Modified M14 or FAL magazine to fit Savage Scout?

[3006mv]

Any info on how to do this would be appreciated. Was wondering if it is possible to do and fit and function. The new Savage Scout is a staggered center feed affair.

 

[tINY]

You are going to have to do some machining. Get an M1a and an FAL to look at.

If I remember right, Clinton chopped up a bunch of M14s. I saw them on the gun show tables for a while. Getting the paddle release from one of those shouldn't be too expensive.



-tINY

 

[3006mv]

tINY I was wanting to modify a magazine and not my rifle, are you talking about adding a paddle release to my Savage?

 

[tINY]

That would be what I would look at doing. Feeding would be a puzzle to solve... the FAL and M14 both feed from one side and then the other, not the center.

Is there some reason you want a bigger mag in a bolt action rifle?

I believe that the Steyr scout has 10 round magazines available.

But as far as welding the bottom of another magazine to the Savage magazine, I'd be looking at G3 mags... I have a 40 rounder that is made from a couple of magazine bodies - they seem to hold up to a mig welder pretty well.





-tINY

 

[3006mv]

thanks for the info. reason i would like one is because i reload and it would be handy to be able to fire off say a string of 10 rounds over my chrony. the factory mags only hold 4 rounds. i may just end up buying a few more factory mags. i will ask around about the hk mags, is that the only center feed out there?