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Gentlemen,

I am refreshing a Rem. 720 and sometime in it's past the toe of the stock chipped off. Instead of repairing the wood the owner chose to file down the buttplate and took off the bead around the perimeter as well as some of the checkering.

Below is a photo of a correct buttplate, they are made of steel. A similar buttplate was used on the 721/722 series but it was aluminum.

Since only 2000 720's were made finding an original steel one may be a problem. Does anyone know if this type of plate, made in steel, was used on any other Remington guns?

thanks, Rob

Rob - I'd also like to know the answer. My quest involves a search for a proper factory buttplate to a late 30S Remington; which may or may not be identical. Good Luck!

All the M-30's I've seen had a different plate with a bottom tang but it's possible the late ones had something different. M-30's stopped in 1940, few 720's were made in 1940-41 and then again in 1947-8.

This was on ebay 2 months ago, looks very similar to yours.

Item # 160563555254

Bob

Similar, but without the bead around the edge. Those are fairly common.

My Remington Model 141 slide action has a plate identical to that.

Bob

Bob,

When you get a chance can you measure it for me?

thanks, Rob

Remington 141 buttplate. Dimensions are 5 1/16" long, 1 9/16"wide (at max width) hole spacing 3" on centres.

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Bob