Popular Actions by Caliber & Manufacturers Chart

(All figures are exact numbers from the manufacturers. Please use these numbers and the popular calibers below, for help in determining your action)

In Remington guns, short actions have a distance between receiver screws of 6.5”
In Winchester guns, short actions have a distance between receiver screws of 7.031”
In Savage guns, short actions have a distance between receiver screws of 4.275”
*308 Winchester is the parent case (origin) for this cartridge
^30-06 Springfield is the parent case for this cartridge

(All figures are exact numbers from the manufacturers. Please use these numbers and the popular calibers below, for help in determining your action)

In Remington guns, long actions have a distance between receiver screws of 7.350”
Winchester guns, long actions have a distance between receiver screws of 7.570”
Savage guns, long actions have a distance between receiver screws of 5.062”
^30-06 Springfield is the parent case (origin) for this cartridge

240 Weatherby Magnum
6mm-284 Winchester
257 Roberts
25-06 Remingtona ^30-06 Springfield is the parent case (origin) for this cartridge
6.5 x 55 Swedish Mauser
6.5-06 A-Square
264 Winchester Magnum
270 Winchester ^30-06 Springfield is the parent case (origin) for this cartridge
280 Remington ^30-06 Springfield is the parent case (origin) for this cartridge
30-40 Krag
30-06 Springfield
303 British
8x57 Mauser
35 Whelen ^30-06 Springfield is the parent case (origin) for this cartridge
350 Remington Magnum
45-70 Government

Calibers are sometimes hard to distinguish by action, so please use the following measurements for action identification:

Weatherby Magnum Action