Building a 338 norma

[Plott hound]

I have a 300 wm in Remington bdl. I would like to turn it into a 338 Norma. I understand there will be stock work ect. My question is will the stock wood stock be ok for the extra recoil or ? 1980 vintage or so. All shooting will be under 1000 yards for sure. Thanks in advance plott hound

 

[RJ338]

For all the effort you will put into this, I think you would be well served to add a new stock to the build. To start you will need to get a PTG bolt with a M16 style extractor.Dan40x can weld on the bolt handle. Next blueprint the action and open up the rails to let that case through. I would recomend the HS detachable mag system to give you center feed and eliminate feeding problems. This round will work well in a 26" barrel, which should be of at least a Sendero contour with a 4 port DE brake. Put on a good 20MOA rail and you will have a good start. I have used the Manners T3 and can highly recommend it. Good luck and I wish you well, My friend's 28" Rock is getting 2800 with 300SMK's and Magnum powder.

 

[Plott hound]

Thatis just the feed back I was hoping to get . Thanks for the advice.

 

[angus-5024]

you can get 2750fps with as short of a barrel as 23.5". the .338 Norma was designed to be super efficient to alow the use of shorter barrels. 26 would get you more, but I think that I would go 24" and call it good. +1 on anything manners.