Remington 700 magazine feed lip tool??

[Mram10us]

I was messing around in my shop today and realized I had a pair of vise grips with some flat pieces of 1" x 3" metal welded on and got to thinking is there a way to make something similar for the feed lips on the magazines in a Remington 700? It seems like mine always need a little bit of adjustment to work just right. Maybe I just need to bend the follower spring around too.... Thanks

 

[milo-2]

You can try, lol One of these worth their weight in gold, in conjunction with a caliper. A little emery cloth on the sharper edge of the lips that contacts the case goes a long ways too.
https://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-...ne-tools/magazine-feed-liptool-prod25049.aspx

 

[Mram10us]

If I only I could reverse engineer that tool thanks

 

[J E Custom]

If I only I could reverse engineer that tool thanks

I made mine using a piece of 1/4 " flat bar 2" wide 4" long.i also used a portaband to cut the slot.

It is strong enough but thin enough to do the job. Using a gray Marker pin I place marks on the top edge of the lips every 1/2" and then using the vernier caliper, I measure the spacing before I start bending. this way I can tell how much bending/adjusting I need to get the results wanted.

J E CUSTOM