This sounds like a great thing. But are the magazine manufacturers going to start making longer mags to take advantage of this benefit? (Assuming you use an external mag.)As long-range shooters become more popular every year, we are seeing higher BC bullets progress for every caliber. With this progression, we have seen calibers become very limited due to magazines' internal length. Action manufacturers see this issue becoming more prevalent and have started producing Medium length actions. Medium action magazines allow you to seat bullets out to 3.255" vs short actions only allow for 2.890". This is super beneficial for most of the Saum, WSM, and 6.5 PRC cartridges! Defiance and Lone peak were the pioneers with these actions but companies like Zermatt and Stiller are jumping on the bandwagon because they see the huge potential of these actions! What are your thoughts on the medium actions and will this allow bullet manufacturers to go even longer with bullets?
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Medium Length Actions
Discover how Medium Length Actions have enhanced COAL and BC, revolutionizing precision shooting and ballistics. Find out what action, caliber, or chassis might work best for you!xlrindustries.com
Short and Long only....unless he has something in the works I don't know about.If I'm not mistaken Terminus makes a Med length action with DBM bottom metal all in one package. Done deal.
The question is...does he go Defiance XM or...Hopefully Zermatt/Lone Peak/StillerShort and Long only....unless he has something in the works I don't know about.
For me its: 308 size chamberings...short action, anything longer gets the long action. No problems worrying about fitment for receiver or bottom metal. Plenty of options.Why not just use a long action for those calibers? There's only a tiny weight difference, you don't need to redesign anything, and it's even more future proof as even longer bullets are going to be made. So what would the downside of using a long action be?
Me and a buddy were both faced with this dilemma in the past 2 or 3 months. He's building a 7mm SAUM, and me a 6.5mm SAUM. He opted for the Defiance XM length you're referring to with BDL bottom metal, while I opted for a full long action in the ARC Nucleus. So you had 2 informed shooters looking at the same picture and deciding on 2 completely different paths. Here's why:As long-range shooters become more popular every year, we are seeing higher BC bullets progress for every caliber. With this progression, we have seen calibers become very limited due to magazines' internal length. Action manufacturers see this issue becoming more prevalent and have started producing Medium length actions. Medium action magazines allow you to seat bullets out to 3.255" vs short actions only allow for 2.890". This is super beneficial for most of the Saum, WSM, and 6.5 PRC cartridges! Defiance and Lone peak were the pioneers with these actions but companies like Zermatt and Stiller are jumping on the bandwagon because they see the huge potential of these actions! What are your thoughts on the medium actions and will this allow bullet manufacturers to go even longer with bullets?
See the full article below!
Medium Length Actions
Discover how Medium Length Actions have enhanced COAL and BC, revolutionizing precision shooting and ballistics. Find out what action, caliber, or chassis might work best for you!xlrindustries.com
I ran a .308 Match chamber in a long action and loved it. There is something mythical about the idea that you're saving maybe 3 or 4 hundredths of a second in extra time it takes to work a long action vs a short, and the 2 or 3 ounces of weight savings. I LOVE my short actions, and have more of them than long, and I'm not saying I'll never use a short action for a dedicated hunting rifle ever again, because that's simply not true. But for the cartridge family in question (short magnums and kin), if I have any say so over the throat length that's cut, I'll require a medium or long action. The long offers more possibilities; especially if I think I might want to change cartridges with a barrel swap.I'm a fan of the long action. Where I hunt it's cold, wet, dark and I like to be able to get my fingers into the action to unload, reload, clear jams, put a different load in the first position... and the short action is too short. What are we talking about, a few ounces? I'll endure it. I'll take a 30/06 over a .308 any day.