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<blockquote data-quote="Lapua guy" data-source="post: 483625" data-attributes="member: 28489"><p>read my post. I said I always saw it as a 500 yard gun, but then again, I have shot 270s further. Nice try though.</p><p></p><p>I would challenge that you are getting your numbers from a cpu screen. I don't think you should be seating a bullet long just for increased case capacity. I don't know a single safe round where that is necessary in the Edge. All that being said, as LRR said, they are pretty similar, but you can push a Lapua further if you want to. Not by much and not without sacrificing accuracy.</p><p></p><p>I stand by the fact that the LM seems to shoot slightly more accurately at higher powder loads than the Edge (not a ton of handloading the RUMs), at least that has been my observation. Much easier to tune rounds in my opinion. I have been playing around with the Edge lately with 300 gr Berger Hybrids and SMKs, and they just don't group as well as in my Lapua. I love the concept of the Edge though and I hope that my issues will be cured once I have as much experience with it as with my STW and LM, which I seem to be able to dial some very accurate rounds in, very easily. Both rifles are almost identical builds, Rem 700s with 26" Lilja barrels.</p><p></p><p>I do agree on the 340 Weatherby not being optimally suited for 300 gr. But your last sentence about terminal performance of a 338 Win vs a Lapua is pure fiction. You must really hate LMs in order to even try and sell that crack-smoking statement. Maybe similar terminal ballistics, but with different weighted projectiles, thus less energy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lapua guy, post: 483625, member: 28489"] read my post. I said I always saw it as a 500 yard gun, but then again, I have shot 270s further. Nice try though. I would challenge that you are getting your numbers from a cpu screen. I don't think you should be seating a bullet long just for increased case capacity. I don't know a single safe round where that is necessary in the Edge. All that being said, as LRR said, they are pretty similar, but you can push a Lapua further if you want to. Not by much and not without sacrificing accuracy. I stand by the fact that the LM seems to shoot slightly more accurately at higher powder loads than the Edge (not a ton of handloading the RUMs), at least that has been my observation. Much easier to tune rounds in my opinion. I have been playing around with the Edge lately with 300 gr Berger Hybrids and SMKs, and they just don't group as well as in my Lapua. I love the concept of the Edge though and I hope that my issues will be cured once I have as much experience with it as with my STW and LM, which I seem to be able to dial some very accurate rounds in, very easily. Both rifles are almost identical builds, Rem 700s with 26" Lilja barrels. I do agree on the 340 Weatherby not being optimally suited for 300 gr. But your last sentence about terminal performance of a 338 Win vs a Lapua is pure fiction. You must really hate LMs in order to even try and sell that crack-smoking statement. Maybe similar terminal ballistics, but with different weighted projectiles, thus less energy. [/QUOTE]
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