IIRC, this is the same action used in the Remington 700, built by Zastava. unfortunately, I haven't been able to lay my hands on one to measure. I am hopung it is longer than the CZ-527 action, which is only about 2.280.
Looks like you are going to have a nice little rifle. Your military mods (clip loading slot) made me think about building a small scale K98 in 223. I'm not sure why someone would do it, but it would be cute.
