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Yes, a tiny bit of work will be needed near the rear action screw. Here is my experience with it (with pics): https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/coup-de-grâce-new-action-from-american-rifle-company-899-wow.7155247/page-68#post-10907328

I have a savage factory take off .308 barrel on mine. Works perfectly.

No problem! Glad it was helpful :-)

Mid South has it for $1.13 pp. https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item/001784ph7226c/308-winchester-palma-small-primer-unprimed-rifle-brass-100-count

Oh, and sorry I didn't spell it out in the post above. That is a factory Savage take-off barrel in .308 without the coned breach face. So it seems like at least some bullet and length combinations will work just fine.

The heaviest .308 bullets I have are some 178 ELD-Ms. I stuck 5 in some full prepped but unprimed (and no powder) cases and seated them at absolute maximum magazine length for the two AICS magazines I have. One is an MDT 12 round and one is an ARC 10 round. I wish I had some AW magazines to try...

Hey! Yes, I've been using an actual factory savage take off barrel in .308. It's been perfectly fine up till now with AICS magazines. However, the heaviest bullets I have tried are 168grn ELD-M and 168gr SMK. If I can manage the time, I will load a dummy 178 ELD-M tonight after work and see...

Unfortunately... I use those .223 magazines with my Mausingfield M7, my CDG is built as a .308. Both magazines work but I do think the Accurate-Mag are better.

Accurate-Mag top, MDT Bottom. with 80 grain .223 I removed some material from the front of the Accurate-Mag with a drill press to allow the COAL to clear the front.

It's actually this. Since COVID the price of the things has doubled.

Gotcha! Okay, I see what you mean now. I admit I'm not using the coned face on my CDG with a .308 barrel and it hasn't given me any grief yet. If it does, I know it's my fault :)

Sorry, could you elaborate on that? I have an ARC Mausingfield M5, an M7 and a CDG and use the same savage thread barrels on all of them so I'm unclear on this.

A reloading setup may be in OPs future :p

Finally got some kind of stock or chassis to put my CDG in. A few things to note: trigger hanger has no problem fitting in a JAE-700 Gen II. No modification necessary. The barrel on this is a .308 Savage factory take off barrel so it does not have a coned breech face, I only have AICS mags...

Sorry if this is a dumb question; does this have an adjustable length of pull?

Unfortunately OP said his state hunting laws require bullet diameter over .35 so .338 isn't an option.

Sorry, one more thing to dump on you. Your best bet is a Ruger American Predator in 6.5 Creedmoor and make sure you get the one that says "AI-Style" magazines. It only comes with a 3 rounder (perfect for hunting), but because it takes AI-Style magazines it will let you buy a 10 or 12 rounder...

Just to give you a heads up, it's going to sound like myself (and likely others) are going to want you to spend more money; that is not the case. We all want to try to help prevent the same mistakes we made. Everyone tries to keep costs down "at the beginning, just to see if I like it" but...

Yo! Welcome, glad to have any new folks! You're in an interesting position moving here from abroad an presumably not brining any center-fire rifles with you. So, let me lay it out. Hunting rifles SUCK for target shooting. Target rifles SUCK for hunting. Desirable traits in either category make...

Not if you are using a barrel nut, no. Yes if you are using a shouldered pre-fit.