MDT Chasis for Savage .308 SA

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I am thinking of upgrading to a MDT chassis (ESS) for my Savage .308 SA (blind magazine). I was wondering if anyone has made the jump and was it as easy as they suggest on their videos? I will need to buy MDT magazines as I only have the internal blind magazine the Savage comes with.

Appreciate any suggestions or feedback.

-Salty
 
#3
Savage 10 FCP-SR 6.5 CM in an MDT LSS-XLGen2 chassis:

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Took me 5 minutes to get it set up. Stupid simple and rock solid.

VooDoo
 
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Yeah but the MDT AICS mags are soooo sweet. The Savage actions are a little "rattle chattery" right out of the box but the MDT chassis and the polymer mags tighten things up and with a little lube the bolt runs much better than right out of the box.

Haven't found anything about MDT I don't like and the match between the Savage stuff and MDT chassis is pretty sweet. I'm so hot on this I am desperately trying to talk myself out of a Savage 110 in .338 Lapua in an MDT chassis.

VooDoo
 
#13
I actually got the MDT LSS- XL2 on a black Friday deal for a Savage SA10.
I'm a lefty so I had to cut the chassis for the bolt handle.
I did have a problem with the mag well.
Basically the mag well sets the thickness of the backing plate forward . So beings I removed the backing plates from the mags the tips of the bullets ride under the action and would not feed. Reluctantly I moded the feed ramp with a dremel tool.
Everything is fine but wish MDT would have moved their mag port back a bit in design. I don't have the plates anymore but I think they weren't more than .100"
 
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GONE BAD said:
I actually got the MDT LSS- XL2 on a black Friday deal for a Savage SA10.
I'm a lefty so I had to cut the chassis for the bolt handle.
I did have a problem with the mag well.
Basically the mag well sets the thickness of the backing plate forward . So beings I removed the backing plates from the mags the tips of the bullets ride under the action and would not feed. Reluctantly I moded the feed ramp with a dremel tool.
Everything is fine but wish MDT would have moved their mag port back a bit in design. I don't have the plates anymore but I think they weren't more than .100"
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From https://mdttac.com/us_en/mdt-metal-magazines-short-action.html


The magazines without front binder plates allow a maximum cartridge overall length of 2.960”. These are compatible with all AICS-pattern bottom metal and chassis systems, but most common actions such as Remington 700 and Savage 10/11 will require modifications to the receiver (i.e. notching out the bottom of the feed ramp) to prevent the bullet tips from catching on the bottom of the feed ramp (see photo below). DO NOT order these magazines without a full understanding of this.
 
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Corprin said:
From https://mdttac.com/us_en/mdt-metal-magazines-short-action.html


The magazines without front binder plates allow a maximum cartridge overall length of 2.960”. These are compatible with all AICS-pattern bottom metal and chassis systems, but most common actions such as Remington 700 and Savage 10/11 will require modifications to the receiver (i.e. notching out the bottom of the feed ramp) to prevent the bullet tips from catching on the bottom of the feed ramp (see photo below). DO NOT order these magazines without a full understanding of this.
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Thanks Corprin.
I have never seen this before.
My Savage came with Accurate Mag bottom metal and I bought extra magazines from them and took out the (binder) plates and they worked perfect.
Savage was on the ball when they had the stocks they used enletted to work without messing with the feed ramps.
My loaded rounds are over 2.95"
The bolt still clears the back of magazine on factory stocks from Savage.
 
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GONE BAD said:
Thanks Corprin.
I have never seen this before.
My Savage came with Accurate Mag bottom metal and I bought extra magazines from them and took out the (binder) plates and they worked perfect.
Savage was on the ball when they had the stocks they used enletted to work without messing with the feed ramps.
My loaded rounds are over 2.95"
The bolt still clears the back of magazine on factory stocks from Savage.
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Sorry if I sounded dickish, not my intent. I didn’t know the difference between the with plate and without, so I went digging before I bought. My 12lrp is throated so im jamming the lands before anything under 140gn tips out the plated mags do I went with them.
 
#22
Corprin said:
From https://mdttac.com/us_en/mdt-metal-magazines-short-action.html


The magazines without front binder plates allow a maximum cartridge overall length of 2.960”. These are compatible with all AICS-pattern bottom metal and chassis systems, but most common actions such as Remington 700 and Savage 10/11 will require modifications to the receiver (i.e. notching out the bottom of the feed ramp) to prevent the bullet tips from catching on the bottom of the feed ramp (see photo below). DO NOT order these magazines without a full understanding of this.
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I’ve seen that issue with Remingtons a few times but the 10/12 kinda has me baffled.

I remember being kinda peeved when I moved to AI mags on my 11 at how much COAL capacity I lost from regular Savage mags.
I can generously clear the 2.95 length 260 cartridges through that action both in my current XLR and my previous stock with PTG bottom metal.

Maybe the 10/12 have a different feed ramp than model 11’s?
 
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Corprin said:
Sorry if I sounded dickish, not my intent. I didn’t know the difference between the with plate and without, so I went digging before I bought. My 12lrp is throated so im jamming the lands before anything under 140gn tips out the plated mags do I went with them.
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I didn't take it that way at all.
In fact I really didn't know.
So I learned something.
My 260 chamber is throated long so I need all the mag length I can get and 140's can easily run over 2900.

I haven't got to shoot it in the MDT yet and I'm hoping for good results.
I put a Magpul PRS gen 3 on it for now.
 
#25
Steel head said:
I’ve seen that issue with Remingtons a few times but the 10/12 kinda has me baffled.

I remember being kinda peeved when I moved to AI mags on my 11 at how much COAL capacity I lost from regular Savage mags.
I can generously clear the 2.95 length 260 cartridges through that action both in my current XLR and my previous stock with PTG bottom metal.

Maybe the 10/12 have a different feed ramp than model 11’s?
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I don't know for sure but I think a Remington SA is shorter than a Savage and MDT just sets the mag well up so it works with Remington but enlets it for a Savage instead of changing the design?
 
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