Hello

I just picked up a used savage 10FP LE in 308. It currently sits in the bell and Carlson varmint medalist stock. The seller kept on saying that this rifle is long action and therefore he had to order the stock for long action which cost $400 from midway USA instead of normal price of $260 for short action savage 10FP.

The prefix on the rifle is G86xxxx. How can I tell if mine is short or long action? I thought all 308 were short actions. And lastly what's benifit of short over long besides weight saving and vise versa ?

Thanks.