338 Edge

[Idaho Trecker]

After months of waiting on parts and making my mind up on the specs of my build Shawn Thomason of Diamond T Rifles got this put together in just a couple months. I wasn't as thrilled with this build until I picked it up from shawn yesterday then I remember just why I wanted this rifle and it was love at first sight haha after staying up past midnight sanding the barrel channel out, mounting the scope and cleaning the barrel I was ready to load.

30" brux 1:10 medium palma
5 port muscle brake
Trued Remington 700 action
Timney Calvin Elite
McMillan Gamescout
EGW 20 moa rail
Nf rings
Nightforce nxs 5.5-22x56

Again just like the other builds Shawn has done for me this is an awesome rifle!



Made it out real quick and put 3 rounds through to start barrel break in today and it was a dream to shoot between the weight and brake very little recoil. I shot 3 rounds of 285 eld m at 100 yards and got under 1". Not bad for first 3 shots and no load development. Got them stoked up to 2950 fps and room to go. This setup isn't overly heavy and comes in about 12.5 pounds.

 

[Deleted member 48126]

Awesome rifle! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Rocky Mountain]

Nice looking rifle have shot anything with the 285? They seemed very soft.

 

[scottishkat]

That rig is sweet certainly should hammer anything you stack in front of it at whatever distance your comfortable with. The look of that game scout stock with 3 color speckle tone has me wanting one. Did you specify what colors and percentages?

Good luck and shoot straight

Bob

 

[Idaho Trecker]

Nice looking rifle have shot anything with the 285? They seemed very soft.

I have not shot any animals with the ELD-M but I did shoot a nice 5-point whitetail 2 years ago with the 285 A-Max out of a 338 RUM and it did awesome. I have been testing the 285 eld-m trying to stop one with water at 900 but only took 2 rounds with me and wasnt able to connect; however, I did recover both bullets out of the dirt and they mushroomed perfect just like all of the 208 AMax I have shot and recovered. I have killed 4 deer from 125 to 570 yards with the 208 A Max so far out of my 300 Dakota. I wont hesitate to use the 285 A-Max or ELD-M for hunting. Luckily I have a good pile of A Max stored and will start getting the eld-m and x series.

 

[Idaho Trecker]

That rig is sweet certainly should hammer anything you stack in front of it at whatever distance your comfortable with. The look of that game scout stock with 3 color speckle tone has me wanting one. Did you specify what colors and percentages?

Good luck and shoot straight

Bob

I did not specify the percentage of colors. This stock was purchased through Redhawkrifles. I really do like it. It took alot of sanding to open up for the medium palma barrel which is the largest contour it will handle. Like usual after I purchased that McMillan came out with a new stock model which has a larger channel and is now available in adjustable comb. I have a Manners also and I definitely prefer the feel of the McMillan in regards to the finish.

 

[5280yotes]

Very nice!!

 

[5280yotes]

How much work did it take to get that medium Palma to fit?

 

[Idaho Trecker]

It took a couple hours with a dowel and sandpaper but it turned out good. Now McMillan makes the Game Warden model that is already opened up for a larger contour. I believe they are able to open up to a #8 contour.

 

[captacademy]

Nice rifle!