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I have a Husky with the aluminum bottom metal: trigger guard with bow release and floorplate. Want to replace with steel. What works? Any inletting?


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Posts: 426 | Location: Yakima, Washington, USA | Registered: 30 March 2002Reply With Quote
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I have a Husky with the aluminum bottom metal: trigger guard with bow release and floorplate. Want to replace with steel. What works? Any inletting?


We had a discussion about that at the swede board. I dont have a 1600 action but one of the guys was going to try a m96 or a 98 bottom depending what the hole spaceing is.
 
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I have a Husky with the aluminum bottom metal: trigger guard with bow release and floorplate. Want to replace with steel. What works? Any inletting?


We had a discussion about that at the swede board. I dont have a 1600 action but one of the guys was going to try a m96 or a 98 bottom depending what the hole spaceing is.


Nothing works. But, 98 bottom metal can be made to work. Inletting, forget it. No where near the same. Hell, even switching from Husky alu bottom metal to steel is not drop in, far from it.




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Nothing works. But, 98 bottom metal can be made to work. Inletting, forget it. No where near the same. Hell, even switching from Husky alu bottom metal to steel is not drop in, far from it.


What Exactly needs to be done to a m98 bottom to fit to the 1600 resiever alone? I have never examined a 1600 reciever.

No shit the inleting is different for the stock, look at that ugly wide ass front tang on the husky aluminum bottom for one thing Big Grin
 
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M98 bottom metal will geneally fit with little or no modification as long as the new bottom metal is for the same family of cartridges as the old (i.e. .30-06/270 for .30-06 for .270). The spacing of the guard screws is the same for both, though the Husqvarna uses the same thread as a Sako action. If metal fitting is required, it is usually at the back-top of the magazine box where it contacts the action. I have an HVA 1600 action with Jerry Fisher rounded bottom metal, and there was not an issue with the metal to metal fit. As has already been mentioned, the inletting is differnt, and the stock would require filling/patching to make the inletting work.


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On a custom stock, inletting is a non issue We've finally gotten a run of bottom metal finished up....see "Bottommetal.com. These units will fit with very little modification. They are made of one piece 1018 alloy. Will require a bit more elbow grease to polish because it's tougher material then you've seen in the past
 
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On a custom stock, inletting is a non issue We've finally gotten a run of bottom metal finished up....see "Bottommetal.com. These units will fit with very little modification. They are made of one piece 1018 alloy. Will require a bit more elbow grease to polish because it's tougher material then you've seen in the past


Ted Blackburn style bottom metal from somebody other than Ted Blackburn. Was wondering when that was going to happen.
 
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Duane,
I like the thinner forward section of your guard bow, the blackburn look a little too thick in that area.
Do your M98 BM units (both std.& std.magnum) offer any geometric advantage over the Blackburn when its comes to feeding?
 
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Well...I like to think ours are perfect!!! Actually, in the magnum configurations we have made the box a little shallower and wider than Blackburn's (depending on the round) We st rive for a true 120degree stack. Will it feed "better"? The feeding is dependent on the gunsmith!
 
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[qoute]Perfect!![quote]... not bad I say! Wink
I recall seeing some widebox std.depth Blackburn m98 Std.Magnum BM(giving dropbox capacity), it also came with a special dedicated blackburn made follower, is your creation similar?
I suppose I asked if your BM will help feed better cause I gather that how rounds geomtrically stack in the box do have some influence on feed issues, and work in congruence with receiver work when attempting to get rounds to feed smoothly and reliably, Yes/No?
 
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On a custom stock, inletting is a non issue We've finally gotten a run of bottom metal finished up....see "Bottommetal.com. These units will fit with very little modification. They are made of one piece 1018 alloy. Will require a bit more elbow grease to polish because it's tougher material then you've seen in the past


Mr Wiebe's website.
 
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[qoute]Perfect!![quote]... not bad I say! Wink
I recall seeing some widebox std.depth Blackburn m98 Std.Magnum BM(giving dropbox capacity), it also came with a special dedicated blackburn made follower, is your creation similar?
I suppose I asked if your BM will help feed better cause I gather that how rounds geomtrically stack in the box do have some influence on feed issues, and work in congruence with receiver work when attempting to get rounds to feed smoothly and reliably, Yes/No?
Well.I don;t think I can answer that with particular authority. I know that you gotta start somewhere and the place to start is to have the rounds stack up correctly. To answer your question on followers: We have prototypes we're trying out....like the girl with the nosebleed...If it ain't one thing, it's another!
 
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