243 ON LONG ACTION

[ESSCEE]

What would be the drawback's? I ask because I am still researching a good caliber for my small daughter and the consensus seems to be 243 I have a wood stock for a long action that I could cut down to fit her so is there any issue with shooting the 243 from a long action?

[22 Mag]

Works for me. I have a older model 110 stagger feed that I switch between a 6.5x284, .30-06 and .243AI. They all feed well and the Deer are unhappy with any of the calibers.

22 Mag

[ESSCEE]

Excellent thank you

[vern748]

I have one of those mystical 110 .243 in long action. The hard part is if you ever want to get part or a replacement stock. Make sure you stand your ground and let them know it REALLY is a 243 in long action. The vendors will sometime think they know best.

Cheers
Vern

[ellobo]

To ESSCEE What vern748 is refering to is the fact that the first generation of rifles using .308 or similar short action cartridges were built on 110 long actions with a different magazine and a modified bolt to allow shorter stroke of the bolt. They are sometimes refered to as the "J" series actions. Occasionaly they pop up for sale and confuse people, especialy stock makers who are unaware of that old Savage configuration.

El Lob

[sew0177]

One advantage is that if you reload and find that seating the bullet off the lands results in a too long a round for a SA, you can modify the mag spacer so the longer round loads.

[helotaxi]

One advantage is that if you reload and find that seating the bullet off the lands results in a too long a round for a SA, you can modify the mag spacer so the longer round loads.

That would be a crazy long .243 round. Great for 6.5-.284 though.