Well, I got to spend some time on the 338 today, and after ordering, and receiving a magnum magazine well, and follower, I installed them. The magnum follower is slightly narrower at the rear, but the magazine well, I received was so tight it wouldn't even let the rounds slide through ???. Back to square one, soooooo....I took apart the old drop box magazine and after studying the new vs old for a few minutes, I started tweaking the old one. After about 7 or 8 tries, it now works slicker then snot.
The main issue was. the first round fed fine, but after ejecting that one, and pushing the bolt forward to chamber number 2, the second round jumped completely out of the magazine. So, it took a lot of tweaking of the magazine lips, but after much study, I figured out that the lips needed to be MUCH closer together, AND the rear actually needed to be slightly wider than the front. This is to accommodate the belt on the case.
End result, it loads and feeds perfectly now.
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