Re: 300 WSM Medium Tac build D.Bernarde
Dave were supah close.
I bought you a CDI DBM setup using AI magazines. From the research I did, it seems this brand is the only game in town for this stuff.
I've used them twice before with Winchester/Winchester type actions and each time it resulted in me dickering around with it a bit to get it running the way I wanted.
This was no exception.
In the past I had to whittle on the magazine release. There's a pair of holes drilled in the release mechanism that allows for a different height in relation to the pin. With it in the "as is" position the magazine runs lower than what I like. It rattles around like a marble in a can. In the other position its good. A little too good as the feed lips just barely drag on the bolt.
I used to just buzz a little off the top of the catch to make it work. Ran fine but the holes for the pins aren't exactly "nice" so to speak. They are closely placed and can easily become deformed due to the ultra thin wall thickness surrounding them on the sides. The other issue is the reset spring. It gets to be a bit tempermental as the relationship/angle changes between the latch and the floor metal.
SO, we draw some pictures on the puter and make our own! I whittled one out of a piece of mild steel and positioned the hole (just one now since we know where we want it) in the right place related to the edge that catches the magazine retention. I adjusted the length so it put the magazine further into the well. Better support of the magazine inside the box and more overlap between cases and bolt face (never a bad thing)
Then I saved the file for next time! Easy stuff now!
So, I'll blast her up and squirt some C Kote on it so everything matches nice.
Only other fiddle I had was with your 3pos safety. It was being a little "resistant" when engaging so I worked it over a bit too. Now she runs pretty nice.
Plan to wrap this up today and get her shot in the am.
C.
