I just received my newly barreled Kelby Atlas action today and began the stock fitting for bedding. There's always something that needs to be tweaked on a stock before bedding, but this was a little more than usual.
The Kelby Atlas most definitely is NOT a "drop in" action for 700 stocks. Was hoping to get the barreled action set in bedding this evening, but had to do too much inletting.
- Had to open up the inletting for clearance of the trigger hanger at the tang and rear mag well area.
- Milled the back of the DBM mag well to allow clearance for the front of the trigger hanger.
- Had to mill out the front of the DBM trigger guard to allow clearance of trigger body. Seems trigger sits a little farther forward in the Atlas than a 700.
- Had to open up the bolt release inletting to allow fit of the heavy duty bolt stop which is also longer than a normal stop/release.
- Had to enlongate the ejection port inletting on the stock to match the larger receiver ejection port. Tho this is a Lapua action so this may not be an issue on standard/magnum long actions.
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Finally got a good fit to the stock! Will finish touch up painting when bedding job is finished.