You can run COAL as long as ~2.970 with an AICS Mag. Just buy a bottom metal from CDI or Badger and a WSM/SAUM magazine (no spacer) from Accurate Magazine. You’ll also need to have a small notch cut in the feedramp on a standard 700 action to feed from a no-spacer magazine. I have several rifles set up this way and it all works great. You’ll have MUCH better feeding from the mag than from a standard WSM box also.
