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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 681210" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>I have seen that in solids in several calibers as well. Personally I believe that with these larger chamberings as the barrel heats you see minute bore dimensional changes. With smaller chamberings with much smaller powder charges you do not see quite as much variation but when your putting a bullet of this weight, length and with this huge powder capacity, the variation shows up much more dramatically down range.</p><p> </p><p>Give me a good, well made conventional lead core bullet any day of the week, even if that means I have to give up a tenth or so in BC.</p><p> </p><p>I would also opt for the 338 version, weither its a standard 338 Chey Tac, 338 Snipertac, 338 Big Baer or 338 Allen Magnum, they are all great in a good rifle and all extremely potent for long range shooting and as Joel correctly states, your not locked into one specific bullet, very bad idea.</p><p> </p><p>Many that get into rifles like this have a hard time understanding how a rifle that costs this much MAY not shot every bullet made into 1/4 moa groups at 1500 yards!!! Fact is, these are still rifles and they still have preferences for what bullets they prefer. Give yourself the most good options possible and you will have the best odds getting the best results possible out of your investment.</p><p> </p><p>There are many good options in 338, you give up a bit of barrel life but you drop off alot of recoil as well. If you look at the cost of replacing a barrel on a rifle, its cost is a relatively small % of the total cost of the rifle. Often times its not much more if any more then say a Rem 700 factory rifle to replace a barrel on one of these rifles. So for the price of a BDL down the road several years, you have basically a brand new rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 681210, member: 10"] I have seen that in solids in several calibers as well. Personally I believe that with these larger chamberings as the barrel heats you see minute bore dimensional changes. With smaller chamberings with much smaller powder charges you do not see quite as much variation but when your putting a bullet of this weight, length and with this huge powder capacity, the variation shows up much more dramatically down range. Give me a good, well made conventional lead core bullet any day of the week, even if that means I have to give up a tenth or so in BC. I would also opt for the 338 version, weither its a standard 338 Chey Tac, 338 Snipertac, 338 Big Baer or 338 Allen Magnum, they are all great in a good rifle and all extremely potent for long range shooting and as Joel correctly states, your not locked into one specific bullet, very bad idea. Many that get into rifles like this have a hard time understanding how a rifle that costs this much MAY not shot every bullet made into 1/4 moa groups at 1500 yards!!! Fact is, these are still rifles and they still have preferences for what bullets they prefer. Give yourself the most good options possible and you will have the best odds getting the best results possible out of your investment. There are many good options in 338, you give up a bit of barrel life but you drop off alot of recoil as well. If you look at the cost of replacing a barrel on a rifle, its cost is a relatively small % of the total cost of the rifle. Often times its not much more if any more then say a Rem 700 factory rifle to replace a barrel on one of these rifles. So for the price of a BDL down the road several years, you have basically a brand new rifle. [/QUOTE]
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