The Hock
Well-Known Member
I'm waiting for a call any day to come pick it up!
The Remington is not adequate for the Lapua, I've seen two examples of failures one was fatal. I've seen many actions significantly set back even customs, and the tenon diameter is borderline when the upper pressures are reached.I ended up with the Kelbly Nanook for my 300 Norma Improved just because I could. It has a bigger bore and longer throw. In fact the McMillan stock had to be trimed at the rear of the ejection port to match it's longer opening in the receiver so it would not cause ejection issues.
Remington built a 338 Lapua on the LA. Any distaste for doing a 338 Lapua, etc, in a LA Remington is personal since the strength is there. If strength were an issue for not using them we'd see pics of blown actions plastered on this and other forums. As far as I have seen any blown actions were user error, ie overloaded rounds.
Fatal to the gun or shooter?!!!!The Remington is not adequate for the Lapua, I've seen two examples of failures one was fatal. I've seen many actions significantly set back even customs, and the tenon diameter is borderline when the upper pressures are reached.
BothFatal to the gun or shooter?!!!!
There is a reason there are different size actions, there is zero reason to push safety, a gun going nuclear is so not fun.Maybe the notion of "upper pressures" should be looked into. To a realist it could mean over pressure if the loads were not pressure tested.