I love when someone jumps in without reading the thread and begins to educate you.


As you have realized, you can use a long or short action, the 6.5 CM will leave you plenty of room to seat bullets long in a short action. The .308 would not be on my list for a dedicated 1000 yard gun as the others you have mentioned will offer much better ballistics.

Which model 12 action was the fellow offering you for $400? If it was a 12 LRP, LRPV, F/TR, F-Class or other form of target model from Savage then it may actually be the Precision Target Action, in which case, $400 is a pretty good deal.