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Little help with bottom metal selection
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<blockquote data-quote=".300 Dakota" data-source="post: 2925986" data-attributes="member: 106514"><p>Well, let me back up. Let me make a confession. Bottom metal variation and compatability are not my forte'. I'm all but clueless. I went and read some posts on Sniper's Hide (because that's what came up when I Googled) about this issue. I have a little better understanding of M5 vs BDL now after self-educating for a couple hours.</p><p></p><p>What I have is NOT an M5 Hawkins Obermeyer set up. It MAY be Hawkins, but it's BDL. That's the one that was rough-cut by McMillan for the Accurate-Mag. I bought Accurate Mag thinking it would work for an action requiring M5. Not sure what I saw on their site that led me to believe that. Maybe I ordered or received the wrong item. At any rate, the McMillan stock is perfectly inletted for BDL bottom metal. The other stock, the Mesa/Pure Precision, is inletted for M5.</p><p></p><p>So my real question, I suppose from the get-go, should be/have been which would be better to feed a .300 SAUM from with a Kelbly long action, a BDL set up with Wyatt box, or M5 with Ultra Mag magazine? Or I could get the Hawkins BDL that fits an M5 inlet and use a Wyatt's box. Kelbly says either will work (not necessarily for a short SAUM cartridge), but action is cut for CIP-length (3.850") set up.</p><p></p><p>And if neither will work well, which one would be best to use for belted magnum, long action to avoid feeding issues? BDL, I'm guessing, but unsure of what's out there. Remember, I can't add a chunky M5 and have the corresponding steel magazine extending due to excessive weight. Adding a full pound of bottom metal after taking pain-staking steps to reduce weight by action, stock, and barrel choices.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE=".300 Dakota, post: 2925986, member: 106514"] Well, let me back up. Let me make a confession. Bottom metal variation and compatability are not my forte'. I'm all but clueless. I went and read some posts on Sniper's Hide (because that's what came up when I Googled) about this issue. I have a little better understanding of M5 vs BDL now after self-educating for a couple hours. What I have is NOT an M5 Hawkins Obermeyer set up. It MAY be Hawkins, but it's BDL. That's the one that was rough-cut by McMillan for the Accurate-Mag. I bought Accurate Mag thinking it would work for an action requiring M5. Not sure what I saw on their site that led me to believe that. Maybe I ordered or received the wrong item. At any rate, the McMillan stock is perfectly inletted for BDL bottom metal. The other stock, the Mesa/Pure Precision, is inletted for M5. So my real question, I suppose from the get-go, should be/have been which would be better to feed a .300 SAUM from with a Kelbly long action, a BDL set up with Wyatt box, or M5 with Ultra Mag magazine? Or I could get the Hawkins BDL that fits an M5 inlet and use a Wyatt's box. Kelbly says either will work (not necessarily for a short SAUM cartridge), but action is cut for CIP-length (3.850") set up. And if neither will work well, which one would be best to use for belted magnum, long action to avoid feeding issues? BDL, I'm guessing, but unsure of what's out there. Remember, I can't add a chunky M5 and have the corresponding steel magazine extending due to excessive weight. Adding a full pound of bottom metal after taking pain-staking steps to reduce weight by action, stock, and barrel choices. [/QUOTE]
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