Quoted: Hey Sixgun, You can really make it your bolt action M1A, just add a 20 round trench mag (made for Mauser rifles). Just pop the plate off the bottom, they pop right on. I think Sarco's got'em, but their pricey.
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I have one of those, and it will attach BUT: the follower and spring (hell, the whole mag) are designed for 8mm Mauser ammo.
To make the mag work for .308, you would need a shorter follower, a narrower spring, and you would have to weld/braze/etc. a spacer to the front wall of the mag so that the .308 rds would not slip forward and hang up during recoil, etc..
In addition, you will have to remove the brazed-on spacer installed in the original 5-rd mag well which was originally installed for just that purpose.
There's lots of cheap .308 20-rd mags out there.
I'd pick one with a follower as close as possible to the original 5-rd follower, and adapt the follower and spring to the Mauser mag.
Personally, as the mag is not
readily detachable, I
think you would not be creating a new, illegal hi-cap mag. But, since I'm not a lawyer, I'd check on the legalities first.