short action versus long action

**ep3757** · March 29th, 2009, 11:16 PM

Does anyone out there knows the diffrence between a short and long action because I would like to convert a Remington 700 30-06 to a 308 and dont know if this is possible

**Pa. Patriot** · March 29th, 2009, 11:58 PM

Originally Posted by ep3757

Does anyone out there knows the diffrence between a short and long action because I would like to convert a Remington 700 30-06 to a 308 and dont know if this is possible

The difference is that a short action receiver is shorter than a long action receiver.
No need lugging around extra metal and manipuling a bolt throw longer than the cartridge length than necessary.

That said...

You CAN convert a long action Rem700 in 30-06 to a 308 by simply swapping barrels Been there done that... PM me for more info