Other than the shorter barrel nut how can one be sure that a 300wsm is a large thread action. The picture I am seeing is not definitive.
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Other than the shorter barrel nut how can one be sure that a 300wsm is a large thread action. The picture I am seeing is not definitive.
There is a step down in diameter in front of the nut.
LARGE SHANK TARGET= 1.120" breech
SMALL SHANK TARGET= 1.055" breech
And this is what I have to go by.
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/...0910/300-3.jpg
If that rifle has the original factory barrel on it and it is a WSM, then it is a large shank. It is definitely a newer rifle and Savage quit with the small shank WSM when they started the large shank, multiple years ago.
Your right! That is the newer smooth nut and it is a wsm. Thanks everyone.