1990's REM 700 BDL WOOD STOCK CONT....
Here are some pictures for the 1990's BDL Conversion. Took it out to the range today, shot like before so that's good. No problem cycling the 7mm Rem Mag in the #7379 magazines (300 Rem Mag). Pretty pricey, but I'm very satisfied with the product. Bought a spare 3rnd mag so I'm $450 in and happy with the decision to purchase this product.
1990's Rem 700 BDL Wood Stock
I put this on a 1990's Remington 700 BDL in 7mm Rem Mag. It's one of those old wood stock types. Most of the video's I saw showed the installation on synthetic stocks, which looked easy. If your putting this on an old Remington BDL wood stock you had better have a dremel tool. I spent 3 hours fitting and grinding & fitting & grinding.... End result is an old Rem 700 BDL wood stock with a fantastic detachable box magazine. For the $350, you'll be satisfied with the quality. When this guy clicks in, it's solid. Slight muffled rattle, but nothing bothersome. It has two springs on each side of the rear that applies pressure to the mag which makes it pretty solid. I ran several rounds through the magazine and it worked well in the living room :-). I wont miss that hinge plate at all!
Great DBM system
I got one of these for my R-700 Sendero 7mm magnum. Very easy installation. All you do is file a small part of the stock out and it fits well. I have these HS DBM systems for my other rifles too, and they're a big upgrade over the internal box system Remington has. If you have some extra money buy one.
Huge improvement over stock magazine
This was exactly what I needed for my Remington 700 Long Range chambered in 7mm Rem Mag. The internal magazine system that Remington produced for my rifle was absolute garbage. The feed lips marked up the brass terrible with deep gouges and the feed ramp is rough which scraped up the bullet during feeding. To top it all off it was a serious challenge even getting the rounds to stay in there without flying out randomly. This fine piece of equipment fixed all of that. Feeding rounds through the magazine leaves no marks or scrapes on the brass, and the bullet now bypasses the rough section of my feed ramp so no scratches on the bullet either. Some extremely minor fitting was required to my Bell and Carlson M40 stock, but it only took about 5 minutes with a file, hammer, and flat tip screwdriver to knock out a small portion for a perfect, snug fit. Overall I am very happy and would recommend this to anyone looking for a detachable mag system. Stock bottom metal screws worked just fine too!
Great product and will purchase more
Everything is quality about this product. Extremely happy with the look and how it functions. I have installed two of these on Bell and Carlson stocks. Basically a drop in with one minor adjustment. You have to take out a 1/8 by 1/8 spot of the stock where the hinge pivots when releasing the magazine. Easily done with a dremel (I used the router bit- 5 min). Front screw flange sets a little proud but not at all a show stopper. A couple of thousandths is all. Not at all clumsy with all the hanging of the other makers bottom metal. If converting a ADL grab some longer screws! Customers love em!
Mag may drop out with recoil
I had an HS Precision rifle in .375 RUM (with HS Precision bottom metal, perhaps prior to the design improvements mentioned in the description) which I took to Africa (push-feed action, detachable mag not a good choice for dangerous game, but I was inexperienced). The rifle frequently dropped the mag on the ground with a shot, and I first thought it a problem with the latch. I sent it back to HS P and they assured me the problem was solved. It was not, and I sold the gun to a friend, with full disclosure of my concern. We were later on a safari together when (it continued to drop the mag) we figured out the problem. With a heavy recoil caliber, as the gun recoils, the shooter's finger may contact the latch release, as it is in line with the trigger, rather than below it, as in a Dakota action. Some tape wrapped around the latch release to make it require more pressure to release the mag solved the problem temporarily. A friend recently bought a custom rifle in a .300 mag and it arrived with an HS Precision bottom metal. Shot it off sticks and --- SAME PROBLEM! We are on the Brownell's site to buy a replacement bottom. You may not have this problem with a light recoil caliber, or if shooting with the mag supported, i.e. bench or over a pack. Beware if you are shooting off-hand or off sticks. If the latch release were moved to the bottom of the trigger guard so as not to be in line with the finger upon recoil, it would solve this issue. Bottom line, I have had experience with this bottom metal twice; both drop the mag on the shot off sticks. I would only consider this bottom for light recoil calibers.
