User:Trilobitealive/Rifle action lengths

Rifle action lengths vary widely among makers of modern cartridge rifles. As writer Chuck Hawks has opined, such developments have been at times "haphazard at best". Manufacturers vary in their usage and the SAAMI glossary is silent on the subject. Originally for Mauser bolt-actions, there were four designations: "short" (also known as "Kurtz"), "intermediate" (seldom used), "long" (also known as "standard") and "magnum".

According to a National Shooting Sports Foundation source the typical magnum length action will accommodate long cartridges like the .416 Rigby, the long action should accommodate the 30-06 Springfield and its derivatives, and the short action should accommodate cartridges such as the .308 Winchester.