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<blockquote data-quote="Larry Morgan" data-source="post: 849731" data-attributes="member: 4676"><p>A long action rifle (like you have, being it's 30-06), can generally shoot a short action caliber such as .308. So the easy answer is no, you don't need a different action. However, it will have to be re-barreled, and possibly have a few modifications to the internal box magazine to make the shorter round feed reliably. It's not a guarantee that there will have to be any modifications to the internal mag, though. The army does this with their M24, actually, and low and behold, it was originally intended to shoot .30-06 too. <img src="/images/smilies/woot.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":woot:" title="Woot :woot:" data-shortname=":woot:" /></p><p></p><p>In short, the contour of a barrel refers to it's diameter and how it tapers. A varmint contour will generally have a bigger diameter and keep the bigger diameter farther down the length of the barrel than a sporter contour, which usually narrows down pretty rapidly to conserve weight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larry Morgan, post: 849731, member: 4676"] A long action rifle (like you have, being it's 30-06), can generally shoot a short action caliber such as .308. So the easy answer is no, you don't need a different action. However, it will have to be re-barreled, and possibly have a few modifications to the internal box magazine to make the shorter round feed reliably. It's not a guarantee that there will have to be any modifications to the internal mag, though. The army does this with their M24, actually, and low and behold, it was originally intended to shoot .30-06 too. :woot: In short, the contour of a barrel refers to it's diameter and how it tapers. A varmint contour will generally have a bigger diameter and keep the bigger diameter farther down the length of the barrel than a sporter contour, which usually narrows down pretty rapidly to conserve weight. [/QUOTE]
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