Newer folks occasionally mention longer receivers for the 243/308/358, but the lowly and uninformed collectors here set them right as soon as it's brought up. Kind of like folks wandering in and thinking there were thread changes when the 243/308/358 was introduced. We try to set them right as soon as it's mentioned.

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