The 22-250 remington cartridge qualifies as a short action cartridge because its overall length does not exceed 2.8 inches.
Short. Compare cartridge overall length to a .308 Winchester. That is a short action. Longer than that is a long action.
Long action. .308 and shorter- short action. 30-06 and longer, long action.
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Short action.
Usually short.
The rifle will shoot .22lr .22 short, and .22 long. Only .22lr will cycle the action and load the next round. .22 Short and long will function as bolt action only.
Long action. The .270 cartridge was based on the 30-06, a long action. .308 length is short action.
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Short
Short action
Short action
30-06 and longer cartridges are long action. .308 is short action.