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338-404 Jef
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<blockquote data-quote="Rex Rat" data-source="post: 166467" data-attributes="member: 9123"><p><strong>Mess Up</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Well here is the dilemma. I bed this rifle and it is a good job structurally yet the stock suffered some. A dab will do ya. And some other damages were incurred that make it a paper weight on the market. That said I love the bolt and the feel of the rifle, I fit it to my self and I just do not like the 300 Win Mag. The belts are a pain; I am OCD in my reloading so every thing has to be "X" so I am always worried about head space and case head separation. Being that this lovely little rifle is lovely to only me and I hate reloading the belt I figure I have two choices, cut the action or the bolt face. To make room for the 338 Edge the magazine has to be opened up and the action cut to except it. I could also cut the bolt face .590 and shorten a 416 case to fit the magazine and neck it to the preferred .338 or even a pumpkin chucker .375. </span></span></span></p><p></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rex Rat, post: 166467, member: 9123"] [b]Mess Up[/b] [COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Well here is the dilemma. I bed this rifle and it is a good job structurally yet the stock suffered some. A dab will do ya. And some other damages were incurred that make it a paper weight on the market. That said I love the bolt and the feel of the rifle, I fit it to my self and I just do not like the 300 Win Mag. The belts are a pain; I am OCD in my reloading so every thing has to be “X” so I am always worried about head space and case head separation. Being that this lovely little rifle is lovely to only me and I hate reloading the belt I figure I have two choices, cut the action or the bolt face. To make room for the 338 Edge the magazine has to be opened up and the action cut to except it. I could also cut the bolt face .590 and shorten a 416 case to fit the magazine and neck it to the preferred .338 or even a pumpkin chucker .375. [/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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