Quote Originally Posted by BoilerUP
Thank you, Patrick!

I also have an older (15-20 yr old) Savage 110 in .270 Win. Is there a similar way to convert this long action to shoot the short-action .308?
Yup, just spin the barrel on. A 270 uses a .473 bolt face. Many people do this because they like loading the rounds out to touch the land and shoot heavier bullets, when doing this it is impossible to feed them through a short action mag, but it works well with a long action.