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338 for elk hunting- Build a lightweight rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="Marine sniper" data-source="post: 2041441" data-attributes="member: 4768"><p>The first rifle I ever built was a .340 Wby. I was 16 in 1985 when I put a 30 inch barrel on a 340 Wby, so I love the cartridge. It is certainly enough gun for elk- but the brass sucks, and it will not match the performance of a 338 Lapua. approx 99 grains of powder vs. 114 in the Lapua and 125 in the Lapua improved.</p><p></p><p>If you hotrod Weatherby brass (Norma) you kill it in a handful of reloads. I have, or have had, 300, 340, 30-378 and 375 Wby's. Now that you can get wby brass made by Bertram, I might start messing with them again, but the factory Norma brass sucks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marine sniper, post: 2041441, member: 4768"] The first rifle I ever built was a .340 Wby. I was 16 in 1985 when I put a 30 inch barrel on a 340 Wby, so I love the cartridge. It is certainly enough gun for elk- but the brass sucks, and it will not match the performance of a 338 Lapua. approx 99 grains of powder vs. 114 in the Lapua and 125 in the Lapua improved. If you hotrod Weatherby brass (Norma) you kill it in a handful of reloads. I have, or have had, 300, 340, 30-378 and 375 Wby's. Now that you can get wby brass made by Bertram, I might start messing with them again, but the factory Norma brass sucks. [/QUOTE]
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