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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 429243" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>Moses42ak,</p><p></p><p>The 338 RUM, 338 Lapua and 338-300 ultramag or edge as you call it are all virtually the same thing with individual barrels making more difference than there is between these three. Considering long range hunting you will not be able to tell any difference between these and neither will the animal. All are equally accurate and either of the three will do anything the others will do duplicating any shot. The better versions of the improved Lapua will step you up 100+ fps over these three and give you a little more gun for longer ranges. </p><p></p><p>However, for the range you are talking about you need to go with the 378 wby case and do either a 338-378 wby or one of the improved versions of it. Then you can step up a couple hundred fps and give you more of what you need to get out to 1500+ yards. Less wind drift to deal with and more killing power. The 338-378 wby has set the accuracy and power standard for 40 years that all others have been trying to get to for super long range large big game hunting. It is still the top dawg out there.</p><p></p><p>The 338's off the ultramag case are excellent if you have a standard magnum action and want to get into a good 338 inexpensively with just a rebarrel job. But if you are going to spend the money from scratch for a custom there is no sense limiting yourself to the ultramag case when you can blow it away with the 338's based off the 378 wby case and stretch the distance on out there a bit. Or have less wind drift at the lesser ranges of the ultramags.</p><p></p><p>I have done most all the big 338's since the 1970's and shot them all side by side and hunted with them. I currently own many big 338's and all the ones commonly talked about on the forum. When I am shooting serious long range I always go with the big 338-378 wby for more power and less wind drift. Bottom line it just gets you further out there better. It costs a little more to shoot. But how much does a guy spend on hunts to put himself in position to take trophy class animals. When you get that one shot why not have the best and eliminate as much of the variables as possible that cause misses. That is where the extra velocity of the big 338-378 pays off. All the choices are equally accurate in a custom rifle, velocity is the key.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 429243, member: 505"] Moses42ak, The 338 RUM, 338 Lapua and 338-300 ultramag or edge as you call it are all virtually the same thing with individual barrels making more difference than there is between these three. Considering long range hunting you will not be able to tell any difference between these and neither will the animal. All are equally accurate and either of the three will do anything the others will do duplicating any shot. The better versions of the improved Lapua will step you up 100+ fps over these three and give you a little more gun for longer ranges. However, for the range you are talking about you need to go with the 378 wby case and do either a 338-378 wby or one of the improved versions of it. Then you can step up a couple hundred fps and give you more of what you need to get out to 1500+ yards. Less wind drift to deal with and more killing power. The 338-378 wby has set the accuracy and power standard for 40 years that all others have been trying to get to for super long range large big game hunting. It is still the top dawg out there. The 338's off the ultramag case are excellent if you have a standard magnum action and want to get into a good 338 inexpensively with just a rebarrel job. But if you are going to spend the money from scratch for a custom there is no sense limiting yourself to the ultramag case when you can blow it away with the 338's based off the 378 wby case and stretch the distance on out there a bit. Or have less wind drift at the lesser ranges of the ultramags. I have done most all the big 338's since the 1970's and shot them all side by side and hunted with them. I currently own many big 338's and all the ones commonly talked about on the forum. When I am shooting serious long range I always go with the big 338-378 wby for more power and less wind drift. Bottom line it just gets you further out there better. It costs a little more to shoot. But how much does a guy spend on hunts to put himself in position to take trophy class animals. When you get that one shot why not have the best and eliminate as much of the variables as possible that cause misses. That is where the extra velocity of the big 338-378 pays off. All the choices are equally accurate in a custom rifle, velocity is the key. [/QUOTE]
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