I have a Rem 700 classic and it has the brass cross pin and i bought the rifle NIB. It sounds like the rifle came from the Remington custom shop, hence the C prefix, they make some pretty fancy stocks, i would contact Remington and if it is a factory custom stock see if they can repair it.It is probably worth the repair since really nice wood is very expensive.Oh by the way my 700 classic is chambered in 6.5X55 so im not so sure that they put the one brass pin in for recoil alone, usually the heavy hitters have two pins.
