375 follower for a M70

[XTR]

I have a new model controlled feed M70 in 300WM. I have changed out the mag box, bolt stop and ejector with 375H&H parts to buy more mag length and it seems to works great; however, I can't for the life of me find a 375 length follower. The 300WM follower is small for the 375 box. Midwest, who usually is a pretty good source shows the 375 follower discontinued.

Does anyone know if a Pre 64 375 will work, strangely enough I can find those, or would someone here be interested in making one, or know where I can find one?

 

[rharfo]

Try Pre64win.com

 

[Rhett Crider]

I did this w/ my 264WM and the 300RUM follower feeds the 264s fine but I also used a STW spring. MGW has the follower, not sure on the spring. Numrich may have the spring or your original may be fine.

 

[XTR]

The original 300 WM follower has some play that looks like it may cause it to tip.

is the 300RUM follower longer than the 300WM?

 

[Rhett Crider]

Yes. I drilled out the rear spacer to lengthen to the 3.6 mag box, shortened the ejector, changed the spring to the STW spring(only 2 rounds down) and at first ran w/ the 264 follower which worked but had a little space on each end. MGW had RUM followers which I purchased and deleted the gap and it feeds fine. It also fed good w/ the original 264 follower though. My conclusion was the spring controls a lot more than you would think. Never needed to modify the bolt stop. This was on a Extreme Weather M70 264 WM. The spring has a funky loop at the bottom at the return.

 

[XTR]

Thank you for the suggestion of using the 300 RUM follower. Midwest deliverd a nice looking aluminum follower, functionality it's probably the same as the plastic ones but it feels better.

In any case, the Mag box I put in the rifle is a 375 version so I had to narrow the 300RUM version a bit, but it was not much more than a little work with sandpaper on the bench top and it works like a charm. If I recall I needed to take about 30thou off of the width of the follower

 

[Rhett Crider]

Good deal.