User:Trilobitealive/Rifle action lengths

Mauser K98K with stripper clip illustrating long action and 8×57mm rounds.
Size comparison of short-action cartridges, left to right: (AR-10 length) .308 Winchester, 6.5mm Creedmoor, .243 Winchester, (AR-15 length) 6.5mm Grendel, .223 Remington

Rifle action lengths vary widely among makers of modern cartridge rifles. As writer Chuck Hawks has opined, such developments have been at times "haphazard at best".[1] Manufacturers vary in their usage[2] and the SAAMI glossary is silent on the subject.[3] Originally for Mauser bolt-actions, there were four designations: "short" (also known as "Kurtz"), "intermediate" (seldom used), "long" (also known as "standard") and "magnum".[4]


According to a National Shooting Sports Foundation source the typical magnum length action will accommodate long cartridges like the .416 Rigby, the long action should accommodate the 30-06 Springfield and its derivatives, and the short action should accommodate cartridges such as the .308 Winchester.[5]


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