Action slabbing angle?

I have never heard of that ever before, but my guess is that you are flattening out the left side of the receiver to save weight?

If so, I would highly recommend you not do this. Remington 700's are very slim as is, for the minuscule amount of weight you save you risk weakening the action. Not weak from a safety standpoint, but weak as far as rigidity goes.
 
Robmcleod82 said:
Was wondering if somebody could point me in the right direction for what angle to slab a remington 700 action at and what depth of cut?
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Hows about minus 90 degrees and .6 inches?

(if you have to ask, maybe you don't need to be doing it! :) )

Really. If you cannot tell by looking at it in your hands, and measuring it yourself, do you really have any business doing these mods?

Cheers
Trev
 
Thanks I don't have one to measure and don't have any friends with one to borrow. So I figured maybe someone on this forum would have done it before and could render some assistance. Didn't know running an endmill down an action was considered complicated machine work. But thanks for your concern. I love how people think this stuff is voodoo.
 
I don't think it's voodoo, just the opposite, in fact, which is why the comment.

If you cannot tell from holding it in front of yourself and thus getting sorted out, you have no business so contemplating.

If y'all ain't got one, it pretty much doesn't matter either.

Cheers
Trev
 
I don't know how you roll with your superior iq and skill set but I was taught it was better to ask a question and be thought a fool then not ask and remove all doubt. Guess I will just figure it out on my own if nobody feels like helping.
 
Robmcleod82 said:
I don't know how you roll with your superior iq and skill set but I was taught it was better to ask a question and be thought a fool then not ask and remove all doubt. Guess I will just figure it out on my own if nobody feels like helping.
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Actually the saying is 'better to remain silent and though a fool, than speak and remove all doubt. ;)

Can you explain what you're trying to achieve with 'slabbing' the action? I really have no idea what that means, or why anyone would do it?
 
I believe he wants to reduce the weight of the basic action.

If he had spent near as much time sketching it out on a napkin, as he has spent complaining about our not rushing to his aid, he'd already know what angles suit and where and how deep to cut.
At least, until he takes too much off and ruins the action.

A simple search online gets all the relevant dimensions of the 700 action, and a few minutes with a ruler and a napkin should get a pleasing angle sorted out.

All of which, it still seems to me, should not have to be asked for by anyone capable of making that kind of work happen.

Cheers
Trev
 
I recall seeing photos of a slenderized M700 ages ago.
Basically, leave the receiver ring alone. Don't mess with the trigger mechanism mounting area. If standard scope bases are to be used, the top of the rear bridge has to be left intact.
Apart from that, have at it. Flats, grooves, whatever. A 700 isn't the stiffest receiver around, the slimmer it gets, the more flexible it becomes.
 
Robmcleod82 said:
Wow did I bang your wife or daughter and not call her or something?
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Nope.

But the more time you spend trying to make it my fault that you don't have the information, the less likely it is you will ever have it.

Seriously. Napkin, pen, ruler, glass of favorite beverage. Sketch likely finished before drink is!
And you can try out a dozen different things on the same action, on paper!

Cheers
Trev
 
Dude I need nothing from you-ever. I believe your attempts to Berate me must stem from a lack of confidence on your part, if you are incapable of something neither is anybody else? It's ok cupcake you are a special little flower and it's going to be ok, why don't you go back to your animal crackers and milk and draw on napkins.
 
LOL!

Act like an adult Rob! Or don't. It's funnier, but a bit sadder, if you don't.

You asked for information without giving any info about what you wanted to accomplish or why, in the vaguest possible terms, now you're all butt-hurt because I said so.

Really. Sketching. Drafting. It's the next step up from a sketch, but a sketch will give you the info you need. If yer not able to comprehend that little bit of information, you REALLY should reconsider working on guns or gun parts, as you have some apparent issues with basic mechanical planning. You never worked from drawings before? Really?

In short, you did actually ask a stupid question. Not because the subject was stupid, but because you so completely failed to provide any useful context as to what you actually wished to accomplish, as well as what information you had or did not. Then you very rapidly transitioned to insults. Or attempts at. So. Lullz at you in general for that.

The dimensions for a 700 action are available (I looked) and it should take you all of a lot less time than you have spent here to figure out the answers to the question you so poorly worded as to leave unanswerable.

Draw some pictures. Dig out a few formulae and figure out how deep you need or want to go, and be an adult about it. Post pictures of the results. You can use wax crayons to do your drawings if it makes you feel any better, but I prefer pen or pencil for mine.

Animal crackers eh. They ain't so bad. A little whiskey in the milk helps too!

Have fun!

Cheers
Trev
 
Do you know what a slab sided action is? didn't think that was a complex or vague question but I guess some people just need a little extra splainin some times. You started with the insults son I just won't tolerate bs from people like yourself.
 
Robmcleod82 said:
Do you know what a slab sided action is? didn't think that was a complex or vague question but I guess some people just need a little extra splainin some times. You started with the insults son I just won't tolerate bs from people like yourself.
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Insults, eh? Funny, I don't see any insults. Just a couple observation that you apparently have miscomprehended. Sorry you feel that way.

Still not my problem that you don't understand what you should have been able to figure out to you satisfaction.

Cheers
Trev
 
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