Otis,I relate from a Savage point of view and they use 24" barrels in short mags.The difference in the savage guns weight between long and short action is 1/4#-1# lighter depending on barrel length.And this is with the short action having a 2" longer and heavier taper barrel.This allows me to carry a short action mag with 24" barrel and save weight from a long action gun with a 22" barrel.Might not be the same in Browning but in Savage you can take advantage of what the short action weight savings is all about.I just weighed a long action savage and a short action and got 1/2# difference in favor of the short all other things equal.Guess I' m just a short action shooter at heart as I would like to get a 270WSM as my next purchase but would never consider a 25-06 for some reason.With the 27 caliber you can come down to 100gr but go up to 150 and that spells versatility to me for varmints to elk.Not trying to be argumentative only stating the facts as they apply to me and the guns I use
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