How To Load A Hinged Floor Plate Rifle

The military style can be converted into a hinged commercial type.

How to load a hinged floor plate rifle.

See how easy it is to upgrade your trusty hunting rifle with. All are based on the same centerfire bolt action. Remington model 700 is a series of bolt action rifles manufactured by remington arms since 1962. Cartridges are loaded with the bolt in the open position and pushed down into the mag well area of the stock.

Watch along as larry potterfield founder and ceo of midwayusa makes a hinge and latch for a standard maser 98 floorplate. Nurmrich gun parts boyd s and stocky s all have dbm stocks. Meateater s janis putelis gives careful step by step instructions for how to safely load and unload a bolt action rifle. Find sportsman cha.

I purchased two savage factory walnut dbm stocks from nurmrich. I use a one inch long piece of 5 16 keystock for the hinge laying it half over the forward inside edge of the floorplate extending toward the muzzle. A hinge with it s mortise needs to be created for the front end along with some sort of latch for the rear of the floorplate. Both as stated before can be loaded while in the rifle.

As to prices it looks like the savage prices are cheaper than brownells or midway. To unload there is a switch or button usually located by the trigger that when engaged will allow the bottom of the action to open and. This design can be identified by how you load and unload your firearm.