Savage switch barrel with CDI bottom metal?

[jeffersonv]

Guys,

I have been kicking around the idea of a Savage switch barrel with CDI bottom metal. Assuming I will be able to buy AICS magazines again someday, I was wondering if anyone here knows if I can switch between the .223 AICS mags and the .308 AICS mags.

I understand the two mags have the same footprint.

I'm hoping I can get the rifle to shoot with the plastic .223 AICS mags then if I want to switch barrels and go to a larger bolt head for a .308 sized cartridge I can maybe tweak the lips on the larger .308 metal magazines and get it to work with something in the .308 cartridge (or Creedmoor) family?

Or, maybe not?
I'm wondering if there's something in the real world I haven't considered that might shoot this idea down.

If anyone has done this I'd sure appreciate your input here.

Thanks.

 

[BoilerUP]

Guys,

I have been kicking around the idea of a Savage switch barrel with CDI bottom metal. Assuming I will be able to buy AICS magazines again someday, I was wondering if anyone here knows if I can switch between the .223 AICS mags and the .308 AICS mags.

Yes.

Run polymer AICS 223 mags with a .378 bolt face for a 223, 223 Ackley, 6x45, etc. barrel, then when you wanna change, take 15 minutes to swap barrels and another 5 to swap to a .473 bolt head. Insert loaded AICS-pattern 308 magazine (AI, Accurate-Mag, Alpha) and rock on.

If you *call* Accurate Ordinance you can buy a fistful of AICS 223 magazines, and the metal Ruger-branded 5rd Gunsite magazines are literally just Accurate-Mag magazines that work GREAT in CDI DBM (I use one).

 

[jeffersonv]

That's some really good info there BoilerUp.

Thank you for your response.

Sounds like a great rifle on the way.