So I have been working on a build for my wife, starting with a new Stevens 200 centerfeed .223 Rem. I will be putting a Boyds classic stock on it, and I have been working on the mods to the stock to use the centerfeed magazine. As I was fitting the mag and L shaped bracket, I would make a couple passes with a chisel using just hand pressure, then install the mag and action to see how it was fitting together. When I got to a point that looked right, I decided to load a few dummy rounds to check the feeding. That is where I ran into the WTH? thought. Is it just me, or do you need to slide each round part way into the chamber, then back it into the magazine? I tired to press them straight down like you would a normal magazine, but could not get them to fit.

I got three of the Boyd's stocks with plans to build my wife a rifle, then one for me and another for my son. As it is now, I will make sure the next two rifles are the older style, as the centerfeed doesn't impress me at all.