The model 16 Weather Warrior is a short action. You will not be able to convert it to a long action. You may, however, mount a 300 WinMag barrel on it and shoot it as a single shot, but you might have to remove the bolt to eject unfired rounds. The majority of the WSM's were built on large shank actions, so you'd need to get a large shank barrel made to fit. The demand for the action you have is rather high, parting the rifle out and starting new would be better than what you're trying to accomplish. The gain you'd get going from the WSM to the WinMag is negligible unless you intend to push bullets over 200 grains. Why not just try to trade the WSM off for what you want?
Bookmarks