Hi. this is my first post here and i have a few questions.
Im looking at building a stevens 200. Im hopefully going to build it to use in 2 different calibers. My thoughts are im going to buy a stevens 200 in .223, a new barrel chambered in 7wsm or 300wsm, and a chote ultimate sniper stock, plus other accessories. I want to use the rifle for 2 completely different things. first of and the reason why im going to use the chote stock is i want to use it to train for shooting service rifle in the Australian army. the pistol grip with some slight modification will make it similar to holding a styer so i can train similar positions as to those I adopt using the styer. Secondly I want to do some long range deer shooting and some 1000 yard varmint shooting. In Aus we are limited to .270 and above for shooting deer.

Before you tell me to just get 2 different rifles, I think it will be fun to build almost a switch barrel rifle.

so Now to my questions.
Can you get a barrel chambered in a wsm round in the standard short action. I read somewhere that magnum actions were slightly larger so wasnt sure if i could get a barrel chambered for wsm in a standard short action.
Also are new Stevens still in the staggered feed mag layout?