Sorry it took so long to reply but I had lost interest in intercoursing with the magazine until this week...
Finally got time to mess with the Wyatts box again. I cut a spring from an AR-15 magazine I had laying around. Bent the spring & ears on follower so they would mate & "hooked" together quite well without any type of bonding. Then it was trial & error getting the correct spring length to get enough pressure but not too much (the 223 Rem spring would "pop" out the top round).
After some bending twisting & cussing I finally got the spring were it needed to be at correct length. My rifle I'm putting it in is a blind box mag so I closed in the bottom of the box as well to make things simple(pretty much made a magazine that sits under the action in the stock).
Bolted things up & it works like glass. The center feed really does work very well but for $50+ Wyatts should have things closer to "bolt up" than what this piece is. It is a good platform to get things started though. I bolted several rounds anyway I could trying to get it to "goof" & it always worked flawlessly.
Also, one thing I don't think I mentioned before... The lips of the magazine obviously sit just under the bolt. If you place a round over the lips (bolt open) it "floats" the round & acts as a follower. Unless a turtle is closing the bolt, the round slides right in the chamber . Works dang near as good as a single shot follower, really easy for loading just one round from the bench etc. I find this to be a real plus.
I still can only get two rounds down (all the room that's in the box) but I feel that's plenty for hunting purposes. It really works well now. The center feed rails are perfect for the little BR case. Just be careful if you’re looking into this box. It is in NO WAY a drop in, but can be used to make a BR case feed extremely reliable.
Finally got time to mess with the Wyatts box again. I cut a spring from an AR-15 magazine I had laying around. Bent the spring & ears on follower so they would mate & "hooked" together quite well without any type of bonding. Then it was trial & error getting the correct spring length to get enough pressure but not too much (the 223 Rem spring would "pop" out the top round).
After some bending twisting & cussing I finally got the spring were it needed to be at correct length. My rifle I'm putting it in is a blind box mag so I closed in the bottom of the box as well to make things simple(pretty much made a magazine that sits under the action in the stock).
Bolted things up & it works like glass. The center feed really does work very well but for $50+ Wyatts should have things closer to "bolt up" than what this piece is. It is a good platform to get things started though. I bolted several rounds anyway I could trying to get it to "goof" & it always worked flawlessly.
Also, one thing I don't think I mentioned before... The lips of the magazine obviously sit just under the bolt. If you place a round over the lips (bolt open) it "floats" the round & acts as a follower. Unless a turtle is closing the bolt, the round slides right in the chamber . Works dang near as good as a single shot follower, really easy for loading just one round from the bench etc. I find this to be a real plus.
I still can only get two rounds down (all the room that's in the box) but I feel that's plenty for hunting purposes. It really works well now. The center feed rails are perfect for the little BR case. Just be careful if you’re looking into this box. It is in NO WAY a drop in, but can be used to make a BR case feed extremely reliable.
