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<blockquote data-quote="Coercionist" data-source="post: 2679681" data-attributes="member: 120676"><p>Mr. Allen, since my initial posting, I have basically came to the same consensus as you, the 33XC looked to be the optimum choice if any sort of major precision during competition roles is asked of the rifle. I have seen a posting of yours about two years ago concerning your new sort of re-issue of the raptor cartridges, and it was mostly focused on the 300 raptor and you found with the new Peterson XC brass you could achieve and even exceed your original goals for the raptor years ago. I saw that you could achieve 3300 ft./s with a 245 grain berger out of a 30 inch barrel, although impressive this is extremely intensive on the barrel therefore for my purposes I feel it would be too short of a barrel life (awesome for a light elk hammer though). I am wondering on your results for the 338 raptor with the new brass. I expect slightly higher velocities than the XC however, I'm not sure by how much. For the project I want to put this on, it is going to be a Pierce 10x action (to handle pressure better and to be able to swap barrel and bolt to a .375 cheytac improved variant) so with the added capacity over the X C, and the larger action I should be able to push the cartridge to its limits without eating up the barrel as fast as a Cheytac. With the beefier action a longer barrel (~34") what sort of velocities do you think would be achievable with a 300 grain projectile out of your raptor?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coercionist, post: 2679681, member: 120676"] Mr. Allen, since my initial posting, I have basically came to the same consensus as you, the 33XC looked to be the optimum choice if any sort of major precision during competition roles is asked of the rifle. I have seen a posting of yours about two years ago concerning your new sort of re-issue of the raptor cartridges, and it was mostly focused on the 300 raptor and you found with the new Peterson XC brass you could achieve and even exceed your original goals for the raptor years ago. I saw that you could achieve 3300 ft./s with a 245 grain berger out of a 30 inch barrel, although impressive this is extremely intensive on the barrel therefore for my purposes I feel it would be too short of a barrel life (awesome for a light elk hammer though). I am wondering on your results for the 338 raptor with the new brass. I expect slightly higher velocities than the XC however, I'm not sure by how much. For the project I want to put this on, it is going to be a Pierce 10x action (to handle pressure better and to be able to swap barrel and bolt to a .375 cheytac improved variant) so with the added capacity over the X C, and the larger action I should be able to push the cartridge to its limits without eating up the barrel as fast as a Cheytac. With the beefier action a longer barrel (~34") what sort of velocities do you think would be achievable with a 300 grain projectile out of your raptor? [/QUOTE]
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