Laminate Rem UM front swivel stud is a wood screw!

[AZShooter]

Just acquired a new Rem UM. Second range session attached a 6"-9" Harris bipod. After one shot it was very loose. The front stud pulled out of the wood! Turns out it is a very short wood screw!

There is a channel cut in the stock for ramrod clearance. This leaves .360" of wood. Cannot believe they chose a wood screw rather than a machine screw stud with an anchor plate similar to this:

https://www.brownells.com/shooting-...s/keymod-forearm-stud-adaptor-prod119856.aspx

Here is a picture of the short wood screw. There is a washer on outside that makes it even shorter going into the stock.






I went though my junk and found an old Butler Creek machine screw stud with a small nut. It fit with enough clearance for ramrod but I think a plate would offer better support.

Glad I discovered it. Wouldn't have been happy if it pulled out while using a sling during a hunt! Hope this prevents any catastrophes with other Laminate owners.

 

[ENCORE]

Great notification for others!

 

[GreenDecoy]

Just acquired a new Rem UM. Second range session attached a 6"-9" Harris bipod. After one shot it was very loose. The front stud pulled out of the wood! Turns out it is a very short wood screw!

There is a channel cut in the stock for ramrod clearance. This leaves .360" of wood. Cannot believe they chose a wood screw rather than a machine screw stud with an anchor plate similar to this:

https://www.brownells.com/shooting-...s/keymod-forearm-stud-adaptor-prod119856.aspx

Here is a picture of the short wood screw. There is a washer on outside that makes it even shorter going into the stock.






I went though my junk and found an old Butler Creek machine screw stud with a small nut. It fit with enough clearance for ramrod but I think a plate would offer better support.

Glad I discovered it. Wouldn't have been happy if it pulled out while using a sling during a hunt! Hope this prevents any catastrophes with other Laminate owners.

I can attest it will strip out. I was shocked to see a wood screw. On day one of my backcountry Coues hunt last year in the borderlands, my sling fell off and I nearly dropped a loaded ML. Combine this with Remington's worthless two position safety that just cannot seem to stay in SAFE, and you have yourself an accidental discharge in the making.
I used my emergency super glue to reattach it but that failed too. I've since epoxied it and it's bomb proof. Really unhappy overall with my Rem UML

 

[Dosh]

Az, had one pull out on a mule deer hunt a couple miles back in a drainage. Have epoxied all my screw type studs since. Lesson learned. Thanks for making shooters aware of this possibility.