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Randy Leunissen

All,
I have a VZ24 action that has been in my basement for quite awhile and it is time to give it a new role in life..

I have been thinking of a 35 Whelen build, but my concern is magazine well length. COAL for 30-06 & family is a book length of 3.340". My reloads are typically longer in my 06 (usually find max and back off 20 thou or so). I know the Whelen will mostly use shorter bullets (such as 250 RN) and high BC bullets not as typical. My concern being the original 8MM COAL is 3.250"and I fear I will have issues with COAL for my loads if I go this route. Anyone have any experience or input with M98 builds using longer cartridges? Will aftermarket market mag well or will altercations be required to original mag well?

Thanks Randy