300WSM in Target Action?

[Adam K]

Need a little help guys. I have been piecing things together to build a 300wsm with. I have a model 11 action with a trigger in it and a single shot follower. Got the bolt head, recoil lug and all that stuff together. The problem is the local gunshop made me too good of a deal on a target action today so I'm thinking why not screw my Krieger barrel on that when it gets here. Question is can I just swap out my bolt head or will I need to change anything else to make it work? The action is a right bolt left port. The stock won't be built until the barrel comes in so that's not an issue.

[thirty06]

The model 11 should be small shank. Is the target action large or small shank?
If both are the same shank size it's personal preference. Can't go wrong either way.

[Adam K]

The model 11 is a large shank, it was one of the WSM guns to begin with. I just wasn't sure how that bolt head would work with the left port action.

[thirty06]

Sorry about that, brain fart forget about those. If I understand right you need a left hand bolt head for left port.

[pdog06]

since the target action is a left port you will need a .532" LH bolthead for it.

[cowboyarcher]

You could use your bolt head, just remove the ejector and you'll have to manually pick the cases from the bolt head. . . Probably a short term fix until you can find a LH head. . .

[Adam K]

Thanks guys for the help. I'll get to work on tracking down that bolt head.