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Magnum Wheel Man · May 22, 2012, 02:15 PM

I'm trying to shorten the barrel on an old Remington 700 ( bottom dumper ) to switch calibers from 17 Remington, to 17 Fireball... I tried calling Remington looking for a mag follower & spring... talked to their parts department, who refered me to Numerich... Numerich had the mag box, but no followers or springs...

since I found an artical that talked about changing over a 308 to 6 mm BR, & they mentioned using a 221 Fireball follower & spring ( yes I also looked for both in my searches ) I thought the bench rest guys might have an aftermarket source or one of you guys may have an idea about where to get some parts ???

I also thought about fitting the CZ changable mags, but the floor plate is not steel & would mean changing out more parts to have a weldable machinable part to do that conversion...

any suggestions...

May 22, 2012, 02:15 PM	#1
Magnum Wheel Man Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2006 Location: Southern Minnesota Posts: 9,333	Finding discontinued Remington 700 parts... I'm trying to shorten the barrel on an old Remington 700 ( bottom dumper ) to switch calibers from 17 Remington, to 17 Fireball... I tried calling Remington looking for a mag follower & spring... talked to their parts department, who refered me to Numerich... Numerich had the mag box, but no followers or springs... since I found an artical that talked about changing over a 308 to 6 mm BR, & they mentioned using a 221 Fireball follower & spring ( yes I also looked for both in my searches ) I thought the bench rest guys might have an aftermarket source or one of you guys may have an idea about where to get some parts ??? I also thought about fitting the CZ changable mags, but the floor plate is not steel & would mean changing out more parts to have a weldable machinable part to do that conversion... any suggestions... __________________ In life you either make dust or eat dust...