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Short or Long Action FAQ

Use the following information to determine which mount you will need.


If you have a Remington 700, 721, 722 or 40x, you can determine whether your mount is a short or long action based upon what the gun is chambered in.


Remington 700, 722, & 40x Short Action (SA):

  • 17 Rem
  • 222
  • 223
  • 22-250
  • 220 Swift
  • 243
  • 257 Roberts
  • 260 Remington
  • 7mm-08
  • 308
  • 7mm and 300 SA Ultra-Mag


Remington 700, 721, & 40x Long Action (LA):

  • 264 Rem Mag
  • 25-06
  • 270
  • 280
  • 30-06
  • 7mm Mag
  • 300 Win Mag
  • 8mm Mag
  • 338 Win Mag
  • 338 Lapua (recommend HD rail)
  • 375 H&H


If you have a Remington 788, you can determine whether your mount is a standard or long action based upon what the gun is chambered in.


Remington 788 – Standard Action:
  • 222
  • 223
  • 22-250
  • 30-30


Remington 788 – Long Action (LA):

  • 243
  • 308
  • 6mm

Our Winchester 70 Standard (Long) Action mount fits the following:

  • All Pre 64 Winchesters except H&H
  • Post 64 Winchesters except guns chambered in the following:

 

Winchester 70 - Short Action (SA) (These are Post 64):

  • 222
  • 223
  • 22-250
  • 224
  • 243
  • 308

 

Winchester 70 – Winchester Short Magnum (WSM):

  • Post 64 in the WSM calibers


Winchester 70 – Winchester Super Short Magnum (WSSM):

  • Post 64s in the WSSM calibers

 

Browning A-Bolt:

  • Standard (Std) - All early guns.
  • Browning A-Bolt - Short action (SA)

Except:

  • Browning A-Bolt – Winchester Super Short Magnum (WSSM)

 

Savage (Pre Accu-Trigger):

Flat back receivers were made in 3 different lengths until 2003.

*To be sure, you must measure your center screw spread.

  • Savage Flat Back – Short Action (SA) - 3.925”
  • Savage Flat Back – Medium Action – 4.190”
  • Savage Flat Back - Long action (LA)  - 4.612”

 

Savage (With Accu-Trigger):

Round back, guns with accu-trigger after 2003 to date except Edge/Axis.

Short Action (SA):

  • 223
  • 308
  • Any two-digit model number beginning with a 1 (10, 12, etc.)

Long Action (LA):

  • 30-06
  • 270
  • 280
  • 300 Win Mag
  • Any three-digit model number beginning with a 1 (110, 111, etc.)

 

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