My son inherited a Rem 721, 30-06 from his father-in-law several years ago, but hasn't used it because he has a nicer, lighter 700 BDL that I had given him in the same caliber. Now he wants to modernize and lighten it, so went ahead and bought an ADL stock, a new mount, and new scope, then brought it to me to get everything to work.
The stock screw holes are good, but the metal doesn't fit easily. I had to grind plastic on the right side to make room for the safety mechanism, file the bottom flat, remove the metal insert on the front screw hole and set it deeper, relieving the plastic to allow the metal floorplate to sit there.
Next, I drilled the front and rear holes to insert pillars and made pillars from 1/2" steel tubing, roughing up the exteriors to hold epoxy. Next thing will be to rout the action area with a Dremel and epoxy bed the action/pillars. The barrel is already free-floating.
I could have replaced the old metal with new, but kinda like the effect of the full metal. I shortened the steel magazine box to fit inside the new stock. The stock is flexible enough as-is, so didn't want to weaken it by making a magazine hole.
The rifle will be ready in a couple of days, including the scope installation. My son will give it to his son as a 16th Christmas/birthday present this year. Getting his deceased grandfather's rifle, customized by his other grandfather should make it a "keeper" for quite a while. It will be memorable Christmas present, for sure. He's only hunted for three years, but shot deer every year, so far.
The stock screw holes are good, but the metal doesn't fit easily. I had to grind plastic on the right side to make room for the safety mechanism, file the bottom flat, remove the metal insert on the front screw hole and set it deeper, relieving the plastic to allow the metal floorplate to sit there.
Next, I drilled the front and rear holes to insert pillars and made pillars from 1/2" steel tubing, roughing up the exteriors to hold epoxy. Next thing will be to rout the action area with a Dremel and epoxy bed the action/pillars. The barrel is already free-floating.
I could have replaced the old metal with new, but kinda like the effect of the full metal. I shortened the steel magazine box to fit inside the new stock. The stock is flexible enough as-is, so didn't want to weaken it by making a magazine hole.
The rifle will be ready in a couple of days, including the scope installation. My son will give it to his son as a 16th Christmas/birthday present this year. Getting his deceased grandfather's rifle, customized by his other grandfather should make it a "keeper" for quite a while. It will be memorable Christmas present, for sure. He's only hunted for three years, but shot deer every year, so far.
