OK, It's Not Plastic...

...nor is it stainless steel. As I noted below, I just recently purchased a Remington 700 rifle with a stainless-steel barrel and action. A not-cheap Remington 700. And the trigger guard/floorplate assembly looked and felt like plastic.

Cheap plastic.

Well, it's not. Its some injection-molded pot metal, and it's pretty ugly. That had to go, so I searched around until I found Williams Firearms, and their Remington 700 Short Action bottom metal. It arrived yesterday. Here's a comparison - click for the full size images.

Original:


Replacement:

Here are closeups of the trigger guards:

Original:


Replacement:

And a couple of profile views:

Original:


Replacement:

I think it was worth it.

Now off to have all the metal refinished in matte black.