Don't have one now but last year I had a large shank 300WSM barrel sitting in the closet and an unused long action receiver. Needed a winter project so I had the barrel re-threaded to a small shank at a gunsmiths for $35 and went from there. I put it on a long action with a magnum bolt head. My goal was the same as yours...to shoot heavy Berger VLD's without short action restrictions on bullet length. Actually feeding and extraction were a bit better than my son's stock Savage with the control round center feed. Don't think I would do it again but it was a fun project.
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