[He|ix]

I have managed to scratch the hell out of the floorplate on both of my rifles by not realising at some point that they have been rubbing up against an apparently highly abbraisve surface. The two rifles are a Weatherby Fibreguard/Vanguard and a Winchester 70SA heavy varmint. The mechanism itself is all still fine, it's just the plate that covers the magazine gap and is a real eye sore on two otherwise impecable looking rifles.

Does anyone know if and where replacements can be ordered from? and are they easy to swap over or do they require the help of a gunsmith?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Simon

[runfiverun]

bottom metal could be ordered from the factory.
yours could be buffed out and reblued by a decent smith

[He|ix]

I haven't been able to find anywhere online that sells replacement floorplates that would fit as yet. I might have to ask the local gunshop if they can order the parts, or go and see a gunsmith.

When it comes to finding a replacement floorplate/trigger guard, are all weatherby's and winchester's etc generic, or atleast one that would fit, or do they often change them?

and also, is adding a replacement just a matter of undoing the two screws at each end and screwing the replacement in, or is there more to it than that?

Sorry for the probably simplistic questions, im relatively new to it all.

[TGF]

I would just take it to a smith, he will probably only charge you 20-30 bucks each to strip and blue. I had a 1917 reblued and the guy only charged me 80 bucks for the whole gun.

[rdale501]

You may want to consider doing it yourself. I touched up the blue on my Dads rifle this year and I was pleasantly surprised with Birchwood Caseys cold blue paste. If you can get the plate off and buff the scratches out with steel wool, then just fallow the instructions. It turns out pretty nice. I don't know how well it will hold up to wear, since it was used very little this year, but it sure looks better than it did before.

[toolman]

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