Mag action vs Standard long??? Feed rails

[arthurj]

Other than the bolt face size, are there any differences between a magnum action(say a Rem 700) and the standard long action? I have heard that an action for a RUM may have wider feed rails but is that the exception? For most actions, are the feed rails the same size for mag and non mag actions?
Thank you

 

[JDJones]

The feed rails for the mag action will be a little wider than a standard action as the belt of the Mag case still has to feed through them.
Its a very very easy job to open them up enough and can be done with a file and a little care.

Personaly if your gonna put it in the mill to open them up you may as well put a Wyatt's mag box in their also especialy if your gonna run a longer round like a 300Wby or STW case or any of the Ultra Mags

 

[arthurj]

JD,
Thank you for your help. I was actually thinking about going the other way. If I had a mag action and wanted to go to a 308 boltface caliber(requiring a new bolt) would there be any problems?
Thank you

 

[JDJones]

never done it that way without using a Wyatt's box , it converts it to feed from the center using the mag box lips to hold the shells , take a little messing with to get it to feed right but after that it worked great.

another option would be to use a detachable mag system , "Kwik-Klip" makes one that despite its low cost works very very well and the mags arn't $80 like the Accuracy International ones are