Thread: Bolt face Diameters - Cheat Sheet

Originally Posted by Bagheera

We tend to think of action lengths in terms american cartridges or NATO standard:

223 length
308 length
3006 length
375 H&H (300win Mag)
338 LM

The Sako 85 actions match those.

Do the Europeans have different standard sizes ?
Youd think ones like the 7/8x57 and 6.5x55 would originally come in actions between 308 and 3006 length ?

There's basically the main 5 sizes:

Midget (custom short for the Hornets and the like - BRNO ZKW465 etc)
Short
Long
Magnum
F**k my shoulder (dinosaur calibers and chamberings that are usually mounted on ships, tanks or aircraft).

There have been a few Intermediate length actions, notably Mauser M96 Swedish small ring and M48 post war large ring actions but to my knowledge no one manufactures this length currently.