remington 700 adl bottom metal help

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ok, so I admit Im dumb as a box of rocks. but, most of the stocks Im seeing, and stockys in paticular, has to have the bottom metal of a remington 700 adl switched out to fit their stocks. I have a youth model 700 243 I wanna put in a full size stock and wanna switch it out to a detach box magazine, but I dont wanna spend 200 bucks doing it.
will the magpul drop in bottom metal work with a stockys stock, or the howa drop in bottom? any idea what I should do here.
 
No, the Magpul and Howa bottom metals will not work with a standard Rem BDL or M5 inlet. The Magpul will only work on their Hunter stock and the Howas are for Howa rifles. While the action body may mimic a Rem 700, the Howa action is different and so is the bottom metal.

If you want to go with a detachable box magazine, then you will need to get a stock inletted for the M5 bottom metal and then get one of the many bottom metals designed for AICS mags. Heritage Arms makes one that isn't too expensive.
 
bnsafe said:
ok, so I admit Im dumb as a box of rocks. but, most of the stocks Im seeing, and stockys in paticular, has to have the bottom metal of a remington 700 adl switched out to fit their stocks. I have a youth model 700 243 I wanna put in a full size stock and wanna switch it out to a detach box magazine, but I dont wanna spend 200 bucks doing it.
will the magpul drop in bottom metal work with a stockys stock, or the howa drop in bottom? any idea what I should do here.
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I have two ADL's and for me the cheapest option was to buy a used chassis stock like the KRG Bravo. I'd just get a Magpul Hunter with the detachable AICS bottom metal option or a KRG Bravo. MDT Oryx is another option.
 
i would get those stocks but they weigh a ton. I want this light weight. I will look at the heritage. Im trying to figure out how to get this adl in a stockys stock without to much trouble.
 
The detachable bottom metal systems add weight normally. If you stuck with an ADL stock all you would need is the trigger guard for what it’s worth.

Also don’t know if stockys has that as an option.
 
I have one ADL that I haven’t converted, it lives in an hs precision. It’s not the lightest option out there but it was literally a drop in and go shooting.
 
my issue is if you look at stockys they are built for the bdl. I was told the adl will not fit in them without different bottom metal. If thats not right someone tell me. Im shocked theres not a dbm drop in, or a light weight stock built for the adl.
 
bnsafe said:
my issue is if you look at stockys they are built for the bdl. I was told the adl will not fit in them without different bottom metal. If thats not right someone tell me. Im shocked theres not a dbm drop in, or a light weight stock built for the adl.
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ADL and BDL are not the same. Just like BDL inlet and M5 inlets are not the same. Stocky's does BDL and M5 inlets. I would believe that the reason for that is that it takes more milling work to finish the blind box on an ADL stock.

There are plenty of DBM drop ins for Remingtons. They are just not cheap.

Manners and McMillan will both do an ADL stock, but it will be $400-600 more than a Stocky's.

Your cheapest option for an ADL stock would be HS Precision, but their stocks suck in my opinion.
 
bnsafe said:
my issue is if you look at stockys they are built for the bdl. I was told the adl will not fit in them without different bottom metal. If thats not right someone tell me. Im shocked theres not a dbm drop in, or a light weight stock built for the adl.
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It’s not that your adl won’t fit it’s that the inlet is for BDL. The bottom of the stock isn’t solid like your adl is. You have 3 options. You can get good light adl inletted stocks. Maybe not from stocky though. The easy button is to get the stockys you like and BDL floor plate and magazine box. Now your adl is a BDL.

I’m not aware of any decent BDL foot print DBM but that inlet can be opened up for good DBM in a AICS foot print. The way it sounds unless it’s just your hearts desire to use a magazine I’d either get a good ADL stock or swap over to BDL.

just a side note since it seems to come up here so much. With after market stocks you might have to spend 30 seconds to 5 minutes with your dremel to tweak the inletting to make sure nothing is in a bind. I’d then bed it or have it bedded. Aftermarket stocks triggers and bottom metal doesn’t always fit stress free 100%. It’s no big deal just part of it. As far as that goes plenty of factory rifles need small things addressed too.
 
Op you havent mentioned a chassis, but all I did for my Remington 700 varmint adl, I bought the ultradyne 3 slot chassis, Ultradyne and used the same magpul/aics mag I had for my magpul stock that I had bought earlier, and the magpul bottom metal isnt used on the ultradyne. All you use for the chassis is the mag....plus I got it on sale for 270ish on midway usa. Right now you can purchase it straight from ultradyne for 350 but you can sign up for emails and get 10% off. I did it this way, because like you, found the stock route for the adl was too expensive vs the chassis. Just a option.
 
thanks guys. I had no idea getting a good light weight stock for a 700 would be this difficult. this is a youth model gun I wanna convert to full size. I guess I will either not do it, or buy a original stock some where. Not really what I wanted, but seems like the best option right now.
 
Don’t take this as me being rude I don’t mean it that way. It isn’t difficult at all. It’s just wanting a good light weight stock with DBM and not wanting to spend $200 gets tricky. You can get a good stock and leave it ADL and only purchase a stock. Or you can get a BDL stock and then buy a new magazine box and floor plate. That isn’t cheap either if you get a good BDL floor plate. Good magazine fed bottom metal is not cheap and the less expensive stocks will come BDL so it would require some tweaks to make the good DBM fit anyway.

Here is one of your simplest and least expensive options for a standard length light weight stock.

Bell and Carlson: Bell and Carlson Remington 700 ADL Mountain Ti, Sporter Style

Bell and Carlson is a leader in synthetic stock design, technology and manufacturer of the highest quality fiberglass, aramid and graphite gun stocks available.
www.bellandcarlson.com
 
bnsafe said:
thanks guys. I had no idea getting a good light weight stock for a 700 would be this difficult. this is a youth model gun I wanna convert to full size. I guess I will either not do it, or buy a original stock some where. Not really what I wanted, but seems like the best option right now.
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I would just watch the used stocks and bottom metal on eBay - there is a lot of Remington stuff.
 
thanks all. i actually found the bell carlson stock later yesterday. Im leaning pretty heavily towards that. its not exactly what I wanted, but the cheapest option I can find while getting most of what I wanted. thanks for all the feed back guys.
 
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