Just talked to a Tech at Savage and was told that the Axis magazines are so cartridge specific that short cases cannot be cycled through the long action mags. If the cartridge head is the same size, why would they not cycle? I wouldn't think a shorter length would be a problem ie., a .308 or .257 Roberts in a .270/30-06 mag. since all of these have the same case head size. If this sounds stupid, please excuse my Mauser mind.