Does anybody else have a constant sore on their right thumb knuckle closest to the tip of the thumb from brushing the pic rail when loading their remmy 700?
I am brushing it against the rail when pushing the bullets down into the magazine. I have weaver rail on on a short action. The thumb knuckle never really heals before I knock off the tender area again. I guess I could round off the edge, but I am afraid I will botch it. It is an exposed part that would scream "look what I did to my gun".
It only took one time of pinching my thumb between the bolt and the scope to alter the way I open the bolt to chamber a round.
I don't have that problem but all my short actions are intermediate compared to the short remington. You could try a 2 piece base or try to alter the way you push them into the magazine as to not bump your knuckle on the rail.
I guess I have a short neck or something. I have to add the pic rails to both of my 700's to get the scopes back far enough to get my eye relief correct. I was told by an R.O. that helps me out with these type of situations that a 20 moa rail will provide a better base than the 2 piece variety. My other option is having my LOP adjusted by a smith. I don't want to do that.
The rail allows me to place the front scope ring further back, partially covering the opening to the magazine. Without the rail I can't get the scopes that I have far enough to the rear. The only flat (not 20 moa) rails that I found were the high dollar variety. I did not want to pay $149.00 or more for a superthrowdownblackopstach pic rail. The $40.00 aluminum rails work fine. I think that the rail improves the appearance of the rifles. I had to cut the rail that holds the 3-9 40 as it was too long to allow the scope to mount far enough back without ridiculously high rings.
I have a Remy 78 (cheap version of the 700, it actually has a lot of 700 parts that I've put on in the last year) with the long action. Do you have the long or short action? I don't know if long or short action would make any difference but I use a one piece mount made by DNZ and I haven't hit my knuckle once.