Remington 700 in a Winchester stock?

[Heavishot]

I was given a Remington 700 BDL stainless synthetic in 7mm RUM. I've always loved the look of stainless in a wood stock and the Winchester model 70 Featherweight stock looks so nice.

I'm wondering if it possible to fit my 700 in a Featherweight stock. Anyone ever heard of such a critter?

 

[Smokey in PHX]

Yes, it is the Remchester model.

Call the Winchester custom shop. They might be able to do something for you. Another choice is a custom stock maker.

 

[dubbleA]

The simple answer is no. The M700 action is a cylindrical while the M70 sports a flat bottom action. They are entirely different and the inletting very different also. With that said, I suppose with enough effort, time, bedding compound and money you could make it work but would'nt be feasable IMHO.

One option would to buy a blank or a Win 70 FW style un-inletted stock and inlet it for a M700 action

 

[jmr40]

Given enough time and money most anything is possible. If you are interested in synthetic McMillan http://mcmfamily.com/mcmillan-stocks-hunting-stock-list.php?subnav=branch2h makes dozens of stock designs including the factory Winchester Featherweight. They will then inlet that stock for the action of your choice. I have a Howa rifle in one of the Sako design stocks.

They are now out of business but I also have a Remington 700 in a stock made by Garrett Accu-lite in the Featherweight design.

 

[roklok]

Well, it is certainly possible...with the use of lots of bedding compound. I do not think the results would be pretty though.

I have seen just the opposite. An aquaintance of mine in bush Alaska had a pre-war Winchester 70 375 H&H bedded into a Remington 700 BDL stock. Almost made me cry.

 

[jimmyraythomason]

Well,I have a Mauser 98 fitted to a Winchester Model 70 stock. It took moving the front action screw and an Acraglas kit but it worked great.

 

[Heavishot]

Yeah, I wasn't looking at dumping tons of cash into this project. I may be better off getting an aftermarket wood stock made for a Rem. Heck, I might scrap the whole idea and look for a stock with maximum recoil reduction.

 

[S. Hill]

The least expensive way is to do what jmr40 said, and have McMillan make a fiberglass stock for you. About $800, complete.

A custom wood stock will be in the range of $2000. You might find someone who will do it for less, and it is easy to spend WAY more. The way gunstock blank prices are heading, you can spend almost $2000 on just the blank!

Good luck with your project. PM me if you want to go the custom stock direction. I could recommend a couple stock makers for you.

 

[Sav .250]

I`m sure with a ton of "wood work", a good craftsman, could get it to fit.

 

[jmr40]

The least expensive way is to do what jmr40 said, and have McMillan make a fiberglass stock for you. About $800, complete.

Actually about $440 for a standard weight stock. $518 for one made of Kevlar and about 1/2 lb lighter.

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=22

 

[S. Hill]

Actually about $440 for a standard weight stock. $518 for one made of Kevlar and about 1/2 lb lighter.

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=22

I was just going off of their website price list. If you sent the metalwork out to them for fitting and pillar bedding you are looking at $780 / $803. If you are willing to do the final bedding yourself, you can get the stock for $488 / $511 depending on the recoil pad you choose.

The link to their price page:
http://www.mcmfamily.com/mcmillan-stocks-pricing.php

 

[S. Hill]

I`m sure with a ton of "wood work", a good craftsman, could get it to fit.

The problems involved with actually putting a Remington action into a Winchester stock are fairly complex. I'll just take one small portion of the project to illustrate what you would encounter IF you attempted it.

When you try to inlet the bottom metal into the stock, you will find that the Winchester inletting is already too big for the Remington trigger guard assembly. There is no getting around the fact that your pretty wood stock is going to have huge portions of EXPOSED Acra-Glass showing all the way around the bottom metal.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. You still haven't taken into account the differences in bolt handle inletting, differences in the rear tangs of the receivers..... It just goes on and on from there.