M595 milled action

[Greenmist]

Does anyone who's had an action milled to accept aics mags have any photos of the work carried out please?

 

[JRF]

I may have one laying around, but i’m out of the country for a couple weeks.

 

[Greenmist]

Thats great, thank you

 

[Donkey Basher]

Had some somewhere but not sure which device or how long ago, will have a look.

 

[JockStalk]

@Ronin ?

 

[Ronin]

I haven’t done it, the main issue is you would need to modify a bottom metal for the 595 action that accepts the aics mag

Opening the base of the action is relatively simple but why not use standard 595 mag that work perfectly well to begin with

 

[Haggis Hunter]

I use a Waters Rifleman 8 shot mag in my Tikka 590 6.5x47 and it works really well. I looked into having my rifle altered years ago as I wanted a higher capacity than the standard 5 shot mag but in the end the WR mag is a good, if not cheap, compromise. WR were very helpful as well, as the mag had to be slightly fettled for it to fit my rifle. Basically I had to carefully file a little metal off one side of the aperture on the mag where the mag catch engages. Not technically difficult but a bit annoying having just paid £130 for the mag which I thought would drop straight in. All good now and it’s my go to mag.
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[Donkey Basher]

Mine was done as I was having an AICS stock modified to take the rifle so no issues with bottom metal. Back in the day there was a replacement bottom metal made for the M59# series of rifles that took the AICS magazines but these are rarer than hens teeth now. From memory they also required the stock to be opened up in the mag well area too as obviously the whole system is wider than the original set up.

 

[Greenmist]

I haven’t done it, the main issue is you would need to modify a bottom metal for the 595 action that accepts the aics mag

Opening the base of the action is relatively simple but why not use standard 595 mag that work perfectly well to begin with

I agree and have mags, but always found the bottom plastic of the M595 to let down an otherwise lovely rifle and action

 

[Greenmist]

Don't suppose anyone dug out the photos or would be willing to whip the stock off and take one?

 

[finnbear270]

I had one built by Baldie Dave, (Valkyrie), it was a .20 Practical, I know Dave is always busy but I’m pretty sure he would have pictorial records.Think Alan, Sirslotsalot bought it, he may have info.

 

[Donkey Basher]

Don't suppose anyone dug out the photos or would be willing to whip the stock off and take one?

Apologies, I was going to dig mine out & take some pics as well as measurements. I’ll try to do it tomorrow for you if I get the time… I have to do someone else’s work int he morning because I found out yesterday that they hadn’t actioned things they’d been tasked with, & agreed to do, at a meeting back in March!

 

[JRF Creedbro]

I’ll try to remember to check Monday.

 

[Donkey Basher]

Don't suppose anyone dug out the photos or would be willing to whip the stock off and take one?

Here you mate & apologies again that it’s taken a year to get the info

The dims in the sketch are approximate & you’ll need to work out the various radii on corners. The chamfer appears to be a 60 degree angle as the opposite & adjacent lengths of the triangle are 3mm & 4mm so the hypotenuse would be 5mm which looks about right to me You can see that the mag does actually touch the underside of the action at the front but I’m not convinced that’s not just tell tale marks from it making contact under recoil as the mags fit in perfectly. The action is mated to a modified AICS chassis & accepts the genuine AICS magazines.

Hope this helps.