remington 700 ADL not feeding well

[txblackout]

I bought a mcmillan stock from a THR member for a good price. Got my smith to float the barrel and bed the action on a used rem 700 tactical. My gunsmith said the fit was very good and it didnt need bedding so he didnt do it (??) He only shaved down the lug channel and the barrel channel and said the fit was extremely tight.

I finally had time to shoot it yesterday and it shot great. I was shooting about 3/4" groups with federal m80 bulk ball ammo (first time shooting 308) and then the scope got loose after about 15 rounds and I didnt have anything to tighten it up with. Turns out the original owner of the receiver/scope didnt locktite any of the scope screws. I wonder if he sold it thinking the gun didnt shoot?

Anyhow, my main question is that after I load the rounds into the ADL magazine, there is slight front to back play. If I slide the rounds all the way to the back, the bolt cannot catch them to chamber the round. I have to slide each round a very slight bit forward to get the round to chamber.

I tried to load them slightly forward but that didnt work.

Does anyone have suggestions as to the issue?

 

[Al(2506)]

Feeding Problem with ADL

Since the stock has been changed, I would check the mag. box fit. If it's not fit so the box doesn't fit tight enough into the bottom of the action it could be the problem. Al

 

[elkhunterCO]

Perhaps the original owner sold it because it doesn't feed well.
I sold a Remington 700 shortly after it cost me a shot at a nice bull elk because it wouldn't chamber a round about every 3rd or 4th time.

 

[notaglockfanboy]

Since the stock has been changed, I would check the mag. box fit. If it's not fit so the box doesn't fit tight enough into the bottom of the action it could be the problem. Al

This is what I would do as well. Did you have feeding issues with the original stock?? If so it must be the stock swap that is causing the issue.

 

[Geoffo]

I had a similar problem with my 243 Remington Mountain Rifle, it was the model without a detachable magazine box, just a floor plate and load em in through the top. After many years and rounds, the pressed steel box that holds the rounds in the stock, developed a very slight outward bend at the back. It was just enough to stop the bolt from picking up a round every now and again. It was an easy fix, using a vice, I just bent it back in with just a slight inward bend, this pushed the rounds forward and I have never had the problem since. I hope that makes sense for you.

 

[txblackout]

bending the box or maybe shifting it forward might be a possibilty. Ill check it tonight, thanks!

 

[Cemetery21]

The follower spring is another possible culprit.
Make sure the box fits in the receiver recess correctly and the tab for the screw aligns and is flush before the little screw is put in.
Then, there is the issue of trying to keep the bottom leg of the follower spring inside the box when putting the action in the stock. I have used electrical tape to tape the bottom of the box.
Also, make sure the top of the spring is seated well in the recess in the follower. If all that doesn't clear it up, try a new spring. I had to go that way on a .243 and it has been reliable since.

 

[gamestalker]

I've had the same thing happen a couple of times before.

Try this.

If it has a floor plate that opens to drop the cartridges out of the magazine, then open it, and then adjust the magazine follower to the back of the follower it slides into. This will allow the follower to push the case head up so the bolt catches the case rim, thus sliding the cartridge out of the magazine and into the chamber.

If it doesn't have a pop open floor plate, you'll have to take the stock off to make this adjustment.

If the spring is properly seated to the back of the follower, then another very likely cause, and especially since the smith said he had difficulty getting the action to seat into the stock, is that the magazine box isn't properly positioned in the stock. This causes the stock to bind up when seating the action in it. I once watched a smith split my wood stock 700 ADL some years back because he didn't properly position the box, then tightened the stock hold down screws, even though he was experiencing obvious and abnormal resistance.

Make sure that the spring isn't loose in the follower, this might require having to slightly bend the hold down tabs on the follower to keep it from sliding forward on the spring again.

GS