I changed out the stock on a Browning X bolt and now the magazine doesn't want to clip in place. Same style stock as before.

When I back the bolts out a little on the action and bottom plate it will snap in but I have to push it in with some force.

It's like there needs to be a spacer between the stock and action.

I don't have much experience with this and need some advice on what to do.


Thanks for any responses.

Ask Gundoc

Yep.

I know we talked via PM, but one thing I forgot to ask and mention was, is the original stock wood?

A lot of factory stocks have shim washers under the bottom metal and if its wood, they may have stuck to the finish on the factory stock. Oil may have made them stick to a synthetic stock too...

I didn't get the PM for some reason?

But the original stock is the same as the replacement. The dura touch coating was coming off the original stock so browning replaced it with a new one.

I did not see any washers but I will look again.

Where could I get some washers if I need to?

I just went back and looked. Although I typed a reply to your PM, my boss asked me to do something yesterday and I must have hit the wrong button when trying to send it.

Anyway, I haven't seen the washer type shims available anywhere, but I haven't looked for them either. I have some brass shim that I just cut to the desired size. It's .010" thick, and I just fold it as necessary to make it thicker.

The most permanent to fix it, would be to figure out how much the floor plate needed shimming, then bedding it to the stock. That's a lot of work though not really necessary

Thanks for the reply I will do some looking around and see if I can find something.

Thanks again.