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I am shopping for a donor rifle to make a .338 BR rifle. Information on the .338 BR has been pretty hard to find (except for this forum!).

From what I have found so far a .338 BR rifle can (should?) be built on a "short" action (.308 length). Unfortunately most of the rifles I see for sale are "long" actions (.30-06 length).

So far it looks like I should buy a donor rifle with a 0.473-inch bolt face and short action. Suitable calibers appear to be .22-250, .243 Win, .257 Roberts, .260 Rem, .308 (or anything that is X-08), .338 Federal and .358 Win.

I'm leaning towards a Browning A-bolt for the donor rifle. Second choice is, of course, Remington 700 BDL-type.

Does any one have any other suggestions?

Thank you