How To Load A Hinged Floor Plate Rifle

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How to load a hinged floor plate rifle.

Watch along as larry potterfield founder and ceo of midwayusa makes a hinge and latch for a standard maser 98 floorplate. Meateater s janis putelis gives careful step by step instructions for how to safely load and unload a bolt action rifle. Find sportsman cha. All are based on the same centerfire bolt action.

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. As to prices it looks like the savage prices are cheaper than brownells or midway. 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. Remington model 700 is a series of bolt action rifles manufactured by remington arms since 1962.

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. Cartridges are loaded with the bolt in the open position and pushed down into the mag well area of the stock. The military style can be converted into a hinged commercial type. Both as stated before can be loaded while in the rifle.

Do you load 4 5 rounds directly into the hinged floor plate model through the bottom. I purchased two savage factory walnut dbm stocks from nurmrich. This design can be identified by how you load and unload your firearm.