problem with hinged floor plate on a model 700

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the problem is that the floor plate opens up due to recoil vibration.
the gun is almost brand new, in a 300 win mag caliber.

should I change the small spring in the trigger guard that holds the floor plate closed (to make it tighter) or is there another way to fix it?

Thanks,
Mo
 
BS. 700's are perfect. :rolleyes: lol - NOT!
Let's face it. Remington are the GM of firearms. Take it back and get it fixed or replaced. You shouldn't have to fix an almost new gun with your own coin!

That's imo.
 
Almost sounds like the floor plate isn't going in far enough to seat properly. Can be spring tension and a stiffer spring would do.. Check to see how much of the button is sticking out to hold the floor plate... Check alignment as well. Did this rifle always do it or did it just start and when did it start? I had one that wouldn't close properly and it was because of the stock alignment after I removed it. By changing the order in the way I tightened the screws affected the action by torquing it slightly resulting in poor fit.
 
I had this happen to my 338. What happened was the inletting for the trigger guard was a bit off ( high spots and low spots)which caused the whole floorplate assembaly to Splay apart when the screws were tightened. All I did was add a real thin small washer inbetween the stock and the front floorplate mounting pad. This solved my problem.

Take your floorplate out and close it. Look and see what tolerance you have as it sits. Then install it and watch as you tighten your screws to see if your gap spreads. It probably is, so you can either bed the floorplate to make a flat seat or just shim it.

Brambles
 
I know it is just a Remington, but it is a $700 gun.
I took a closer look, the floor plate closes properly, but the I guess the spring tension was getting weak, or the metal rubbing against each other was eating out the buffer.
I filed the the part from the floor plate that holds it closed to make it coarser and cut the spring ~ 1mm to increase the tension. looks good now but I gotta try it in the range.
Agree that an almost brand new gun should go back to Remington, but it is a hassle for me to pack it and ship it.
The rest of the gun is really great, shoots under 1moa at 100y. but it is the small finishing defects that drive me crazy. I got rid of the Rem 597 for the similar reasons.

The other alternative is to buy a detachable magazine conversion unit.
 
I had this happen to a SPS stock recently.The inletting for the floorplate assemby had to be dremelled at the two corners in front of the triggerguard.Now when I close the floorplate you hear it click and no more shells falling out when you shoot the rifle.RB
 
M700

Well I must say that I own 4 Various Model 700 Rifles and I have NEVER had a problem with any of them.

A 25-06, 270, 30-06 and a 300 Mag.

3 are BDL and the other is a Classic which I will change to a BDL

I keep trying others but always seem to go back to shooting the 700s.

If you go onto the Remington website you can look up a service shop in your area and maybe they can help.
 
They still do for the most part, consumers dictate to a large degree what a product sells for hence how much time is spent by the maker on quality control. Winchester tried to make their M70s "less expensive" to make so the could compete with the Rem 700s which were inexpensive to make. Back them Remington could afford to spend the time to ensure decent fit and finish.
We all know what happened to Winchester with that experiment.
Today makers are trying to compete for the sales against Savage and Norinco to name a few, becuse the bulk of the consumers are more interested in price than quailty. Hence we are seeing things like SPS models and 710s and more complaints in public about how new guns are not as good as they used to be.
Well if you don't like the offered quality there are answers, like buying a higher grade of gun.
I know smow of the REALLY high end automobiles have waiting lists to buy 1, even used. Maybe if enough consumers would take the time to write to the gun makers and tell them, "if you would improve this or that I would buy you gun again" enough of these letters and maybe someone would listen
 
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