kalister1
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I deer hunt with a Remington 30'06 (740?) and I have 2 mags. One lives in the hunting coat all season long.
How Many Extra Mags for a Bolt Gun?
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Capt Skup
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I found a cherry SIG SHR at Cabelas in Hamburg. Knowing that this rifle is no longer sold in the US I started looking for spare magazines. Found them online, so I bought 4 spare for the future.
dreadpirate
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Hmm - I only have one mag for my Savage 10 - guess I better get with the program.
- Aug 17, 2011
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Center-feed (4.40" spacing) or stagger-feed (4.25" spacing)?
I have an extra stagger-feed box, spring and follower sitting around. And I may be parting ways with a B&C A5 stock in the near future (4.40" spacing center-feed).
dreadpirate
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- Aug 17, 2011
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The 2 screws in the bottom of the stock (those are the action screws, holds the barreled action to the stock), measure the distance between them.
4.40" would be a center-feed magazine style, 4.25" would be the older stagger-feed magazine style.
You already have a drop/detachable magazine? 10 series should be an internal (blind) magazine.
dreadpirate
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This is it, and the rifle below.
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j_h_smith
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- Jul 28, 2007
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I have at least 3 mags for every bolt gun I own. My R700 uses the same mags as my AR10, so I'm good to go there. I always take 2 into the field or range and I like to have at least 1 backup. It's just a personal preference, that if I'm in the field I want to have a mag handy just in case. I don't like to fiddle around trying to load another mag when I'm faced with taking down Bigfoot or some other mystical creature.
EDIT: I only have 2 mags for my 50 bmg Safety Harbor SHTF bolt action rifle.
EDIT: I only have 2 mags for my 50 bmg Safety Harbor SHTF bolt action rifle.
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sleev-les
Prestige Worldwide
I've got 2 for my 338 and 2 for my 308 CZ7500. The mags for the 338 are $80 a piece and I'd like more, but in time..
The 10rnd mags for my Savage 11 Scout are stupid expensive ($70), and that's when you can find them. Must be nice making 600% profit on a piece of stamped metal. That said, I only have 4.
- Aug 17, 2011
- 26,177
OK, factory detachable.
Check Numrich, https://www.gunpartscorp.com/gun-manufacturer/savstevspgfld/rifles-sav/10-series/10gc - they have the .223 mags in stock, but out of stock for the 308/243/7mm-08 sized.
j_h_smith
Ultimate Member
- Jul 28, 2007
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My Arsenal 106 mags will run you $50 for 30 round Bulgarian AK74 5.56 mags.
Try to find them, they are very difficult to find. Even the Polish version will run you $40 or more.
Luckily the guy who sold me the rifle has sold me 10 mags for a lot less and he's willing to sell me more of them for the same price.
HankR
Ultimate Member
.. Just think, the first crew operated bolt action rifle!
When used with a child, I consider the Cricket to be a crew served single shot.
C&RTactical
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- Jul 24, 2013
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I don't buy extra's since I just have C&R Bolt guns. But if I got a modern bolt gun that would fit in the Magpul Hunter stock, I would have two 5 rounders and two 10 rounders of the magpul magazines.
byf43
SCSC Life/NRA Patron Life
Recently bought a Mdl 700 LR in .300 WinMag, and ordered a Magpul Hunter stock for it, along with MagPul "bottom metal". It came with one magazine.
I ordered 4 extra magazines, which either got lost in the mail, or stolen, en route.
Midway USA refunded the $$$ and told me that the magazines are now less than what I paid for them.
Re-ordered, yesterday, and got 5 magazines on order, with none of that UPS to USPS 'hand off'.
Magpul Hunter stock for Mdl 700 SPS AAC-SD -
I've got 5 Magpul 5 round magazines, and 5 10 round magazines.
Why????? Just in case there's another magazine ban, I don't want to drive across the river to pick some up.
I ordered 4 extra magazines, which either got lost in the mail, or stolen, en route.
Midway USA refunded the $$$ and told me that the magazines are now less than what I paid for them.
Re-ordered, yesterday, and got 5 magazines on order, with none of that UPS to USPS 'hand off'.
Magpul Hunter stock for Mdl 700 SPS AAC-SD -
I've got 5 Magpul 5 round magazines, and 5 10 round magazines.
Why????? Just in case there's another magazine ban, I don't want to drive across the river to pick some up.
- Aug 17, 2011
- 26,177
The Magpul AICS-pattern mags are great, feed smoother than the genuine AICS mags, and for less than half the cost.
Do have to make a small clearance cut for them to seat/fit properly in a Savage receiver, but it's an easy mod that seems to have 0 effect on the functionality of the magazines.
In the 4.5 hours on the range today, 0 issues with feeding.
Do have to make a small clearance cut for them to seat/fit properly in a Savage receiver, but it's an easy mod that seems to have 0 effect on the functionality of the magazines.
In the 4.5 hours on the range today, 0 issues with feeding.
