Bolt Face ???'s

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BangFlop

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Is there a website that lists which calibers (both standard and wildcat) that go with each bolt face size? For example, I have a 7mm-08 and a .204 Ruger both 700 actions and would like to rebarrel them, but I don't know what ALL my options are.

Please help.

Steve
 
This should help

SMALL BORES

Caliber/Case head (inches)/Length (inches)
17 Rem/.378"/2.17"
17Mach4/.378"/1.77"
22RemJet/.439"/1.66"
22Hornet/.35"/1.8"
22KHornet/.35"/1.75"
22Spitfire/.356"/1.65"
218Bee/.408"/1.63"
218Mashburn/.408"/1.63"
221Fireball/.378"/1.84"
222Rem/.378"/2.2"
222RemMag/.378"/2.33"
223Rem/.378"/2.3"
223RemAI/.378"/2.3"
220Russian/.441"/2.07"
22PPC/.44"/2.07"
219Zipper/.506"/2.4"
22BR/.473"/2"
225Win./473"/2.43"
224WeatherbyMag/.43"/2.38"
22-250Rem/.472"/2.35"
220Swift/.473"/2.7"
224Clark/.473"/3.08"
22CheetahMkI/.473"/2.5"
223WSSM/.535"/2.36"
22SavHiPower/.492"/2.51"
6mm-223Rem/.378"/2.26"
6mmPPC/.441"/2.19"
6mmBR/.473"/2.2"
6mmTCU/.378"/2.5"
6mm-284Win/.473"/2.83"
243Win/.473"/2.65"
6mmRem/.473"/2.83"
240WbyMag/.473"/3.08"
6.17Spitfire/.53"/2.8"
243WSSM/.535"/2.36"
240Apex(BeltedNE)/.475"/3.21"
256WinMag/.44"/1.78"
25-21Stevens/.376"/2.3"
25-25Stevens/.376"/2.63"
25Rem/.421"/2.53"
250Sav/.472"/2.4"
257Roberts/.467"/2.99"
25-'06Rem/.473"/3.25"
25-284Win/.473"/2.93"
257WbyMag/.53"/3.3"
6.3Scramjet/.53"/3.58"
6.5Japanese/.466"/2.85"
6.5Carcano/.449"/2.94"
6.5x54Mann-Schoen/.453"/2.99"
6.5mm-275Bob/.467"/2.75"
260Rem/.473"/2.84"
6.5x55Swede/.476"/3.03"
6.5mm-284Win/.473"/2.95"
6.71Phantom/.53"/2.8"
6.5mm-'06A-Square/.473"/3.2"
6.5RemMag/.532"/3.05"
264WinMag/.532"/3.35"
270Win//473"/3.35
270WSM/.535"/2.86"
270WbyMag/.53"/3.28"
7x33Sako.394"/1.73"
7mmTCU (7-223)/.378"/2.68"
7mmBR/.473"/2.33"
7-30Waters/.506"/2.55"
7mm-08Rem/.473"/2.8"
7x57/.473"/3.02"
284Win/.473"/2.95"
7x64Brenneke/.473"/3.3"
280Rem/.473"/3.33"
7.21Tomahawk/.577"/2.8"
7mmSAUM/.534"/2.84"
7mmWSM/.535"/2.86"
7mmRemMag/.532"/3.29"
7mmWbyMag/.53"/3.26"
7mmSTW/.532"/3.6"
7mm-300WbyMag/.532"/3.72"
7mmRUM/.534"/3.6"
7.21Firebird/.577"/3.6"
7mmDakota/.545"/3.33"
28-30Stevens/.412"/2.82"
7mmH&H/.532"/3.22"
7mmRigby/.528"/3.25"
300Sherwood/.37"/2.2"
7.35Carcano/.449"/2.9"
300Whisper/.378"/2.26"
303Sav/.503"/2.52"
300Sav/.473"/2.6"
308Win/.473"/2.8"
7.5x54MAS/.482"/2.99"
7.5Schmidt-Rubin/.495"/3.03"
30-'06Springfield/.473"/3.34"
30Gibbs/.471"/3.34"
300SAUM/.534"/2.83"
7.82Patriot/.577"/2.8"
300WSM/.535"/2.86"
30-338WinMag/.532"/3.34"
308NormaMag/.532"/3.28"
300H&H/.532"/3.65"
300WinMag/.532"/3.34"
300WbyMag/.53"/3.56"
300RUM/.534"/3.6"
300Dakota/.545"/3.43"
7.82Warbird/.577"/3.6"
30-378WbyMag/.603"/3.67"
7.62x45Czech/.441"/2.45"
7.62x39Russian/.443"/2.19"
303Brit/.525"/3.08"
7.7mmJapanese/.471"/3.17"
7.65ArgentineMauser/.473"/2.95"
310Cadet/.405"/1.59"
8x57Mauser/.473"/2.99"
8mm-'06Spr/.473"/3.18"
8x60S/.473"/3.1"
8x64Brenneke/.52"/3.65"
8x64Sauer/.499"/3.2"
8x68SMag/.524"/3.4"
8mmRemMag/.532"/3.6"
318WestleyRichards/.465"/3.35"
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MEDIUM BORES

33Jeffrey/.534"/3.45"
338-'06A-Square/.473"/3.34"
8.59Galaxy/.577"/2.8"
338WinMag/.532"/3.34"
340WbyMag/.53"/3.68"
338RUM/.534"/3.6"
330Dakota/.545"/3.33"
8.59Titan/.577"/3.6"
338LapuaMag/.588"/3.68"
338-378WbyMag/.603"/3.76"
36NitroExpress/.48"/2.98"
400-350NE-Rigby/.52"/3.55"
350RigbyMag/.525"/3.57"
35Rem/.46"/2.51"
358Win/.473"/2.78"
35Whelen/.473"/3.26"
350RemMag/.532"/2.93"
358NormaMag/.532"/3.28"
9.3x57Mauser/.469"/3.23"
9.3x62Mauser/.473"/3.29"
400-375BeltedNE/.466"/3"
375H&H/.532"/3.6"
376Steyr/.504"/3.11"
375WbyMag/.53"/3.69"
375Rum/.535"/3.6"
375Dakota/.545"/3.33"
378WbyMag/.603"/3.65"
375RimlessNE2-1/4/.473"/2.94"
10.15x61Jarmann/.615"/3.06"
404Basic/.542"/3.6"
416Taylor/.532"/3.38"
416RemMag/.532"/3.6"
10.57Meteor/.577"/3.62"
416Dakota/.545"/3.65"
500-416RimlessNE/.59"/3.91"
416WbyMag/.603"/3.75"
416Rigby/.59"/3.75"

BIG BORES

404Jeffreys/.537"/3.53"
10.75x68Mauser/.492"/3.16"
425WestleyRichards/.467"/3.3"
11.2x72Schuler/.536"/3.85"
11.75x36Montenegrin/.555"/1.73"
43Mauser/.586"/3"
458WinMag/.532"/3.3"
458Lott/.532"/3.6"
450Dakota/.582"/3.74"
460WbyMag/.603"/3.71"
461Gibbs/.626"/3.85"
470Capstick/.532"/3.6"
505Gibbs/.64"/3.75"
500Jeffrey/.615"/3.5"
50BMG/.804"/5.45"
585Nyati/.66"/3.53"
600-577Rewa/.66"/3.7"
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Yep.... I'd say that ought to about cover it. Lots of great help there i tell ya /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
 
Bangflop:

Lots of good inofo. in the list above, but there's a much simpler way to answer a question like yours.

You need to invest in a good reloading manual that will have all this data plus more for each cartridge. From someone like Hornady, Sierra, and lots of others..........

You can learn a lot from reading a good reloading manual - even how to reload cartridges step by step.

- BCB
 
At what length is it no longer a short action (SA)? Also, my 7mm-08 has a .473 case head, does that mean my only options are with the exact same or is there room without having to do any bolt face work?

Thanks for everything I have received already.

Steve
 
Bang Flop, I used a 700 Rem to shoot a 6PPC, in the IBS Varmint Hunter class, and it extracted just fine. As you can see there is only .034" difference in case head size. That is only .017" per side. I don't think you would want to go any smaller than that, without altering the bolt face.
 
Boltface size has to do with cartridge relative case head size. In the US of A there's 223 size, 308 size, and magnum size boltfaces, plus some smaller, some in between, and some larger than those 3 common boltfaces. Action length has to do with overall length of loaded ammo. However, it is possible to single load a 30-06 cartrige into a properly chambered, short action gun and safely fire it. Just don't expect a short action gun to eject an unfired 30-06. You also wouldn't be able to load a "short" magazine full of loaded 30-06 ammo. There are many old and newer cartridges that don't fit the "normal" sizes, be be it short action vs. long action vs. magnum action. These "sizes" are also relative to the weapon manufacturer.
A 2 cent analysis from the Ratman.
 


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