what bullets for 338 LM

[jimisbell]

I have a Savage 338 Lapua Mag that I will be reloading for. I have read that the Savage muzzle break does not play well with boat tailed bullets. I want a 250 gr bullet plus or minus 25 for ELR target. Is there one made without a BT that is reasonable quality. All I have seen are BT. Maybe the person that I read didnt know what he was talking about?

 

[Jud96]

I have two muzzle braked rifles and all I have ever shot was boat tail bullets in them and have never had a problem. Don't handicap the .338 Lapua with a flat base bullet. It's a long range cartridge and if you want to shoot long range you need a boat tail and high BC. My two choices would be the Berger 300gr Hyrbid or Hornady 285gr ELD

 

[jimisbell]

Thank you. I will forget I heard not to use BT. Good advice.

 

[338 dude]

I hunt with mine and have been running the burger 250 grain elite hunter and is very accurate out to 1250 yards basically the rifle can shoot better than I can,By the way I have never heard anything about muzzle brakes and boat tail bullet before now

 

[jimisbell]

cant remember where I read it, but will promise to keep mt lips zipped from now on.

 

[338 dude]

cant remember where I read it, but will promise to keep mt lips zipped from now on.

No need for that and I'm definitely not criticizing you just saying that's new to me usually flat base bullets stabilize quickly and are used at shorter ranges boat tail bullets are somewhat more efficient and used at longer ranges that's all Nothing to do with muzzle brakes as far as I know but new information and new ideas are what makes this forum great

 

[jimisbell]

I understand. but no need to spread rumors that will still be around 50 years from now. I havent loaded my first round yet so I have no real knowledge. I read everything I can find and store it away for future reference trying not to put any extra weight on anything until I hear it again from another source, And I dont want to be the source for Fake News. I hope my first shot is dead center and the next one touches it.....LOL

 

[338 dude]

I was starting out fresh once and I must say that I was doing most everything wrong and still had good results with my savage 338 keep at it read as much as you can and it will only get better mine is a custom chamber cut with a reamer to my specifications so start much lower but my load is Lapua brass federal 215 M primers 94 Grains of retumbo and I also Molly coat My 250 grain Berger elite hunter bullets about 2930 fps

 

[1894C]

View attachment 210841I hunt with mine and have been running the burger 250 grain elite hunter and is very accurate out to 1250 yards basically the rifle can shoot better than I can,By the way I have never heard anything about muzzle brakes and boat tail bullet before now

This pic looks like a great story! Did you double up?




+1 on the 250 Bergers. Excellent bullet

 

[338 dude]

Actually I tripled up in less than three hours the one smaller buck Was taken by a friend of mine who went with me I was hunting in Tennessee on a gas pipeline the buck came out at 220 one doe came out about 200 yards and the final doe With her guts hanging out was shot at 413 yards

 

[jimisbell]

Need to put some range markers alongside that fairway. Would save you the time of calculating it.....LOL

 

[338 dude]

Need to put some range markers alongside that fairway. Would save you the time of calculating it.....LOL

I have a gun works G7BR2 rangefinder and it gives me my ballistic calculations in a second

 

[338 dude]

Also the pipe lines only get cut about every five years so then it's Huntable for two years then after that the grass is over the Deer's head and you can't see anything for another three years

 

[blackbrush1]

Also the pipe lines only get cut about every five years so then it's Huntable for two years then after that the grass is over the Deer's head and you can't see anything for another three years

Run a tractor yourself?