lapua Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 Gents, im considering swapping my sunny hill bottom metal for a mag system, borden alpine 6xc in mcmillan. im aware of tier one, is there anything else i should look at which is better quality/design and available in uk? thoughts from those that know appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 Atlasworks BM is fine -I’ve used this on countless repeating rifle builds Badger is available via Brownels and what I would consider to be the best in terms of build quality - sit down before looking at the price. Seekins, PTG also make excellent bottom metal as do Christian Arms but finding in the UK may be difficult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartan Jim Posted October 31, 2018 Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 I’ve got [url=https://spartanrifles.com/collections/frontpage/products/bottom-dweller-bottom-metal] one of these on my rifle created by Marc Soulie from Spartan[/url] in the US. I’ve been very pleased with it and love the mag release... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapua Posted October 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2018 6 minutes ago, Spartan Jim said: I’ve got [url=https://spartanrifles.com/collections/frontpage/products/bottom-dweller-bottom-metal] one of these on my rifle created by Marc Soulie from Spartan[/url] in the US. I’ve been very pleased with it and love the mag release... So is this one available in the Uk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartan Jim Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 No but it might be feasible to ship one over. Ask Marc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catch-22 Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 I've used CDI Precision bottom metal on a Tikka 595 I once had. Extremely well made, absolutely no issues at all. Large mag catch to drop mags easily. They provide bottom metal for a wide variety of actions and calibres. They are based on the US but will ship to the UK - just give them a shout. Very nice/helpful people. http://www.cdiprecisiongunworksstore.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejg223 Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 We use Atlasworx since some years and have not had a complaint yet. For our US customers I looked around what is available. CDI replied right away and seems very much behind their products. edi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novice1 Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 6 hours ago, Catch-22 said: I've used CDI Precision bottom metal on a Tikka 595 I once had. Extremely well made, absolutely no issues at all. Large mag catch to drop mags easily. They provide bottom metal for a wide variety of actions and calibres. They are based on the US but will ship to the UK - just give them a shout. Very nice/helpful people. http://www.cdiprecisiongunworksstore.com/ Who did the inletting work if you don't mind me asking? Didn't realise these were still readily available for the m595 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldie Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 I keep the 595 bottom metals in stock. However, its not as simple as just fitting that to the stock. The action has to be opened up to accommodate the mag feed lips, as its not as wide as the T3 mag feed port. Thus, the gun has to be reproofed. The conversion works perfectly though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catch-22 Posted November 1, 2018 Report Share Posted November 1, 2018 Yes Baldie is right, a small amount of milling on the underside of the action sides is needed to allow the mag feedlips to get high enough for the bolt to pickup a round. I had the inletting done at the same time as a new stock fitted, bedding and rebarrel...so reproofing was all done st the same time. i won't tell you who did the work as I don't want you to use him. Putting it politely, I later found out, on an unrelated matter, that he's a total c*nt and I don't want you to be messed about like I have been. But as Baldie notes, any competent rifle smith can do the job quite easily. I bought the CDI bottom metal directly from them and it was easy as pie. If I wanted bottom metal for another job, I wouldn't hesitate to use CDI again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novice1 Posted November 2, 2018 Report Share Posted November 2, 2018 Thanks gents. Guess I missed the obvious opportunity at the rebarrel stage. Having built up a stock of the standard 3 and 5 shot mags, I'd be interested to know if anyone does, or ever did, a straight upgrade for the standard plastic bottom metal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novice1 Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 I'm guessing no-one does a straight upgrade then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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