mag bolt

[calib]

will a 7mm/300 mag work on a wsm bolt face?

[jglover_81]

Just last night I put a 7wsm barrel on with a 7 rem mag bolt head. It seems to fit just fine! There is a very small difference between the wsm and the belted mag rim diameter but the bolt head I have will accept both!

[calib]

did your bolt start off as a regular mag or the wsm?

[thirty06]

Calib, J_glover,s action started out as a .270.
He used a 7mag,300mag, bolt head.

[calib]

oh, i was just wondering cause i had found a wsm bolt but not a 7mm/300 mag bolt and wondered what the difference was

[thirty06]

A Wsm bolthead is controlled round feed and has a standing ejector. I've heard they changed this to push feed on the new ones,
but I haven't seen one, so not positive. The 7,300 mag's are push feed and will work on any normal long action.

[Adam K]

Not to hijack this but do you think the magnum bolt face would work on a target action too? I'm making mine a 300wsm and the standing ejector isn't going to work.

[jglover_81]

I honestly don't know if there's a difference in the bolt on a target action versus a standard action.... I've never heard anything separating the two bolt heads but I'm still a newbie

[calib]

out of the 300win and the 7 rem mag which one would you choose

[jglover_81]

It all depends on what you are planning to do with it....... there are alot more bullet options on the 300

[calib]

shoot long range targets/hunting

looking at ballistics doesnt the 7 rem mag with a 180 grn berger do about the same as the 300 win with any berger?

[jglover_81]

I'm not sure about that.... if you look in aftermarket barrels sinman has a post comparing the 338 mag to the 7mm wsm that convinced me

[longpoker]

I had a 7mm Rem. Mag.Savage M111 and put a Shilen Barrel on it in .270WSM,worked out o.k. I have put 1000 rounds down range with it. Still going strong.

Good Shooting.

[calib]

long poker how does that 270wsm work out for you? i have 270 wsm in a weatherby vangaurd and have thought about just modifying that a bit, i do like it the way it is though. everything i have shot with it is done quick