question on this great forum.
Rem 700 sa. I really do not want to whittle this stock to clear the safety. Other than honest concerns for not having it, is there mechanical issues with removing the safety from this (factory) trigger so i can get it down inside this stock?
Lds aftermarket trigger is a consideration but that is under discussion elsewhere.
Thanks for all the great reads everyone.
Tom

 

[Dusty Stevens]

If you dont need a safety cut the lever off. Id mill it out just like a factory job if it was me and keep the safety.

 

[Rustytigwire]

I looked at the factory stock since posting, couple minutes with a dremel should do it. Still wanted opinions though, lots more ideas out here than i dont have the experience to come up with myself.
Good advice Dusty, Thanks.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Dremel away. 15mins if youre careful should do it. Put a piece of masking tape over the top and draw in your cut. Itll double as protection for the inevitable slip up. Make sure its not touching the stock anywhere- nothing kills accuracy faster

 

[Kurz]

The tape on the top of the stock line is a good suggestion. But instead of just a pencil outline of the shape, use a #11 X-Acto knife to break through the wood grain. Just go slow, it doesn't have to be deep either. This prevent chipping the grain structure with the Dremel burr. I do this in the mill because I have a couple and I don't necessarily like Dremels...

I don't remove safeties from any general purpose rifle. The only rifles I run without safeties are pure benchrest, then I pull the bolt.

 

[David101]

Yeah go the Whittleing route. Basicaly all rifle should at least have them. My BR dont and that makes me lazy to a point but I try hard in the field to keep the magazine in the pocket unitl in the right area, no round in the chamber until very close and then safety on until pointing at the target. Even then if I don't think I can get the Animal out I dont pull the trigger. I figure it is like the fisherman these days that do more catch and release than for the table. But if there is room in the freezer and I can get it out I will go for. often taking the best eating animal rather than the trophy stag

 

[Rustytigwire]

I should have included its a BR stock for pdogs and general enjoyment. Its such a crime to wantonly drill holes inn a new boat without careful thought.

 

[grovey]

That looks like an early tombstone trigger... with a different safety lever on it? Perhaps REM changed the safety levers on these before they dropped the bolt lock??? , but that's definitely an early trigger. Could it be the early ones require a little different safety relief in the stock?

 

[joshb]

You could buy a Jewell with a bottom safety. I have a couple.

 

[MGYSGT]

If you are not toting it in the woods as a general hunting rifle, take the safety off. Walk down the line at a Benchrest or F Class shoot. You don't see too many weapons with a safety.

 

[msinc]

I have altered many stocks for a safety. If you haven't done it with a Dremel or other power tool before and are not good and familiar with using a power "carver" to do this I definitely don't recommend you go that route. A small sharp wood chisel and plenty of time so you can go slow and just take off a little at a time is going to be your best bet. One little tiny simple slip with a power tool and you can really gunch up the stock. Draw a pencil line of what you want to cut out and start right on the line with getting it marked. Then work your way to it. When altering a stock, especially in an area that will show later, you never want to have to work in some sort of time constrained environment. If you need to be done by a certain time or someone is telling you, "ya got 15 minutes".....go walk the dog instead.

 

[Rustytigwire]

I have altered many stocks for a safety. If you haven't done it with a Dremel or other power tool before and are not good and familiar with using a power "carver" to do this I definitely don't recommend you go that route. A small sharp wood chisel and plenty of time so you can go slow and just take off a little at a time is going to be your best bet. One little tiny simple slip with a power tool and you can really gunch up the stock. Draw a pencil line of what you want to cut out and start right on the line with getting it marked. Then work your way to it. When altering a stock, especially in an area that will show later, you never want to have to work in some sort of time constrained environment. If you need to be done by a certain time or someone is telling you, "ya got 15 minutes".....go walk the dog instead.

Msinc, Thats good thoughts all around. Im handwork/tool handy so am well practiced with oopses. Your input is always one of the good resources here.
Im thinking bottom safety Joshb recommended.
Or another action?
Rabbit hole!

 

[msinc]

Msinc, Thats good thoughts all around. Im handwork/tool handy so am well practiced with oopses. Your input is always one of the good resources here.
Im thinking bottom safety Joshb recommended.
Or another action?
Rabbit hole!

Thank you sir, it is very kind of you to say so!! I guess if you need a trigger then the bottom type would solve both issues. But, if the trigger you have works good I really think I would just go ahead and take my time and do the stock mod. One more tip is to smoke it up with a candle when you get it close. The carbon will show on the wood exactly where you need to remove some more to make it fit. Best of luck however you go!!!

 

[ricco1949]

No need for a safety on a single shot BR/PD rifle IMO. Don't have any on mine.

I installed a bottom safety Jewell on a PD build for a client upon his request for a safety. He asked me to remove the safety lever a year later when I rebarreled it. He said he just didn't use the safety.

 

[Rustytigwire]

Age of rifle is 1968 or 70 its a 6mm remington.
How (many possible?) ways does the bolt release actuate with an alternate trigger. Do these change over the decades where you need get the right one. I am the murphys law poster child for getting stuff that doesn't fit for some obscure reason.
My first thoughts were pull the safety lever pin and just remove the safety mechanism thumb lever, Leave the rest alone. May still try that. I have a garage full of took apart victims, trying not to add more.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Age of rifle is 1968 or 70 its a 6mm remington. View attachment 1123327 View attachment 1123328
How (many possible?) ways does the bolt release actuate with an alternate trigger. Do these change over the decades where you need get the right one. I am the murphys law poster child for getting stuff that doesn't fit for some obscure reason.
My first thoughts were pull the safety lever pin and just remove the safety mechanism thumb lever, Leave the rest alone. May still try that. I have a garage full of took apart victims, trying not to add more.

Any 700 trigger with bolt release will be fine