Advice on Bottom Metal for a T3

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Hi all,
I was hoping someone might have some advice/reccomendations/personal experience with Atlasworx bottom metal. I have a Tikka T3 that is a fantastic shooter but factory magazines won't accommodate longer hand loads. I bought a new B&C stock that will require inletting for the aftermarket bottom metal but I can't find much in the way of reviews on the interweb. Is this a difficult job to inlet? Has anyone ever encountered loading Issues? Any comments would be much appreciated.
Thanks, Jesse
 
What caliber is it now? I have a 7mm-08 and modified the bolt stop and am using a long action mag.

I have an atlasworx metal for a savage and it is pretty good if you ask me. I have no complaints with the quality of it.
 
jmcb said:
Thx HTH. It's a 223. Did you inlet yourself or have it done professionally? Why are you using a long action mag?
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You can do this to the 223rem mag also. Might save some money

ht tp://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/4799827/Re_Tikka_T3_223_Magazine_Modif

I am using a midfield bolt stop and long action mag for my 7mm-08. I can actually touch the lands that way. Some factory ammo has to be persuaded to fit in the media action mag.
 
Oh man, so much I don't know! Thank you for that video- that is exactly what I need at this point. That started me down a rabbit hole of bolt stop modifications as well. With the mag modification, the only problem I can see that they fail to address is that the follower will now be too short. Would the loose fit inside the walls of the magazine be an issue?
 
jmcb said:
Oh man, so much I don't know! Thank you for that video- that is exactly what I need at this point. That started me down a rabbit hole of bolt stop modifications as well. With the mag modification, the only problem I can see that they fail to address is that the follower will now be too short. Would the loose fit inside the walls of the magazine be an issue?
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Use ONLY factory UNMODIFIED mags for complete confidence & performance ! jmo RJ
 
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remington jim said:
I have a T3 338 Fed - i installed a long cartridge bolt stop and now use long cartridge mags - so now i can seat my bullets out and get better performance - 160 gr TTSX-ers at 2950 out of a 22 " barrel - Pretty GOOD Performance for a LITTLE cartridge ! RJ
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In my 7mm-08 I just modified the short stop to a long one. 5min with a dremel
 
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