This rifle started as the Cabelas 12f model. I bought a Choate stock, eabco dbm (plastic), made a cheek riser, and used axis mags. But I've grown tired of 4 rounds, reload. Grabagun had the 10 round fcp mags on sale for about the same price as the std 4 round, got 2 of those. Then found on eBay a front mag catch designed for savage boyd stocks. It was not quite the same, but was easily milled on the side. It could have been done with a rotary tool or a file with some patience. The choate stock is narrower on both sides so I milled flat spots that allowed the catch to fit inside the aluminum block in the stock. I also had to remove some material off the side that makes contact with the stock(inside if latch body where action screw goes). This put the magazine at proper height for smooth feeding. Because the screw was too long and this was a test, I stacked 7 1/4" lock washers inside the hole to take up the slack and prevent bolt interference. The plastic dbm had to be cut down and trimmed in several places to make fit in The stock initially( I'll see if I still have those pics) and changed I little more for this mag catch to fit. But it wasn't hard.
On the mags themselves, barely any change. The back of the mags on the plastic have these little humps that I filed down just a little. They just weren't them same height as the 4 rounders, but honestly could have just been casting flash, less than .010".
This whole project took about an hour and a half trying to figure out what to do next. But, it feeds really good and I have less than $170 with both mags in it! So I am pleased.
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