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Hi all, does anyone know a gunsmith who is able to cut clip slots in the bridge on a Remington 700 receiver?

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James84 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 11:58 am Hi all, does anyone know a gunsmith who is able to cut clip slots in the bridge on a Remington 700 receiver?

https://www.longriflesinc.com/products/ ... optic-base

That looks like an expensive job .

And I suspect reproofing will be involved .

So is it really required ?

MistAgain wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 12:22 pm So is it really required ?

Yes

200 dollars sounds like a good price to me for that amount of work. Whats the advantage of that type of modification.

Would that not weaken the action considerably?????

It does not impact the pressure-bearing areas (lugs, chamber etc.) and was a standard feature on older 700s and M40X rifles.

The clip slot serves 2 purposes - one is to enable the use of chargers/clips to load the magazine for rapid fire target matches (if the slots are cut with the charger grooves, much like on the charger bridge of a Lee Enfield, K98 etc.) and the second reason, which is the reason I need it done, is for the mounting of certain scope bases. With the need for charger loading removed, the USMC simply cut rectangular slots for mounting the scope bases.

I have a Unertl scope mount and am building a M40A1 clone/replica, so need the clip slots cut to mount the base on the receiver. These bases are made with lugs that slot into the clip slots, mechanically mating them to the receiver.

I need to do some research but it may well require proofing again, as it is altering a component part, albeit not in a pressure-sensitive area.

Interesting. let us know how you get on.

Will do. I fear this is something I may be doing myself with a dremel

I think you can buy a couple of thousand grinding pads off the net

Hacksaw, files and a dremel to polish. What could possibly go wrong