New Flat Land Hunting Rig

savagelh said:
Well let's see it!
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Working on getting some good photos. The lighting in my house sucks haha

Also, its having some feeding issues......went to my range to tinker with it today (cause what else would we do with a new rifle) and threw a cheap Vortex I had sitting here on top, loaded 4 rounds in the mag and it picked up the first shell no issues. 2nd shell it skips completely, I push the front of the bullet down a smidge and the bolt grabs it, 3rd shell is 50/50 same issue as #2, and soon as you eject the 3rd shell the 4th shell automatically pops up, the bolt doesn't need to grab it its just loose on top of the mag.

Right away I thought simple fix, I just have to tweak the mag "lips" and I had a pair of pliars in my truck so I grabbed em and tweaked what I thought it needed (in on the front "right" side to fix shell issue 2 and hoping it would maybe fix issue 4. No dice. I messed with it for couple hours this afternoon trying to get it to feed nice, tweak here n there on both sides. Closed them a bit, opened them a bit, close one side more than the other etc etc. and it wouldn't feed well with either the 168 Bergers or 155gr Terminal Ascent's. I have the BDL floorplate here that came with the rifle so I went home, swapped it out but I would have to dremmel the "mag" so the bolt will even slide across it at all. And I don't really want to run the hinged floor plate for the simple fact that the stock has the "inlets" on the side for the factory Remington 700 mag so it looks kinda dumb without the detachable mag in it. I did contact the original rifle builder and he said he would gladly fix it if I wished to send it to him but I thought I would try the simplest things first before mailing it 2 provinces away. Tomorrow is a new day and i'll maybe try again. Im kinda dead-set on running the factory detachable mag as like I said the stock has the sides cut away for it so it would look real silly without it.

Side note, this wildcat stock is LIGHT. Im shocked, when I took the rifle apart to swap bottom metals, I weighed the stock and it was 21oz and thats including a limbsaver recoil pad. So just over a 1/4lb lighter than an HNT26. Impressive to say the least.
 
It could be possible the magazine isn’t quite seating deep enough. I installed one of the factory mag systems on a friend’s 700 and it took a lot of fiddling with the side notches depth to ensure the mag was properly positioned. That or the internal mag spring is weak.
 
Peecos said:
It could be possible the magazine isn’t quite seating deep enough. I installed one of the factory mag systems on a friend’s 700 and it took a lot of fiddling with the side notches depth to ensure the mag was properly positioned. That or the internal mag spring is weak.
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I wondered if it wasnt seating deep enough, how did you go about fixing that? Cause from what I can tell the only real way to do it and keep the mag tight in the bottom metal would be to sand away some of the stock so it sits that little bit higher up. The spring doesn't seem weak in the mag, lots of tension there.
 
hunter-4-life said:
Thanks guys. Prophet River had a "used" Remington 700 thats trued up, spiral fluted bolt, TT trigger chambered in 280 AI with an 24" IBI spiral fluted 8.5t pipe and wildcat stock. Weighs 6lbs on the nose, should be a nice rifle, it checked very box I wanted it to as far as weight, twist rate and aesthetics. It worked out good a buddy was rolling through there today anyway so he was able to pick it up for me, I should have it in my hands tomorrow sometime.

I also had him pickup a box of Federal 155gr Terminal Ascent and a box of Federal 168gr Berger factory ammo to sight in and just see what it likes. Hopefully it shoots good.
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.280 AI is a good cartridge... that is a nice score.
I am currently working up loads for a 7 PRC, to whack a moose this fall and PG next spring... I'd give you the details, but I am afraid Super Cub will shame me....
 
I bought a Remington custom built by a smith with a seemingly good reputation on this site. Had to tinker with it for more than a few hours and source scarce parts to get it to feed. Original owner (who hadn’t shot it ) contacted the ‘smith and was told to pound sand.
The guy is a machinist and no doubt would rather cut threads and chambers than do the fiddly trial and error feed work.
 
starvin said:
I bought a Remington custom built by a smith with a seemingly good reputation on this site. Had to tinker with it for more than a few hours and source scarce parts to get it to feed. Original owner (who hadn’t shot it ) contacted the ‘smith and was told to pound sand.
The guy is a machinist and no doubt would rather cut threads and chambers than do the fiddly trial and error feed work.
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I shot you a message regarding this issue.
 
Update: I called the smith again today who built the rifle, gave him to details and what exactly its doing and what ive done to try to resolve the problem and he said he will gladly getting it feeding, free of charge I just gotta mail it out to him. Which I don't mind. He did say that when it left his shop it was feeding fine but obviously something happened along the way of its life that caused it to not feed right. So I will get it boxed up and mailed away and hopefully when I get it back its good to go and I can finally sight it in and get it ready for the fall!
 
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hunter-4-life said:
Update: I called the smith again today who built the rifle, gave him to details and what exactly its doing and what ive done to try to resolve the problem and he said he will gladly getting it feeding, free of charge I just gotta mail it out to him. Which I don't mind. He did say that when it left his shop it was feeding fine but obviously something happened along the way of its life that caused it to not feed right. So I will get it boxed up and mailed away and hopefully when I get it back its good to go and I can finally sight it in and get it ready for the fall!
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Do you mind sharing who this smith is? He sounds like a standup guy.
 
Bustercluck said:
Do you mind sharing who this smith is? He sounds like a standup guy.
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So far i'm impressed with the customer service, I will share name and company when we get everything figured out and ensure it feeds properly and I get it back in a timely fashion. Id just hate for it to start out great and in 3-4 weeks be less than impressed with the service. Its one thing for a smith to talk the talk but lets see if his word stands true. Ill report back for sure when I get the rifle back.

Ive only ever used 1 smith in my life for my rifle builds and I've had fantastic service, timelines and the work has been top shelf imo, and thats Dennis at Go Ballistic Gunsmithing. He's built my 22-250 AI and 6 BR. Both have shot lights out (6BR shoots 1.3" at 600 yards.....) and i've had a handful of buddies who have used him as well and been super impressed. If the original smith can't get it to feed for whatever reason, ill send it to Dennis and see what he figures.
 
Little update if anyone cares, smith got the rifle, said it needed a little tweaking with the mag but simple fix. He sent me a video of it feeding flawless and I should have it back tomorrow. So just over a month from the day I mailed it to the day i'll have it back. Not terrible at all.

The smith who did the build it and honoured his word was Tom Grzesik from Vancouver Gun Labs. I had never heard of them until I bought the rifle so was a little nervous about it. But the customer service was impressive, he answered all my questions and addressed any concerns I had. Now hopefully I can get it to the range next week and get it sighted in for the fall.
 
I have been following your journey with this rifle. Happy seeing its turning out for you and the smith was good to his word. Kudos for him. Let us know how it shoots and best of luck with your hunting season.
 
Interesting story. I agree with Cat, falling blocks don't have mag issues or cartridge OAL's to contend with. Not all that light, but, a Browning Miroku/Win 1885 Low Wall in 280AI wouldn't be bad, wind up between 8-9lbs with the right scope on it. Hair lighter than a #1, and you get to pull the hammer back.
 
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