How To Make A Hinged Floor Plate

Place the cartridges in a secure area and close the hinged floor.

How to make a hinged floor plate. A 700bdl rem has a hinged floor plate. Now clamp the lever to the floorplate and file the part that extends through into a square shape to act as a key. The wa hinged floor door provides practical and safe access to the areas below. A 700 adl rem has a blind magazine well that has no quick access to the magazine contents.

Place the cartridges in a secure area and close the hinged floor plate by rotating upward until it is latches securely into the frame. How to make a hinged floorplate by don markey continued. Slowly allow the hinged floor plate to rotate downward releasing the cartridges into your awaiting hand see figure 8. If you have an internal magazine with the new centerline feeding system you have the option of converting your feeding setup to the hinged floorplate or detachable magazine.

Ie it opens to allow ammo removal from the bottom without feeding it thru action. Next drill and tap a 6 48 hole in the lever to clamp the 2 pieces together. Plastering a new finish coat sand finish and texture plastering tips to minimize cracking stucco duration. With the floor plate you are potentially adding another ingress point for fine debris but at least its convenient that i can pop it open and check for peace of mind.

The frame and cover are made of anodised aluminium and the floor door is suitable for indoor and outdoor use. Kirk giordano plastering inc. I like both but i like the hinged floor plate for access for cleaning. A third type magazine exists on military guns where the floor plate and the attached spring and follower detach not hinged.

The hinged floorplate and detachable magazine come standard on certain savage models.