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My Gunsmith just sent me a picture of my rifle that the Tangent Theta is gonna be mounted on. He put a Nightforce ATACR on it to go shoot it this weekend at the range but I will be putting the new TT on it when it arrives. Here's a quick picture of it with the custom painted snow/ice colored...

The way I look at it, I think it would be nice to have one on my main long range elk rifle (hence the one I bought) that I use every year from a stand on my private ranch. I know my shots could be as close as 400 yards to as far as 850 yards from that stand with the shots usually presenting...

Well I found some good 36" ring mounts so I went ahead and pulled the trigger on a new TT 7-35x56 Gen 3XR Fine reticle model (36mm main tube diameter). My new 30" barrel custom 338 Edge fixed position long range elk thumper should be finished up and shipping this way next week that it will be...

Thanks for the input Lancet! Sounds like I will be going with TT then! Quick question for you since you’ve owned several of them: would you go with the Gen 3XR reticle or with the Gen 3XR FINE reticle? This will be another long range elk rifle; average shot for elk with this gun will be 700-800...

I appreciate both heat and quicksilver's thoughts! What I am looking for is the best optical glass quality and dependable turret tracking rolled into one (best of the best so to speak) for this rifle build. I keep imagining a NF ATACR and a Swarovski X5i having a baby lol. I found the clarity...

Thanks for the input Tracker, I do own some NF ATACR’s and they are tough as nails for sure; very dependable scopes and my favorite brand. I own more ATACR’s and NX-8’s than any other scopes. I was just wanting to branch out and try something else with a little bit better picture...

I'm in the market to purchase one of the following long range riflescopes; I already own a Kahles 5-25 and listed it so see how it might compare to the other 3 high end brands. I am liking everything about the ZCO except for the fact of it having a 36mm main tube. I would rather stay with 34mm...

I know this thread is a year and half old but thought I’d publish my results with some pictures of a 338 Edge rifle I just had built. It’s got a MOA Rifles McMillan Hunter style stock, a Defiance Deviant Hunter “Rum” action that was adjusted to fit 4” long ammunition, a 26” Bartlein 3B barrel...

I know this is an older thread but I wanted to ask Rhovee and others more about the 338 NMI loads they're currently using and about any 300 grain loads they have any experience with? I am planning on shooting 300 grain Berger's preferrably and would love to have accuracy with velocities around...

I know this thread is a couple years old but wanted to share some results from our family Thanksgiving elk hunt this year. My son who’s 18, and just joined the Navy, took his first elk this year. She’s a small cow and it was a 401 yard shot. He was using some 300 WSM handloads that he and I had...

Picture of new Bergara Highlander 338 RCM semi-custom rifle. This one has a 25” Bartlein 3B 5R barrel and 4-port unknown munitions muzzle brake. I just verified the load for it (it likes the same 61.8gr of RL-17 as my Ruger does) out to 1,000 yards. Average muzzle velocity 2,853 fps with 230...

Well I tried Superformance powder and it didn’t perform very well, around 2,600-2,650 fps is about maximum velocity with a 230 eld-x at 65 grains. RL-17 is the best powder I have tried for this caliber in bullet weights 200 to 230 grains. I’m currently running 61.8 grains of RL-17 with 230 ELD’s...

Was wondering if anyone has ever tried Superformance powder in any loads for the 338 rcm? RL-17 works fantastic in mine but I was doing load development this afternoon for a buddy’s 300 wsm with 180 class bullets and we had just as good if not better results using Superformance powder compared...

My experience after building 2 338 Mega’s using the medium length reamer is that you should always try to use the long action reamer unless you’re gonna be shooting 225’s or lighter bullet weights. If you’re planning on shooting the 250’s on up or even the 210, 225 solid coppers like the Barnes...

I’m actually at my Colorado ranch near Steamboat Springs right now (which is where I elk hunt). Got it sighted in and gonna lock it up here in the safe till I come back for hunting season. And yes you should try it in the 338 WM. It has surprised me at how much extra velocity it offers. Seems...