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I never can remember the answer to this question and it bugs me!
Is it possible to mount a standard remington .308 barrel to a remington 700 long action receiver for a 3006.
Aside from the obvious question of why? would you want to and that it would look out of place. I was just wondering if anyone had done this. You would have a longer bolt throw and the longer magazine probably wouldn't work with the shorter .308's. I would be interested to read your opinions.
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sure it will work.
few years back,I had a model 70 westerner,which was only made in long action,chambered in 223.
It had a half inch wide magazine block,and a bolt stop to match,to make the long action function properly with the short cartridge.
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It'll work fine.
I've run various short action rounds thru long 700's for curiosity's sake.
The original M40 308's used a long 700 action.
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The barrel never knows the length of an action!
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The barrel never knows the length of an action! THIS
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I should have bought all long actions for a .473 bolt face rifles as it lets you have a lot more options for OAL and in 50 odd years have never short shucked a BA
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They work fine IMO... I have 2 Rem 700 long actions that are chambered for short action cartridges/calibers... Never had a problem... The original M40 308's used a long 700 action. This is incorrect... Original M40's were built on Rem 40x actions all of which were short actions... The M40 has always and still is a short action... The Army M24 rifle is built on a long action... All M24's were on long actions so a bolt and barrel change could make the switch between 308/300WM...
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24...40....I can see how one could mix up the numbers...:-)
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Works for me.
I have a .270 action with a .243 barrel that shoots well under an inch.
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