I have an acquaintance I shoot with that shoots long action rounds with a short action rifle. He single loads only as it's a competition rifle and if he needs to unload without firing a chambered round he just presses the bolt release and the bolt then can be pulled back enough to allow the round to be extracted and ejected.


I have a Model 10 that I would like to do the same by just changing barrel to 280, etc. (from 6.5 Creedmoor). Naturally I'd need to stick to a caliber that uses the small shank but what limitations would I have, like ejection port length etc.

I also have a Remington with "Remage" barrels and it too is a short action. It's mounted in an MDT-Tac-21 chassis and I just stuck a piece of 7/8" dowel in the buffer tube to use as a bolt stop. I can control the amount of distance the bolt travels to the rear (within reason) by just shortening or lengthening the dowel.


Why? I've been retired for 14 years and have plenty of time to "Play". Sometimes I just like doing things because I can. Anyone know if there's a reason I can't do this with a short action??