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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 607116" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>Just weighed my primary 338-378 wby hunting rifle again to be sure at 10.75 pounds. It is a mk 5 action, 28" #4 contour Hart 1-10 twist barrel with KDF muzzle brake and a Mcmillan stock. I built it many years ago I think in the early 80's. I don't remember if the Mcmillan stock was the original I put on it or I did that later. I have more rifles than I can keep up with. I did not realize the accumark was that heavy.</p><p> </p><p>SP6x6, My 338 Lapua Sako TRG's are the original ones that came out in the mid 90's and I do have two. They are not the new 42's.</p><p> </p><p>It does not raise my blood pressure a bit to call the 338-300 RUM an edge. I happen to respect Shawn quite a bit for all he has accomplished and he is the one who calls it edge out of his shop so I am very happy for him. I am a retired rocket scientist and not a pro gunsmith so I don't care what a guy calls it. I did have a hobby gunshop and built quite a few rifles developing numerous wildcats to see what shot the best. I call it the 338-300 RUM because that is what it is. Since most guys started doing that thing in 1999 every gun shop gave it a different name and it has probably a 100 names. That makes it very confusing. I started doing it in late 1998 and I know I was one of the first or the first to do it off the RUM case. I was the first one I know of to do it in quantity putting quite a few in the hands of elk hunters from 1998-2001 and the first elk killed with one was probably one I did and the elk was killed in Colorado. I just stick with the standard nomenclature so wherever I go a guy knows what it is instead of trying to remember all those different shops names for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 607116, member: 505"] Just weighed my primary 338-378 wby hunting rifle again to be sure at 10.75 pounds. It is a mk 5 action, 28" #4 contour Hart 1-10 twist barrel with KDF muzzle brake and a Mcmillan stock. I built it many years ago I think in the early 80's. I don't remember if the Mcmillan stock was the original I put on it or I did that later. I have more rifles than I can keep up with. I did not realize the accumark was that heavy. SP6x6, My 338 Lapua Sako TRG's are the original ones that came out in the mid 90's and I do have two. They are not the new 42's. It does not raise my blood pressure a bit to call the 338-300 RUM an edge. I happen to respect Shawn quite a bit for all he has accomplished and he is the one who calls it edge out of his shop so I am very happy for him. I am a retired rocket scientist and not a pro gunsmith so I don't care what a guy calls it. I did have a hobby gunshop and built quite a few rifles developing numerous wildcats to see what shot the best. I call it the 338-300 RUM because that is what it is. Since most guys started doing that thing in 1999 every gun shop gave it a different name and it has probably a 100 names. That makes it very confusing. I started doing it in late 1998 and I know I was one of the first or the first to do it off the RUM case. I was the first one I know of to do it in quantity putting quite a few in the hands of elk hunters from 1998-2001 and the first elk killed with one was probably one I did and the elk was killed in Colorado. I just stick with the standard nomenclature so wherever I go a guy knows what it is instead of trying to remember all those different shops names for it. [/QUOTE]
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