Re: badger bottom metal question
If your stock is inletted for M4 badger and you go with M5 will see that you will have trouble feeding rounds into the chamber.Ive experienced this with three diiferent rifles.the m4 is not as thick on the back end where the rear screw hole is.The m5 is much thicker,meaning your going to need to mill out some additional depth to your stock at the rear hole location.
Ive orderd Mcmillian stock from JW precision inletted for M5 and ive installed M4 badger instead only to find out the m4 fits very deep into the stock at he rear.the feeding and function are not affected but the rear screw had to be trimmed since it was protruding above the rear action tang in the way of the bolt preventing from cycling.
The most recent Mcmillian stock ,an A1-3 was orderd for M4 badger and i had to use an M5 because of the rem700 action being a factory detach mag model,this prevented me from using an M4 since the follower would ride into the bolt ways.The M5 was my only solution and i learned that the m5 wouldnt fit deep enough into the stock for the bolt to pick up and feed rounds into the chamber succesfully.I noticed that the mag with rounds loaded was too low away from the action.The fix was to mill down the rear badger pillar and the stock enough for the mag properly fit and feed the rounds.
I advise to install the pillars and take measurents to insure proper feeding with the M5 badger.Good luck on your project.
