Originally Posted by cutNshoot
Would the 308 Norma be considered a short action mag compared to the Weatherby and H&H?


cutNshoot;
Good afternoon to you sir, I hope this finds you well on this warm, sunny September Saturday.

As I said in my initial post on this thread, our first Norma was built on a standard 8x57 length wartime 98 action and I chose the Norma because it fit into it with less modification than a .300Win Mag. Honestly I'd have been equally happy with a .30-388 too, but the smith we used had a .308 Norma reamer so that was that.

Anyway the .308 Norma and its twin the .30-338 wouldn't fit into a short action as far as I can determine - so they're not exactly in the same class as the RSM/WSM/RSUM lineup really.

Perhaps they could be best described as "standard" action length magnums - if there is such an animal truly. wink

That's only my take on them of course - there are a couple other .300 magnums to choose from after all and others might have an opinion on them too. grin
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Have a good weekend sir and good luck on your hunts this fall.

Dwayne

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