Painless300
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My biggest question is will the WSM feed reliably from a long action mag and or trap door BTM?
300 WSM on a long action
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Painless300
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I can tell you if you free bore your chamber to allow for a 215 Berger its too long to feed out of a XM or Midaction. I am having to jump .08 to the lands to get the round in my mid action box mag. I had to seat my COAL at 3.2120 to get it to feed. This is why Im interested in how it feeds from a long action.
I built a 6.5 WSM on a long action. The only potential issue with a long action is that you may have to fiddle with the feed lips on the mag to get it to feed right so the round doesn't pop up too soon and jam. I ended up finding some magazines from Curtis Customs with very long feed lips and they worked perfect. I think they were left over from some project he was trying.
my coal range from 3.400-3.600 ish with no issues from an AICS Lapua mag.... don't know about a blind box mag though.
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Brad615
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Hand skills, do you happen to know what the max oal could be with the 300 wsm? I'm leaning towards the defiance xm with the bdl bottom metal that gives me 3.2 oal. Thank you.I think this is a good question, and I don't see it discussed much.
If a guy is ok with foregoing the magazine and 'single loading', he can load to whatever OACL he wants in a short action. The MAIN benifet of a long action is being able to load the chamber from the magazine, and eject loaded rounds. With a short action and long OACLs, sometimes the bolt needs to be removed to get a round out of the chamber because it is too long to pass through the ejection port.
Magazine length is interesting. Manufacturers do different things when it comes to magazine length, and with aftermarket 'bottom metal' options, sometimes it's possible to extend the magazine length some.
here is a thread worth looking at;
List / index of factory rifle magazine Lengths. Please contribute data.
I've been meaning to do this for a while. I'm hoping the rest of you will list magazine lengths for not so common bolt action rifles or whatever you have as well. Im listing my factory magazine length findings & measurements for Those who might need to know this for purposes of rebarreling to a...www.longrangehunting.com
Not all chambers are equal, either. See
Freebore - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
Hand Skills
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That is going to depend on which bullet(s) you are using.
See the link I posted in post #5
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See the link I posted in post #5
300 WSM Long Action Build - Input Welcomed
Fantastic thread ! The timing could not be more perfect, I am also on the long anction 300 WSM kick and have two Tikka T3's I'm going to turn to the dark side ! I made a cutaway case not too long ago and modeled some bullets to determine the optimum seating depth I would use, turns out my...
Laguna Freak
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Feenix,
This is a critical question for me; Does this post suggest that a 7 RM, 300 WM, or 264 WM action is more than sufficient for a 300 WSM long action build?
Also, in your opinion/experience; is there any benefit to CRF when feeding a repeater from a magazine?
Laguna Freak
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Since I did not get any reply to the above, I'm rephrasing my question to all who have relevant experience.
Are any of the action / magazine feed issues that have been experienced resolved or remedied by building with Control Round Feed?
Thanks
Are any of the action / magazine feed issues that have been experienced resolved or remedied by building with Control Round Feed?
Thanks
I had a 300WSM in a Winchester CRF and had zero problems
Laguna Freak
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Was it a Winchester factory short action or a long action? I'm curious about the long actions.
Long
Hand Skills
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I have a Win Mod 70 EW - 'short' action (actually allows a little over 3.1" in the mag box)
No problems feeding, but mine is from 2009.
I do remember hearing of problems with some of the first WSM's.
I have only seen one that did not feed reliably myself - it just required a little tuning (opening up) of the feed lips.
My research suggests this problem was limited to early 2000's production actions.
No problems feeding, but mine is from 2009.
I do remember hearing of problems with some of the first WSM's.
I have only seen one that did not feed reliably myself - it just required a little tuning (opening up) of the feed lips.
My research suggests this problem was limited to early 2000's production actions.
