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If you post photos of the rifle, all of the stamps in the metal and if you can take the stock off and take pictures of the trigger assembly, I sure there are folks here who can help.

Ahhh, my mistake; I do not know why my eyes (and brain) ignored your link to the rifle. Now that I have seen the other picture, you are correct: the rifle is foreign-made. It has both the Italian Brescia Provisional Proof, star above the shield with two crossed rifles, and the star above the PFS is ...

Stock is not factory, nor is the checkering a pattern one they used and its certainly not pressed, its at least machine cut.

Forend tip is a light contrasting wood with no spacer.

The bolt handle is vastly different from a Rem handle and likely not 'reworked', but a totally new handle welded on ...

Definitely has had work done to the bolt. I can't tell much from this one picture except that I doubt this rifle was modified outside the US. The Stock is a factory stock; you can tell by the pressed checkering and the forearm checkering pattern. A custom shop would have hand-cut the checkering. I ...

Without pictures, it's hard to determine anything, everything is a guess based on text descriptions. European proofs are well documented and legally required, no matter who's doing the modification, but I'd still need to see pictures.

You would be right. I think a lot of the active members have aged out. But that said. I would be interested to see a picture of the rifle. I might be able to identify the proof stamps. The stock you are describing is very common replacement stock. It sounds like a high-grade walnut with a rosewood ...

Comparing a handgun blowing out a magazine to a bolt-action rifle is a completely false equivalency. A handgun has thin wood, polymer, or aluminum grips wrapped directly around the magazine right where your hand sits. A Remington 700 magazine well is encased in a massive steel receiver ring, a heavy ...

Hatcher's modification to the Springfield is spot on, the comparison to the Remington 700 misses how a modern push-feed system handles gas. Remington engineers didn't drop the ball here; they designed a completely different, multi-layered gas handling system. The Springfield 1903 is an open Mauser ...

Rayman, thank you for the help and all of the information. It appreciated.

What are you looking for in a stock? Did you just want wood or composite? You can find stocks off the shelf for the Remington 700 Long Action from many places; Magpul makes one you can buy on Amazon, MidwayUSA, Brownells, BassPro, Cabela's. You can get wood stocks from Microfit Stocks (required ...

Its going to either be a 6-48 NS or 8-40 threads. Brownells https://www.brownells.com/ will have them

Is there a listing of the Remington firearms that have been part of the museum and ILION'S ARCHIVES? I've collected a database of more than 1024 Remington 550 series rifles, and I have seen a lot of interesting rifles, but one that has just been put up for auction on Gun Broker has really put my ...

While I'm not Jim, I believe the part you are referring to is the "Firing Pin Catch". Please see the pictures attached. The Remington Service Manual can be found here --> https://whitebeachone.wordpress.com/wp- ... l_1973.pdf

Looking for anyone who has Remington Gallery Tubes, aka Handy Tubes, and would be willing to share pictures and give me permission to use them in my book in the Remington 550-G2 section.

Jason Johnson wrote: Thu Feb 05, 2026 5:07 pm 550 is one of my favorite auto rim fire rifles. Cant wait for you to finish the book.

Thank Jason, I figgure June/July before I have a draft into the folks who will proof read it.