Hey guys!

As you may know I'm building a custom mauser in 458 Win Mag on a standard action. I was getting ready to order the remaining parts in a couple days. Spring, follower etc. My question is since the 458 is a straight walled cartridge, do i have to get a follower with some special angle to it to get it to feed correctly, and do i need an extra heavy spring? Or would a standard weight spring and a regular style follower be good enough? I appreciate all the help with my odd questions!

Thanks again!!
Mike

my gunsmith does standard 98's into magnums by measuring the diameters of both cartridges and milling one-half the diameter difference off of the follower and fitting from there. It is easier to buy one from Brownell's.

Rich
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Mike,

I've seen several work just fine with the standard 8x57 military follower in an unmodified 98 magazine. The only work was an the rails and a slight bevel at the chamber mouth. It's a well traveled path. If you can get a custom follwer - magazine box - relieved or bellied floor plate..... you can get perfect feeding and an extra round or two of capacity. Ryan Breeding had a little 458 at SCI that was built on a military 98 that held 4 down-1 up.

TMc

If its going to be a full custom rifle then buy custom bottom metal from Brownells..If you are modifying a std action bottom metal then you should open up the box and use a magnum follower, but you don't have to do that, the std follower seems to work pretty well but it will have a tendency to tip forward if you try and load it too fast..It's not much cost to fit a mag follower to your rifle.

Thanks guys! hopefully I'll get this thing done soon!