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this is the bomb

700 rem Wyatt bottom medal

long action clip

Surely some 100 round drums are in the works.



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What's it chambered in?

458 win mag

stared with a 7mm left hand added a ruger #1 take off barrel cut out the old chamber and threads then chambered 458 wm and thread to the Remington action

added the bottom metal longer bolt handle and trigicon sighting system- 2 cross bolts glass bed and 1 pound of lead in butt put it on balance net wt. 11 lb.s

Mike thanks for posting the pic

if that drum will fit my bottom medal I am on it

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Originally posted by stradling:
458 win mag

stared with a 7mm left hand added a ruger #1 take off barrel cut out the old chamber and threads then chambered 458 wm and thread to the Remington action

added the bottom metal longer bolt handle and trigicon sighting system- 2 cross bolts glass bed and 1 pound of lead in butt put it on balance net wt. 11 lb.s

Mike thanks for posting the pic

if that drum will fit my bottom medal I am on it

I was going to convert my stainless, 7 Mag, M77 Mk II to 458 Win Mag but I hadn't thought about adding the DBM.

Then when I found the company that imported the left handed Zastavas for us last yearin 2012 that idea went out the window.

frank

a few years back I had Chase [the gun doctor]
build me a few ;;working;; rifles on the left hand ruger m 77 we/he made a nice heavy rifle

not as smooth as a 98 but they work quite well

we set one up in a .423 cal and then made one in to a 375 Tayler so [338-375]

the next one is a left hand 338 win mag all using the 300 win mag or 7mm s a base rifle/action so parent brass for that group

so 2 wild cats and one standard

restocked they made an attractive rifle and run quit well but the full conversion upgrade was about 2ooo usd each so no great bargain

we converted this Remington to get a smoother feed in the action and to accommodate the bottom medal out there to make a clip feed rifle to take on next years buffalo cull hunt in Australia I found bottom medal for a m70 win rifle so we will put that on a right hand and see how it works but I expect this gun to function quite well

I am building one in 375 hh so a will arrive with a set of 2 that are compatible with down under [in store] bullet inventory's

That's a lot of firepower.

How does the detachable mag system stand up to the recoil from a 458 in rapid fire?

ashamed to say have not yet got it out to the rolling tire target range to put it to the test

when that is done will post video link and report

we are doing 2 more rifles one in 375 hh w clip

and one in 458 wm win m70 using the bottom medal from the Florida source so
thinking about using the Montana action [win like] that I purchased from hot core a few months back to do the Winchester test as this requires a bit of milling on the receiver and as such is not readily reversible so


may get them all tested before may

weather permitting

got out to the range and fired the rifle

we were able to get 10 rounds down the mag
and one in the tube so lots of ammo to fire in one clip

the clip clear full ran trouble free

ran 60 rounds through the rifle

the 510 grain reported a velocity of 1870 fps federal premium ammunition

400 grain barns x were loaded to 2350 feet per second as fired out of this rifle

shot about 30 rounds loaded with a 400 grain soft 45-70 bullet for plinking with a infield velocity of 2340 fps

clip feed was surprisingly trouble free all rounds

recoil presented no issues with clip dropping out

the trigicon reflex sighting system was intuitive and accuracy once sighted in was quite good very very fast target acquisition the triangle recital is extremely precise

may look at same model with battery for very low light to cover all conditions including night shooting

the rifle at 11 pounds was surprisingly quite recoil friendly

seems to be working ok in fact surprisingly good for a prototype set up

looks like we have the makings for a real cull rifle

may change the bottom medal to the design that has the release on the out side of the trigger guard as at one point the trigger finger jumped forward on recoil and released the clip under rapid fire

we chose the in trigger release for looks now seems for reliability may want to look at the model that has the release mechanism ahead of the trigger guard just for reliability and wild shooting in a hunting environment

so more later

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How does the detachable mag system stand up to the recoil from a 458 in rapid fire?

I would be more concerned how my detachable retina's would hold up to rapid fire 458.

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ran 60 rounds through the rifle

That's impressive enough, without rapid fire.

Mike with the 11 pounds and a quality recoil pad you will be surprised what a difference there is in recoil

any one with a little practice can shoot a 458 all day when these things are done to the gun

at 8-9 pounds you go home sore and flinch ie

if you want to fix a flinch and sneak up on a workable gun weight for caliber and load

start out and 12.5 pounds and work down as that weight will tame a 460 wetherby or 416 wetherby