How To Load Hinged Floor Plate Rifle

I ve seen manufacturers advertise their rifles as blind magazine bolt actions with a hinged floorplate so there s plenty of confusion to go around.

How to load hinged floor plate rifle. Find sportsman cha. Savage never made a hinged floor plate for your rifle. The first hinged floor plate models came out in 1962 and were a big disaster. Slowly allow the hinged floor plate to rotate downward releasing the cartridges into your awaiting hand see figure 8.

This design can be identified by how you load and unload your firearm. 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. Cartridges are loaded with the bolt in the open position and pushed down into the mag well area of the stock. Sleek and weighing 5 pounds 13 ounces with talley rings and leupold vx iii 2 5 8x35 scope this rifles inc.

When they realized the boo boo it was too late in the game to make a major change because they already had. Strata includes a lightweight blind magazine that feeds perfectly. Supporting the firearm with one hand position your other hand under the hinged floor plate. The military style can be converted into a hinged commercial type.

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. Push the release button as shown in figure 7 to unlatch the hinged floor plate. Meateater s janis putelis gives careful step by step instructions for how to safely load and unload a bolt action rifle.