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338 for elk hunting- Build a lightweight rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="Bret GRAVELINE Graveline" data-source="post: 2370746" data-attributes="member: 108926"><p>Something not talked about a lot these days is certain stocks absorb a lot of the felt recoil, stocks like brown precision six interpises and a few others while one cannot feel the butt of the stock flex it actually gives a little acting like a 14 recoil reducer, just my opinion but a 8lb rifle with the right stock is more pleasant to shoot than a 10lb rifle with a wood or rigid synthetic stocked rifle, coupled with a good muzzle break I think you will find recoil comparable to that of a traditional set up for a 338 Winchester, 20 plus years ago when 338 Lapua brass became available I Ackley Improved the lapua case and built A rifle around a ruger tang safety M77, fitted with a 26 inch sportter weight barrel with muzzle break cut into the barrel and fitted with a Leopold 4.5x14 3 rounds of ammo plus sling rifle weighs in at a even 8 lbs, shooting Barnes 225 gr x bullets muzzle velocity is 3340 fps, the rifle clover leafs a multitude of bullets but I'm fond of the barnes, at 8lbs this rifle is one of my heaviest along with a 8 lb 416 built on a mauser</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bret GRAVELINE Graveline, post: 2370746, member: 108926"] Something not talked about a lot these days is certain stocks absorb a lot of the felt recoil, stocks like brown precision six interpises and a few others while one cannot feel the butt of the stock flex it actually gives a little acting like a 14 recoil reducer, just my opinion but a 8lb rifle with the right stock is more pleasant to shoot than a 10lb rifle with a wood or rigid synthetic stocked rifle, coupled with a good muzzle break I think you will find recoil comparable to that of a traditional set up for a 338 Winchester, 20 plus years ago when 338 Lapua brass became available I Ackley Improved the lapua case and built A rifle around a ruger tang safety M77, fitted with a 26 inch sportter weight barrel with muzzle break cut into the barrel and fitted with a Leopold 4.5x14 3 rounds of ammo plus sling rifle weighs in at a even 8 lbs, shooting Barnes 225 gr x bullets muzzle velocity is 3340 fps, the rifle clover leafs a multitude of bullets but I'm fond of the barnes, at 8lbs this rifle is one of my heaviest along with a 8 lb 416 built on a mauser [/QUOTE]
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